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Chapter 632: Shadow Duel (2) ##
Marvin’s words completely infuriated the Shadow Prince!
He always believed that he was the one who understood the most about the Shadow Domain.
And in fact, before Marvin’s appearance, this was the truth.
But after Marvin appeared, he no longer was!
In the game, Marvin used the abilities of the Ruler of Night and, without the help of an advanced False Divine Vessel, made the Shadow Prince suffer a heavy loss in the Shadow Plane before killing him in the Prime Material Plane, ultimately seizing his Domain and successfully ascending to Godhood.
In this life, Marvin was even more confident!
In the Shadow Plane, the Gods’ strength were greatly limited.
Only the Shadow Domain would gain great bonuses.
Glynos’ Divine Law had no effect on Marvin, this meant that both sides could only fight a fierce battle!
No fancy skill, nothing extra, a fierce battle, a pure contest of strength!
“Clash!”
The two collided, flames shining all around.
Sodom Blades colliding against Nightfall, none of them having the upper hand.
There was no superfluous move, they knew that after this battle, only one of them could survive.
The two kept jumping from Shadow Vortex to Shadow Vortex continuously colliding.
The two had a deep understanding of this world, the transition between defense and offense was smooth.
The Shadow Prince’s Blade Techniques were very good, there was no doubt about that.
Marvin seemed to be restrained by those daggers.
But Marvin had mastered the Desperation Style.
Desperation Style was a skill of the Martial Path, in his hand, Desperation Style’s countless changes successfully defended against the Shadow Prince’s vicious attacks.
Both sides kept trading blows in close combat, but the outcome was very unsatisfying.
Evenly matched!
After stealing the power of the Ancient Nature God, the Shadow Prince’s biggest weak point, his strength, was made up for.
Marvin and Glynos fought for a long time, already preparing to change strategies.
‘Seems like it’ll be hard to kill him in a direct fight.’ Marvin thought.
He suddenly retreated and disappeared from Glynos’ sight.
Glynos coldly laughed, swiftly following behind him.
In fact, in the Shadow Prince’s mind, such an outcome was also unacceptable.
A mortal Blade Techniques were able to match the techniques he trained over the years, how could it be?
And why could he feel that Marvin’s melee abilities were higher than his own?
‘How old was he?!’
‘How could he have such a rich battle experience?’
But regardless, he had to go ahead and chase him.
He knew that this was the battle to return to the Astral Sea.
Even if most Gods were focused on the Astral Beast, they were still paying attention to this special fight.
If he lost or let Marvin retreat, he would never have a spot among the Gods, they would never acknowledge him!
“Insignificant mortal! Today is the day you will die!” Glynos shouted.
He immediately rushed in a vortex!
“Woosh!”
The Shadow Vortexes were actually wormholes of the Shadow Plane, linking spaces together. Through the Shadow Vortexes, it was possible to reach far away places.
Glynos had watched Marvin going to that Vortex, but he was shocked to find out that Marvin actually was nowhere to be seen after crossing that Vortex!
He didn’t leave the plane!
If he did, Glynos would have definitely felt it.
“Hiding?’
“Trying to assassinate me?”
The Shadow Prince disdainfully laughed.
‘Who am I?’
‘I’m the king of assassinations!’
‘Feinan’s East Plane Guardian couldn’t escape from my assassination!’
Marvin dared to try assassinating him in the Shadow Plane? His home ground?
Glynos was extremely confident.
He spread Divine Power, covering the entire area where Marvin might be hiding to prevent him from escaping.
In this trip to Black Dragon Wing, the one thing he was most afraid of was Marvin escaping.
After all, he had seen Marvin’s progress. If that Ruler of the Night escaped and returned to Feinan, it would be very difficult for the Shadow Prince to handle him later on.
Marvin not escaping and fighting instead was an amazing news for Glynos.
“You want to hide?” Glynos focused on his perception to the maximum while his silhouette slowly disappeared in the Shadow Plane.
The area sank into an eerie silence.
But in a corner that Glynos didn’t notice, a smile appeared on Marvin’s face.
It wasn’t wrong to say that the Shadow Plane was his home ground!
If before, Glynos fell under Marvin’s plot, this time, he was bound to lose due to his sudden increase of strength!
Marvin’s sight was fixed on an empty location as he unhesitantly slashed over!
The Sodom Blades let out a cruel whistle as the pair of blades fell down and viciously cut in Glynos’ back.
The two daggers crossed each other, nearly cutting down the Shadow Prince!
If not for the Ancient Nature God power protecting his body, he would have needed Divine Source to reform his body.
Marvin wasn’t complacent after his successful attack, he actually retreated and hid in another Shadow Vortex.
Night Boundary!
Stealth!
Marvin hid once again after a hit!
Since killing Glynos in a direct battle was difficult, then what about playing dirty? Marvin wasn’t an inflexible person.
Moreover, he knew Glynos would definitely not retreat.
If he retreated, he would never be able to stay with the Gods in the future.
Sure enough, the Shadow Prince angrily rushed over.
He had yet to find Marvin’s hiding location, but his own hiding was useless in front of Marvin!
This was the Shadow Plane!
This was a contest of the peak rogue of the Shadow Domain!
Marvin had sufficient Shadow Power on his body.
But it was different for Glynos!
He had the aura of the Ancient Nature God.
In the Shadow Plane, he was like a lighthouse.
Marvin didn’t need his Perception and could see him with his eyes!
Thus, Glynos couldn’t cover his tracks!
But Glynos wasn’t aware of that!
He frantically looked for Marvin, but he was always sneak attacked by Marvin.
Once, twice, thrice!
At last, Marvin found the opportunity to take the lead in this Shadow Duel!
He cut Glynos’ body into pieces!
If not for the Shadow Prince quickly reacting, his Divine Source might have also been cut down.
Glynos finally noticed something wrong.
But it was too late, Marvin already reached his goal!
Divine Source could keep reconstructing a body, but time was needed!
“Sorry. I never give Gods time to reconstruct their bodies.”
“Now. Die!”
The Sodom Blades were like fierce snakes, tearing open the Divine Source’s protection.
The screaming voice of Glynos kept echoing in the Shadow Plane.
Chapter 633: Endless Source
In all fairness, the more powerful a God’s Divine Source, the faster his physical body would be able to reconstruct itself.
The Shadow Prince’s Divine Source was actually quite ordinary before, but after absorbing the Ancient Nature God’s power, his Divine Source became very powerful.
Of course, there were advantages and disadvantages to this. The disadvantages already showed, as he had already lost his ability to hide in the Shadow Plane.
On the other hand, faster recovery was a significant advantage.
Although Marvin was an assassin that was very good at taking advantage of his enemies’ flaws, the Ancient Nature God’s power was too great.
While screaming aloud, the Shadow Prince kept controlling his Divine Source as he moved through the Shadow Vortexes.
Marvin was chasing after him, not leaving him any chance. But after the Shadow Prince’s 11th death, he finally managed to cleverly escape from Marvin’s hands!
‘Not good!’ Marvin frowned.
Marvin couldn’t let things go south because he didn’t have the ability to keep reviving!
He had been planning to finish off the Shadow Prince then and there.
He never miscalculated in his fights with Gods in the game!
As long as he managed to reach the Gods’ Divine Source, he would never leave them the opening to reconstruct their bodies.
He could always calculate the time that the Gods would need to reconstruct and forcibly disrupt the reconstruction at the perfect time.
These endless attacks were enough to torment most Gods until they ceased to exist.
Dark Phoenix was killed that way by Marvin.
This required keen observation, precise calculation, as well as perfect aim.
Marvin had all three of those, which was why he dared to play with the Gods.
After all, Gods weren’t Gods for nothing. They each had a Divine Vessel and Divine Source. Furthermore, they were able to revive a certain amount of times!
Although Marvin had an advanced False Divine Vessel, he was unable to revive!
If he died, it would be over for him.
He couldn’t afford to lose.
‘He knows his stuff.’
Hidden in a corner of the Shadow Plane, Glynos licked his lips while reconstituting his body.
He focused on the Divine Power in his body, noticing something wrong.
The plane actually had a slight rejection toward him!
‘What’s going on?’
Glynos wasn’t an idiot. Marvin hid himself once again, but Glyos didn’t go looking for him like before, and instead tried to work out the problem.
Gods’ minds worked very quickly.
In pretty much an instant, he found the answer!
Nature Power!
His Nature Power and the power of the Shadow Plane were rejecting each other!
The Nature Power in his body was too abundant, perhaps more than twice as much as his original Divine Power!
In fact, it had been the only way for him to preserve his collapsing God Realm.
Nature Power’s unique nourishing effect could support his God Realm despite it already being in shambles.
If he used too much of the Nature Power in his body, he would die.
Thus, coming to handle Marvin this time was really a huge risk for him.
Naturally, he didn’t think that he would be continuously killed by Marvin!
If not for the abundance of the Ancient Nature God’s power and the slight error in judgement that Marvin made, he might have never been able to the Shadow Plane!
A hint of fear rose up in his mind.
He looked at the darkness in silence.
There seemed to be countless Marvins lurking in the darkness, eyeing him like he was only prey.
This was the place he was most familiar with, yet it already felt strange and dangerous now.
He couldn’t use the Divine Law to oppress Marvin, and unless Marvin took the lead and attacked, he could only remain passive forever.
The Shadow Prince sank into a dilemma.
He had no room to advance or retreat!
If he wanted to win, he would have to leave the Shadow Plane and pull Marvin out too.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t ever be able to take the initiative.
But if he left the Shadow Plane first, wasn’t that like declaring to the world that he was inferior to Marvin, a mere mortal, when fighting in the Shadow Plane?
He would lose all semblance of respect.
But after carefully weighing the pros and cons, Glynos still made the best decision!
That was to leave the Shadow Plane!
After living for so many years, he had become a very pragmatic person.
What was more important than victory?
Respect and such… psh! As long as he killed Marvin, everything would be settled!
Therefore, he didn’t think any further about it and directly left the Shadow Plane, arriving at the remains of Black Dragon Wing!
The Divine Law was immediately released, flooding the surroundings.
“Divination!”
As a God, he could use the most basic Divine Divinations. But this kind of Divine Spell could only be released in more normal space.
The Shadow Plane was a very twisted world, many things couldn’t work properly inside because of its strange Laws.
Shadow Power and Nature Power emitted from Glynos, sealing the space around him.
Next, the Divination took effect.
He saw Marvin!
He opened his eyes wide and tried to turn!
Right when he started the Divination, a shadow had suddenly appeared behind his back.
The Shadow Prince didn’t have time to react before he felt a sharp pain!
He was split into pieces!
Marvin’s sneak attack with Sodom’s Blades was very fierce!
These Artifacts, which had killed countless Gods, were shining with fierce lights. Marvin only shook his wrists, and the Divine Source’s protection was torn into pieces!
His body turned into strips of flesh from the flurry of lights, creating an appalling scene..
“Aaaaahhh!”
The miserable sound once again echoed through the void.
Marvin didn’t stop and continued frantically attacking Glynos’ Divine Source!
On the surface, Marvin quite clearly had the upper hand.
But Marvin felt troubled.
Glynos’ Divine Source was too strong!
Although he kept dying, he still had more Divine Source.
The power he stole from the Ancient Nature God kept repairing his body, and it was doing it very quickly!
Marvin’s initial estimate was that he would need to kill him at least a hundred times.
Moreover, for these hundred or so kills, Marvin would have to make no mistakes while attacking all-out the whole time.
But he was well aware that maintaining this state was impossible!
He was going all-out for now, with his focus at the maximum and Desperation Style continuously active.
He couldn’t keep this state for too long!
He stamina was continuously being used up!
This duel of shadows unexpectedly turned into a war of attrition!
“You can’t kill me! Hahahaha!”
Glynos also seemed to notice this.
As he furiously absorbed the power of Nature, he maniacally proclaimed, “You are just a mortal, and mortals have hard limits!”
“But my Divine Source is endless!”
Marvin frowned, trying to come up with a way around this.
But at that time, a sharp voice echoed in the distance. “Is it? But that endless Divine Source you have… was stolen from elsewhere.”
A golden light bathed their surroundings.
A scale appeared from out of nowhere, slowly approaching.
Chapter 634: Judgement of Truth! ##
On the other side of the Universe, the Gods kept silent and still as they carefully watched the Astral Beast on the verge of falling into their ambush.
That huge, greedy monster was attracted by the Chaos Magic Power that spread out after the shattering of the Universe Magic Pool.
It instinctively felt that Feinan was a delicacy.
It followed the aura of the Chaos Magic Power and left the Void.
Any places it passed, whether they were Abyssal Planes or Hell’s Planes, they were all reduced to nothingness.
It was the Void Destroyer!
Even the strongest powerhouses of Hell and the Abyss forcibly moved their forces out of the way.
They wouldn’t help the Gods, but they also wouldn’t take the initiative to clash with that frightening behemoth.
No one wanted to provoke such a monster.
That monster would soon enter the Gods’ ambush, unexpectedly, their attention was suddenly drawn by something happening on the other side of the Universe.
It wasn’t the first time for that dazzling golden scale to appear in this Universe.
The Goddess of Truth!
When the adorable little girl appeared above the scale, all the Gods felt a powerful sense of shock.
Especially the New Gods. They had relied on the Fate Tablet fragments to ascend to Godhood. When facing a powerful Ancient God, they felt a kind of natural oppression.
Every powerful Ancient God was like an immovable mountain in front of the New Gods.
Fortunately, there weren’t that many Ancient Gods that were still around now. The Ancient Nature God slumbered, the Ancient Elven God vanished, and Moon Goddess Faniya secluded herself from everything happening.
And the most frightening one of all, the Wizard God, had disappeared for who knew how many years.
This should have been the best era for the New Gods.
But the brief flash of the aura of Truth in the Crimson Wasteland felt like a layer of chains to them.
“She appeared!”
“When we looked for her to help, why couldn’t we find her?”
“The Truth Goddess is so eccentric after her resurrection. Which side does she stand on?”
The New Gods silently communicated about her reappearance.
An uneasy feeling welled up in their hearts.
The Astral Sea was currently under the charge of the Three Great Gods because the Ancient Gods didn’t concern themselves with those matters. Besides those like the Plague God, very few Ancient Gods would stand on the side of the New Gods.
But the behavior of the Truth Goddess was a bit unexpected.
Everyone could feel her power, but she never gave the chance for anyone else to get in contact with her.
Even when the Three Great Gods sent their most powerful Angels to welcome her back, these Angels weren’t able to find her despite scouring through the entire Universe.
No one knew what the Goddess of Truth would do afterwards.
She disappeared from everyone’s sight, and even Faniya couldn’t find her.
They had thought that as an Ancient God guarding this Universe, she would come to help them stand against that Void Destroyer.
She did appear in the end, but for some reason she appeared somewhere completely different instead!
Her actions were too unfathomable.
The Gods felt even more worried because the Goddess of Truth seemed to have a pretty good relationship with that pest, Marvin!
“Glynos… That kid is going to suffer.”
A faint voice echoed in the Gods’ hearts.
The God of Dawn and Protection, who was leading the ambush, reminded everyone, “Don’t be distracted.”
“We will make a move in ten seconds.”
“That monster is very powerful, we can’t afford to make a single mistake!”
When transmitting those last few words, that powerful Great God clearly infused some Divine Power, moving the hearts of those listening!
They no longer paid attention to the fight between Glynos and Marvin, instead turning their combined focus to the approaching behemoth.
…
In another part of the Universe, the Truth Goddess appeared.
That silent Paladin was still behind her.
He was her Guardian, from ancient times until now. No matter how many times the cycle played out, he would keep being reincarnated as her Guardian.
He was the Final Guardian of the Truth Goddess in this Universe, and he was also her only Guardian.
The current Griffin was different from how he was when he met Marvin for the first time.
The greatsword in his hand was even more dazzling, containing dense Divinity Power!
Sodom’s Blades burst out with a powerful cry.
The soul of the Bloody Emperor emitted a strong fighting intent from inside the daggers.
Marvin was startled.
He knew that such a fierce will to fight would only appear when faced with a powerful Artifact!
The greatsword in Griffin’s hands was definitely the reason.
But the Truth Goddess wasn’t Marvin’s enemy. He hurriedly used his will to suppress the Bloody Emperor’s fighting intent.
Marvin was calm, but Glynos was utterly frightened!
Clearly, the appearance of the Truth Goddess was far beyond the scope of what he’d planned for.
He had been sure that even if he couldn’t kill Marvin, he should still be able to escape unscathed, should the worst happen.
He had stolen a great amount of the Ancient Nature God’s Divine Source and was close to being immortal.
Even Marvin’s frightening attacks could only keep scattering his body, turning the fight into a war of attrition.
If it kept going like that, Marvin would lose focus sooner or later!
But the appearance of the Goddess of Truth changed all that.
She had immediately brought up Glynos’ crime!
Stealing another’s Divine Power, going as far as taking someone’s Divine Source, this was a taboo for the Gods!
If discovered, he would have to be judged by the God Realms.
This was the Shadow Prince’s desperate attempt. Because the Gods were busy coming up with a way to deal with the Astral Beast that threatened the Universe, he dared to use the opportunity to attack Marvin.
Moreover, when it came to it, the Gods actually supported his move.
The attitude of the Three Great Gods was unknown for now, but among the rest of the Gods, there were many who definitely wanted Marvin dead.
The Plague God, the Dream God, the Black Dragon God, the Queen of Spiders…
These Gods together made up a very powerful force, so Glynos’ move had some support.
And while the rest might accept it, the Truth Goddess might not be willing to forgive his actions!
Sure enough, Molly pointed imposingly at Glynos. “Stealing the Ancient Nature God’s Divine Source… You aren’t worthy of being a God.”
“Receive the judgement of the Truth Scale!”
As the Truth Goddess’ words ran out, the Truth Scale came down from the sky, and Glynos’ considerable Divine Source was thoroughly suppressed!
At the same time, Griffin waved his greatsword as he cut down at the Shadow Prince!
An unseen cut slashed out, and a large amount of Nature Power spilled everywhere.
“No!”
The Shadow Prince was scared.
A shadow separated from his Divine Source and hurriedly fled toward the depths of the Universe.
But how could Marvin, who was still hiding nearby, let such an opportunity escape?
Night Beheading!
After losing his Divine Source and all other trappings of his Godhood behind, Glynos was just an ordinary Legend!
The Ruler of the Night’s attack with Sodom’s Blades lacerated that shadow!
The Shadow Prince, truly dead!
Chapter 635: Arrangement!
The Divine Source was confined by the Truth Goddess, making it so that the Shadow Prince was unable to revive.
This time, Marvin had settled one of his problem for good.
Ever since he learnt from the Migratory Bird Council’s Old Ent that a shadowy force was stealing Nature Power, Marvin had felt uneasy.
Glynos hadn’t died and had only sunk into a supposedly endless slumber.
If he chose to remain hidden instead of reappearing, Marvin would have never been able to find him.
He would just be drifting through the boundless Universe. Marvin wasn’t a Wizard, so how could he find him?
There would have been no way for Marvin to stop him from just hiding and gathering his strength. Fortunately, after the Black Dragon God targeted Marvin this time, Glynos had thought that it would be a good opportunity, causing him to give up on his hibernation to rush over.
Things turned out as Marvin had suspected. Glynos truly was the one that stole the Ancient Nature God’s power.
Although Marvin still didn’t know how Glynos managed to steal it, the powerful Divine Source caused a lot of trouble for Marvin.
Defeating an immortal enemy was very difficult.
In fact, if not for the appearance of the Truth Goddess, Marvin would have to consider fleeing.
If he had fled to Feinan, Glynos wouldn’t have been able to follow him immediately.
Although the Universe Magic Pool had indeed shattered, a great amount of Chaos Magic Power was inundating the surroundings.
This caused a spatial distortion around Feinan.
This distortion would last for a while. Marvin, as mortal, would be unobstructed. The Gods, however, would be greatly affected by it.
If one of them tried to force their way in, their Godhood would suffer great losses.
Even if Glynos was courageous, he wouldn’t dare to chase Marvin to Feinan at this time.
But before it even came to that, the Truth Goddess appeared.
This was a great surprise!
‘What did the Truth Goddess do? A judgement on behalf of the Gods!’
With the power of the Truth Scale, no sin could escape her eyes.
No one knew where she went after disappearing, but Marvin had a faint guess.
It must have been related to how she fell in the first place.
Marvin remembered that Ivan had a fragment of Truth. If that Truth fragment had been used in the 3rd era, then someone would have successfully ascended to Godhood and replaced the Ancient Goddess of Truth.
And the actual Goddess of Truth might have continued reincarnating with that curse.
Paladin Griffin would have kept following her, and unless a special opportunity showed itself, the two would have continued that endless cycle until the end of the Universe.
But the Wilderness God’s resurrection broke that curse.
When she left the Crimson Wasteland, she said she would be looking for an “old friend”. Marvin understood what she meant.
She would definitely be looking for the culprit who had set her up.
‘Did she find that “old friend” in the end?’
…
Marvin thought of many things in those few seconds.
But deep inside, he was feeling very grateful for the Truth Goddess’ aid.
Her appearance there, helping Marvin to kill Glynos, was like a protective charm.
The Truth Goddess had an extremely special position in the Astral Sea. If she wanted to protect Marvin, there might not be a single entity in the Astral Sea that would dare to move against him openly.
If they did try something, they would have to do it covertly.
This would be very helpful for Marvin’s development.
The Truth Goddess didn’t come here just to pass judgement on Glynos. Her very resurrection was a deviation from the game’s timeline.
Her appearance might change the entire state of Feinan and the Universe.
As Marvin stood there watching the Truth Scale swallow Glynos’ Divine Source, he felt a bit of regret.
If he could absorb all of that Divine Source, the advanced False Divine Vessel might have upgraded again!
But he knew that now wasn’t the time to be greedy. If the Truth Goddess hadn’t come to help him, he could have ended up in a very difficult situation.
Moreover, he would have had to be wary of Glynos’ designs against him.
Marvin understood the Shadow Prince’s nature the most: he was sneaky, ruthless, and patient. This was the reason that he could become one of the most frightening Assassins of the 3rd Era.
By killing the Shadow Prince, he eliminated a threat and received a lot of Comprehension. This was already very worthwhile.
As for the Divine Source, Marvin put it out of his mind.
…
The radiance of the Truth Scale gradually dimmed.
Sure enough, after the Truth Goddess punished Glynos, she didn’t leave immediately. Instead, she drew closer to Marvin.
“Respected Truth Goddess…”
Marvin felt a bit awkward, not knowing how to address her.
“Like I said before, calling me Molly is fine.”
After the golden light dissipated, the Truth Goddess didn’t seem as awe-inspiring as before, looking like an ordinary little girl.
Griffin followed behind her and nodded toward Marvin with a smile.
“Okay, Molly…” Marvin wouldn’t argue with her on that.
After all, his relationship with the Goddess of Truth when she had been in her mortal body could be considered to rather good. He also wasn’t one to put Gods onto a pedestal, so calling her by her name suited him just fine.
“I have some matters to discuss with you.”
“You might be interested.”
Molly took back her Truth Scale and gave Marvin a serious look. “Interested in coming to my God Realm?”
She didn’t restrain her voice while uttering this sentence.
In the entire Universe, all those who were aware of the fight that just took place were able to hear this.
Despite them being on the side of the Universe and being in an intense fight, the Gods still shuddered internally upon hearing that invitation.
Marvin froze.
The Truth Goddess invited him to her God Realm?
How could he refuse such a good thing?
This was the best time to intimidate others with powerful back-up.
If the Truth Goddess wanted to get rid of him, Marvin definitely wouldn’t be able to escape. Her actions showed that there was something very important she wanted to ask him.
Marvin nodded in agreement.
Molly immediately opened a dazzling golden door, and the three of them went in.
…
The Truth Goddess’ God Realm was very simple. Because it had been abandoned for so many years, it didn’t have any inhabitants, just her and Griffin.
She entered a gorgeous palace and hinted Marvin to follow.
“After reviving this time, I sought out many people and found out that the world is now very different from its state before my fall.”
She softly told Marvin, “I personally went to Feinan.”
Marvin immediately opened his eyes wide.
The Truth Goddess went to Feinan!?
How?
She didn’t mention sending an avatar… How could she go in person with the Universe Magic Pool’s restriction? Could she have gone after it shattered? That also seemed wrong. For now, the Gods were still unable to enter Feinan.
Marvin was puzzled.
Molly gave him a warm smile. “I took a trip to Thousand Leaves Forest and borrowed something from the Elven King.”
After saying that, her wrist flickered and a familiar fragment appeared in his hands.
The Truth Fragment!
Marvin immediately understood that the Elven King she referred to should be Ivan.
That Truth Fragment in her hands showed that she had indeed been to Feinan.
“Someone caused that situation in the past and didn’t wish for my resurrection, resulting in that Truth Fragment.”
Molly looked closely at Marvin and asked, “You are the one he chose, so I hope you can explain something to me.”
“Why does Lance want me dead?”
In an instant, Marvin only felt coldness.
The eyes of the Goddess of Truth were filled with a divine might!
Chapter 636: Terrifying Game (1)
The Truth Goddess’ question frightened Marvin.
Even though the hermit in the Underdark had hinted at something unspeakable when Marvin went to borrow the Demon Subduing Sword, Marvin hadn’t felt too concerned about it at the time.
He felt that whatever the case, he only needed to become strong enough in order to be able to solve any problems thrown at him.
But with the Truth Goddess herself standing in front of him and telling him that Lance had schemed against her, how could he not be shocked?
“To be honest… I have no idea.”
Marvin felt like his brain was going to explode!
He instinctively drew on the Wisdom power.
When Marvin encountered difficult situations or doubts, this ability would be activated on its own. But even this ability had its limits.
Whenever the name “Lance” appeared in Marvin’s mind, the ability from his Wisdom power would suddenly stop working.
He suddenly paled!
Clearly, the Wisdom ability wasn’t omnipotent. It was like a Wizard using Divination to find traces of Gods, it might bite him back!
Lance was Feinan’s God of Creation, after all!
…
“Looks like you really don’t know.”
Molly was silent for a moment as she looked at Marvin with a strange expression. “You are really someone from another world?”
Marvin remained silent.
He didn’t know how he should answer that question.
Admit it? Or deny it?
Something like transmigration might be hard to accept even for Gods. But it seemed that the most powerful ones already knew about the matter of Lance choosing him.
Fortunately, the Goddess of Truth didn’t linger on this question. She thought for a while before slowly saying, “My resurrection might disrupt some people’s plans, but you are the one he chose, truly interesting.”
“Although telling you the truth now might be a bit cruel and too early, you aren’t strong enough yet, and I think you have the right to know.”
“The most important thing is, which side do you want to stand on?”
‘Which side?’
Marvin felt baffled.
He only wanted to keep on living, protecting what he held dear, making up for his previous life’s regrets, and becoming a true hero.
So he was always tirelessly running, leaving his mark in important events all over Feinan.
He didn’t even have time to think about the deeper meaning of his transmigration.
But being ignorant of the facts wouldn’t let him escape them.
The chance encounter with Lance in his dreams should already have made him suspicious.
He thought and took a deep breath before asking, “What are you trying to tell me?”
The Goddess of Truth sighed and gave Marvin a look of pity before saying, “If I say that this world’s God of Creation, Lance, wants to destroy it, would you believe it?”
Marvin opened his mouth wide open.
…
In the God Realm of Truth, time was frozen.
Marvin had ample time to digest the information that the Truth Goddess had just given him.
After hearing the story, his mood was extremely grave.
He finally understood why she had insisted on inviting him to her God Realm before speaking of this.
The crux of the matter was too terrifying.
Wizard God Lance!
The man revered as the Supreme God in all of Feinan… actually wanted to destroy this world?
If someone else said that, Marvin would definitely think they were crazy.
But it was the Truth Goddess…
Marvin sank into a long silence.
He thought back over the story recounted by the Truth Goddess:
“After resurrecting, I immediately went looking for some old friends.”
“But sadly, I discovered that except for Faniya, the Ancient Gods of my generation had all disappeared. I couldn’t find them. And Lance’s disappearance was the most thorough. It was as if all of this happened at the same time!”
“I kept searching and gathered some clues, eventually managing to discover the root of the matter.”
“The core of that issue lay in the 3rd Era and the three Fate Tablets.”
…
Fate Tablets.
They had played a critical role in Feinan’s history.
According to the Truth Goddess, the Fate Tablets, like the Universe Magic Pool, were created by the God of Creation, Lance!
They had no actual relation to the Plane Will!
It was actually the Wizard God who, by relying on his own understanding of all kinds of Domains in this world, created the tablets, giving ordinary lifeforms the chance to ascend to Godhood.
From that point of view, the 3rd Era’s New Gods were all man-made!
These Gods were all supported by Lance.
The difference between New Gods and Ancient Gods was pretty simple: The Ancient Gods all originated from the Plane Will or through gathering enough blessings in the ancient era.
And the New Gods were a group of Gods created by Lance.
The Truth Goddess believed that Lance was supporting the New Gods in order to replace the Ancient Gods’ positions.
The Astral Sea’s authority was now in the hands of the three Great Gods.
Perhaps they didn’t know, but the New Gods were definitely Lance’s chess pieces.
This was just one step.
The second step was to guide the desires of the lifeforms of this Universe.
The Ancient Gods didn’t have too many desires. They had a natural feeling of belonging to Feinan because they themselves had resulted from the Plane Will.
But the New Gods were different. They were Humans, or other lifeforms, who evolved into something greater. They were full of great worldly desires.
They wanted to break through, they wanted to reach a higher level of strength, they wanted to escape from this cage.
Thus, they were destroying the current order.
This was something that Lance had wanted.
Because in all of Feinan, the one who wanted to see the collapse of the Universe the most was actually the Wizard God Lance himself!
…
“But… how does Lance benefit from the destruction of this Universe?”
Marvin already felt that what he had heard up to now was the truth.
But he still put forward his own doubts.
The Goddess of Truth calmly explained, “He had been wanting to escape this prison for a long time.”
“You feel like this is a very beautiful world, but to him, it is actually a web of shackles. He is Feinan’s God of Creation, thus, his body has Feinan’s unerasable mark. That mark makes him omnipotent in this Universe, but it’s also a rope tying him here.”
“He yearns for something greater. He might have already seen the edge of the world, and if he could, he would have left… I believe that long ago, he already sent his friends to that world. He is the only one remaining now, and he has always been itching to leave.”
“And the only way to leave is to destroy this world.”
Marvin gave his head a quick shake as he asked a follow-up question. “He is the God of Creation, so shouldn’t it be easy for him to destroy this world?”
The Truth Goddess shook her head. “It’s not that easy;”
“This involves a game between Lance and Feinan’s Plane Will.”
Chapter 637: Terrifying Game (2) ##
A game?
Marvin would never have thought that Feinan’s God of Creation and Feinan’s Plane Will were having some sort of hidden battle.
The Truth Goddess’ words undoubtedly opened a new door for him, opening his eyes to let him glance at the battle at the top.
That’s right, this was a game.
Based the Truth Goddess’ deduction, the missing Lance actually hadn’t left this world.
He should still be hiding somewhere, observing all the changes and events that took place, and secretly giving a little nudge when he felt it necessary.
The Great Calamity had been pushed ahead by Lance himself. The Lance in Marvin’s dream seemed to have admitted to it.
This information made Marvin’s reverence for the God of Creation drop by quite a bit.
So in order to get away from this world, he was willing to cause the deaths of all of those living in Feinan?
That kind of God… even if he once created this world, even if he once carried great reverence and respect, was he still worthy of Feinan’s respect and reverence now?
Marvin didn’t doubt the words of the Truth Goddess.
As the wielder of Truth, she couldn’t and also didn’t need to lie about such things.
And what kinds of benefits would she gain from lying to Marvin?
Anyways, that game should have been ongoing for a very long time.
The Ancient Gods had fallen due to Lance slowly moving his plans forward, and the 3rd Era was the most important node.
The Truth Goddess inferred from a Divination that Lance’s closest partner, Eternal Time Dragon Bacon, disappeared in the 3rd Era.
She keenly noticed that there were many anomalies in that time period.
Although these anomalies were seamlessly connected, to a God of her level, they were very obvious.
In other words, time had been tampered with many times starting from the 3rd Era.
In the entire Universe, only Lance could do this with the help of Bacon!
“What do you mean, it happened countless times after that era?”
Marvin was dumbstruck. Somehow, he did not want to believe the conclusions drawn by the Truth Goddess, despite instinctively feeling that they were correct.
“I wouldn’t go so far as to say countless, but this definitely wasn’t the first time the Universe Magic Pool shattered.”
The Truth Goddess looked at back at Marvin and muttered, “Although this is only my deduction, my intuition tells me that I’m not wrong.”
Marvin remained silent.
He felt like his head was about to explode.
The Truth Goddess’ words completely toppled his worldview. She was telling him that the source of all this disaster, this world’s bringer of chaos, the final Boss behind the scenes… it was all actually the one who led him to this world, the one who gave him hope and rebirth, Lance!
At this moment, it seemed to him that he had been manipulated like a chess piece.
He didn’t like this feeling at all.
He thought for a bit, before finally nodding. “Your deduction isn’t wrong. I already witnessed one shattering of the Universe Magic Pool.”
Marvin’s words naturally referred to the game, Feinan Continent, from back on Earth!
The game in his previous life had seemed so real, how could it be just a game?
In the game, the players entered Feinan half a year after the Great Calamity. The Gods entered Feinan and fought over its territories, while the players fought for the freedom of mankind.
It could be assumed that the anomalies were due to Lance’s attempt to destroy the world.
Although the Universe Magic Pool was shattered, Lance must have failed.
No, he definitely failed, or else Marvin wouldn’t have transmigrated!
“As expected.”
The Truth Goddess shook her head silently, looking at Marvin with an extremely complicated expression. “In fact, I should kill you.”
Marvin was startled.
Even if there was no killing intent in the Truth Goddess’ voice, that sentence seemed completely natural coming out of her mouth.
However, he soon relaxed.
“But I won’t do that.” Molly massaged her temples as she continued, “You are the one Lance chose, but you aren’t Lance. It would be meaningless for you to be punished on his behalf. On the contrary, your actions seem very different from Lance’s expectations.”
“Although I don’t know what he is scheming, he definitely wants to destroy this world by introducing this new variable, you.”
“But I can see from your eyes that you definitely will not do that… Lance… What are you trying to do?”
There was a bit of confusion in the Truth Goddess’ eyes.
It was worse for Marvin. What he learnt today was related to the Universe’s deepest secret.
He was just a small Ruler of the Night, he simply couldn’t get involved in this.
But he was inextricably linked with all parties of that terrifying game!
…
From what the Truth Goddess said, the two opposing sides of the game were Feinan’s Plane Will and Lance, Feinan’s God of Creation.
Lance wanted to destroy this world, and Feinan’s Plane Will obviously wouldn’t agree.
In fact, as the core of the universe, as the Prime Material Plane, Feinan was the original source of all the planes, including Hell, the Abyss, the Astral Sea, the Negative Energy Plane, the Underworld, as well as a large number of Secondary Planes.
Feinan’s Will was the Universe’s Will.
For some reason, Lance couldn’t directly destroy this world on his own, and thus, he could only foster his own power, targeting the order of the Universe.
The Universe Magic Pool was, in fact, not created by Lance to protect the world as was ubiquitously believe.
On the contrary, it had been a cage designed to sever the connection between the Prime Material Plane and the other planes in order to slow down the Plane Will’s growth.
And the reason he decided to break that cage now was that he felt that the best opportunity had come.
How would one destroy a Universe?
He believed that sinking the Universe into endless chaos was the most dependable way.
The established Universe Magic Pool had absorbed a great amount of Chaos Magic.
This time bomb gathered it continuously for more than a millennium and had enough Chaos Magic Power to plunge Feinan into a state of pandemonium.
So time was up.
When the Prime Material Plane sank into chaos, the rest of the planes would definitely grow restless.
Hell and the Abyss bore the brunt of it, and the Negative Energy Plane naturally wouldn’t be far behind. Moreover, there were the Wilds outside the places protected by the power of Order, the Beasts that had been suppressed. All of that was enough to have Feinan’s inhabitants massacre each other and destroy that world!
This was Lance plan!
Feinan’s Plane Will wouldn’t just sit still as it all happened.
It started sensing the dangerous thoughts of the Creation God a while ago.
It began looking for some guardians.
And the first Guardians of Feinan… were the Anzed Witches.
Chapter 638: Terrifying Game (3)
In the entire Universe, the Witchcraft system of the Anzed Witches was unique.
The Anzed Witches were completely different from the Wizards. The Authorities of their Witchcrafts originated from the earliest Plane Will.
At that time, Feinan Plane had just formed and the Plane Will was very lively. If compared to Humans, it was like a youth feeling excited about the world.
The Plane Will of every Prime Material Plane would have that kind of period.
And during that time, the Ancient Gods were born, high and mighty, overlooking the earth.
Under the lead of Lance, the Wizard God, they expelled many monsters that were coveting Feinan.
At the same time, the first Humans appeared, the Anzeds.
The rise and fall of the Anzeds was short-lived in history. Even the Pearl Tower barely had any information related to them.
It was said that only the Twelve Witches of each generation knew of those secrets.
Because they were Feinan’s first Plane Guardians and their leader, the Witch Queen, was Feinan’s strongest.
…
Due to reasons that have been lost to time, the Anzeds disappeared from history and the High Elves took over the world.
Thus, the High Elven King became the new Plane Guardian.
This situation continued until the Ancient Elven God withdrew and the High Elves left Feinan to head for their distant Sanctuary.
Afterwards, Feinan’s Plane Will began to lie dormant.
The Plane Guardian positions were no longer occupied by just one group of people, but rather a varied scattering of people.
They had obtained the favor of Feinan’s Plane Will by some chance, and after several arduous tests, they became the Guardians of the Prime Material Plane.
And in this era, there were four Plane Guardians.
Legend Wizard Anthony was the East Guardian. The mysterious old man guarding the Azure Matriarch was the North Guardian. In fact, the presence of a mere Azure Matriarch wouldn’t need him to personally keep guard. What he was guarding was in fact the World Ending Twin Snakes suppressed in the Ethereal Plane. The Azure Matriarch was the only seed left by the World Ending Twin Snakes in Feinan, and that glacier likely was a link between Feinan and the Ethereal Plane. The West Guardian was known to be Xunshan Monastery’s Cloud Monk. From what the Truth Goddess said, he was the one who held the position of Plane Guardian the longest. He might have even been there before the 3rd Era, which meant that he had possibly experienced Lance’s Time Reversal.
The last Plane Guardian was naturally the Great Elven King, Nicholas.
Although the High Elves had left, the Wood Elves, as the closest subordinates to the High Elves, chose to remain in Feinan.
It was said that even now, the Wood Elves still held the way to open the far distant Sanctuary. They were closest to the High Elves, and thus it was very natural for Nicholas to become one of Feinan’s Plane Guardians.
Feinan’s Plane Guardians resulted from Feinan’s Plane Will.
They represented the resolve of Feinan’s Plane Will through their determination to protect this land.
…
“But they are all gone.” After listening this far, Marvin couldn’t help but interject.
Anthony died to the joint scheme of Glynos and the Twin Snakes Cult. The other three Plane Guardians all died in the battle over the Universe Magic Pool.
Feinan had no more Plane Guardians.
No one could protect this heavily damaged and formerly beautiful land.
“No.” The Truth Goddess’ answer was very firm.
“Plane Guardian is only a title. There are actually quite a few people that are still willing to use their lives to protect this land.”
“Moreover, I already said that this game is still underway. How could Feinan’s Plane Will be so easily defeated?”
“Do you think it’s really due to luck that three Fate Sorceresses would suddenly appear at the same time when they were rarely seen in thousands of years?”
The Truth Goddess’ answer made Marvin quiver a bit.
And the sentence that followed left him completely speechless:
“The outbreak of Fate Sorceresses, the return of the Anzed Witches, and that little girl in the North… In my trip through Feinan, I even felt the aura of the High Elves in Thousand Leaves Forest! The four Plane Guardians died, but the essence of Plane Guardians would never fade. Don’t you also have a Plane Guardian aura on your body?”
Her gaze was calm, but she was able to see through everything.
Standing before the Goddess of Truth, Marvin felt as if he wasn’t wearing any clothes, like she could see through everything about him in one glance.
In fact, he’d always had a faint feeling that the appearance of the Three Sisters at the same time might not be coincidental, but when the Truth Goddess mentioned them now, he couldn’t help but feel sorrowful.
So, it seemed that not only was he a chess piece, but the people he was in contact with were also part of this game.
He was already aware that Fate Power came from Feinan, which meant that Fate Sorceresses were candidates to become Plane Guardians. Marvin had no doubt about it. As for the North’s Valkyrie, Eve, it was said that she inherited the legacy of a Valkyrie from an ancient era. Her body most likely had some Anzed Bloodline, and her power likely came from a guardian power of the Anzeds. As for Hathaway and the Anzed Witches she represented, they seemed to be on the path to return to prominence. The seven petals representing the seven Greater Witchcrafts had already been gathered. The Witches’ ruler was very likely to return to Feinan!
As for the High Elves… The silhouette of that small messenger running all over the place with her Golden Griffin appeared in his mind.
“Butterfly…”
The first High Elven Queen.
At this point, Marvin couldn’t help but scratch his head as he asked a strange question:
“Why are they all women?”
…
This out-of-place question seemed to baffle the wise Truth Goddess.
She hesitated for a while before frowning. “Your question is very strange, but you do have a point.”
“Why is it that the potential Plane Guardians of this generation are all women?”
“This… I also don’t know.”
Marvin smiled bitterly.
Pure coincidence? Probably not?
As for Marvin’s own Plane Guardian halo, it was purely because Lorie gave him the chance to get it. Otherwise, even after killing Dark Phoenix, the Plane Will still wouldn’t have paid much attention to him.
Could Feinan Plane’s Will be disliking males?
After hearing such a terrifying story, Marvin felt that even if all this was true, he wouldn’t make too much of a fuss.
He had already heard enough today to make ordinary people collapse.
…
“All in all, you play a rather important role in this game.”
“Lance needs an outside element to break the inner balance to this Universe, and you did it. He won’t let you off so easily.”
Molly softly warned, “Trust me… One day, Lance will find you.”
“At that time, you’ll face a choice.”
“I’m telling you this now because I think you have the right to know all this. I have no idea what the future will look like.”
“I hope you won’t disappoint me.”
Marvin nodded.
He looked at Molly’s nearly perfect face and suddenly thought, ‘As Feinan Plane’s Protector God, the Truth Goddess is also a woman… Why does Feinan’s Plane Will favor so many beautiful women?’
‘Could it be that the Ancient Elven God and the Ancient Nature God were also women?’
Before he managed to remove that preposterous thought from his mind, the Truth Goddess sent him out.
“Your friend is looking for you.”
“I’ll send you back.”
Chapter 639: Return
After digesting those secrets divulged to him by the Truth Goddess, Marvin quickly composed himself.
He knew that he didn’t have to make a decision yet based on what the Truth Goddess told him.
After all, with his current level of strength, even though he knew the truth, he might not be able to affect the overall situation.
The Truth Goddess cared a great deal about Marvin’s future.
Everyone could see that if no one stopped Marvin, he would definitely grow into a force that couldn’t be ignored.
The strange part was that although he had clearly been chosen by Lance, Marvin was actually quite close with the people chosen by Feinan’s Plane Will.
Those fascinating women had a deep friendship with Marvin, except for the Valkyrie, who first met him because of what happened regarding Dark Phoenix’s ascension.
And the first Plane Guardian, the Anzed Witch Queen Hathaway, had a deep connection with Marvin. The two were like sweethearts who hadn’t brought it out.
As one of the involved parties, the feeling was complicated for Marvin. Even though he had the Wisdom ability, he didn’t know what would happen in the future.
For this kind of thing that couldn’t be controlled, Marvin wouldn’t trouble himself too much over it.
He believed in the Truth Goddess’ judgement… but Marvin wouldn’t immediately conclude that Lance was the traitor of this world, a super powerful villain.
He reasoned that there were probably still other things about that matter that he didn’t know.
After all, Lance had given him hope with this rebirth, so Marvin wouldn’t lightly judge whether he was right or wrong. He had to personally uncover the truth!
He had to become stronger!
…
The Black Dragon God had dispatched a Martyr to deal with Marvin, but the result was something outside everyone’s expectations.
The Martyr had sacrificed himself in vain to create the Self-Immolation Fire, Black Dragon Wing was destroyed, and the Black Dragon God was greatly injured. As for the one who managed to steal the Ancient Nature God’s power, Glynos, he had confidently entered the plane to try to kill Marvin, but the Truth Goddess suppressed his Divine Source, allowing Marvin to kill him!
The overall result was that Marvin’s Ruler of the Night class leveled up twice, and his False Divine Vessel grew in power once again. His strength increased by leaps and bounds.
The only pity was that he hadn’t gotten to absorb the Shadow Prince’s Divine Source, or else he would have become even more powerful.
One more thing worth mentioning was that before he left her God Realm, the Truth Goddess gave him a huge gift.
That was Glynos’ Shadow Domain.
As one of the most powerful Ancient Gods, and enhanced by the effects of the Truth Scale, Molly had unfathomable Divine Power.
She had directly extracted the power from the Shadow Prince’s Shadow Godhood and gifted it to Marvin.
She already saw through Marvin’s advanced False Divine Vessel.
With this huge gift, the Shadow Domain in the False Divine Vessel got a large expansion.
Marvin swept a glance across his interface and saw that the description for his Shadow Domain in the advanced False Divine Vessel had changed:
[Domain 2: Shadow (Perfect) (Costs 30)]
[Perfect Domain variation property – Ruler of Shadows]
[Ruler of Shadows: You are the absolute ruler in the shadows. Attributes +100%. Enemy Attributes -20%.]
Ruler of Shadows!
When Marvin saw that property, he opened his eyes wide.
That property was simply heaven-defying.
Because he had broken through the Godly Dexterity bottleneck, Marvin’s body had already started deviating from the normal Humans’ path with the help of the advanced False Divine Vessel, making it understandable for him to gain overpowering attributes.
But doubling his attributes… Wasn’t that too frightening?
This meant that from now on, within the Shadow Plane and at night, he would be invincible against people at the same level as him. He could even win against opponents that were ordinarily much stronger than him!
If Marvin wasn’t wrong, Glynos should have had that property in the past. But after he absorbed the Nature Power, the Shadow Plane rejected him, causing him to lose the bonuses of Ruler of Shadows.
Back when Marvin killed the Shadow Prince in the game, there had already been many Legend rogues who had gained the Shadow Domain and kept nibbling away at the absolute authority over the Shadow Domain. Because of that, Glynos had long since lost the Ruler of Shadows bonuses and thus was killed so easily.
This time in Black Dragon Wing, Marvin took huge risks, but gained a huge reward.
If not for that discussion in the Truth Goddess’ Realm, he would be feeling overjoyed by now.
But unfortunately, after finding out about that frightening conflict between Lance and the Plane Will, Marvin couldn’t remain happy.
He and his friends fought for their own ideals, but they ended up becoming chess pieces in others’ game?
Wasn’t this rather ironic?
As Marvin thought of this, a glimmer appeared in his eyes. ‘Even a chess piece might not necessarily let someone unscrupulously control it.’
‘If this world is really a chessboard, I’ll simply charge forward on a rampage, ignoring the rules. I’ll rush out of the chessboard and personally see what kind of person is able to control what happens on the board!’
At that moment, Marvin’s mind was as firm as ever!
…
In a dark corner of the Underworld.
Marvin smiled at the grumbling Ding.
It was fine with Jessica, as she only expressed her dissatisfaction with Marvin’s risky behavior.
But she also knew that the situation at the time was critical. The Martyr’s Self-Immolation Fire wasn’t something that could be easily extinguished.
If Marvin had made any major mistakes when handling things, he might have ended up disappearing in the fire.
After leaving the God Realm, Marvin heard Ding’s call. With her help, Marvin successfully returned to Feinan and reunited with Jessica.
This didn’t differ that much from their original plan.
After Ding complained for a while, her expression suddenly changed into one of delight. “Eh? Seems like you did something useful?”
“The monsters surrounding Hope City already started scattering away.”
Marvin and Jessica looked at each other, and the former suddenly reacted with a jolt.
If the monsters surrounding Hope City had scattered, then there should only be one explanation.
That Ghost Mother had died. As for how she had died, she was probably…
Crushed to death.
In fact, the Crypt Monster’s violent awakening and the Martyr’s explosion had created very frightening tremors, causing large sections nearby to collapse.
That collapse was mainly focused on the area west of the Great Vortex. A large hole even appeared in the Sage Desert, causing huge amounts of sand to flow into the Underdark.
The Ghost Mother controlling those Dark Specters should have been crushed to death at that time.
This was a bit unexpected, but it seemed to be the most likely hypothesis based on what Marvin knew.
In any case, the strain on Hope City had been alleviated, and the Dark Specters had suffered a huge blow to their fighting strength.
The next step was to eradicate the Dark Specters at the source!
Chapter 640: Endless Path
The Martyr’s actions had triggered an unprecedented collapse in the Underdark. Jessica had escaped toward the eastern side of the Great Vortex.
By the time Ding arrived by following her summons and called for Marvin, they were much further away from their destination, the Andes Snow Mountain Range.
But this wasn’t a problem now.
After the battle at Black Dragon Wing, Marvin became a level 4 Ruler of the Night and obtained Endless Path, an incredibly powerful long-distance displacement ability.
With the help of the False Divine Vessel, he could reach any shadowy area of Feinan by activating his perfect Shadow Domain.
Bringing two others with him wouldn’t be too difficult. At worst, he would just have to use up some Divine Power or Fate Power.
His body now had the Fate Power Imprint, so he didn’t need to be as careful about conserving his power.
As his Ruler of the Night class kept leveling up, Marvin would come to truly possess the overpowering abilities of a Ruler of the Night!
[Shadow Domain released!]
[Wisdom ability active!]
Suddenly, Marvin’s gaze seemed to pierce directly through all the barriers of the Underdark. In a glance, he saw the frightening darkness in the Eternal Frozen Spring.
But he only took a glance, not wanting to look too much.
The Final Ghost Mother had very keen perception. In any case, Marvin used his powerful consciousness to lock onto his destination and set it as the target for Endless Path.
If he was discovered by the Final Ghost Mother while using the skill, Marvin wouldn’t be able to handle her mental attack.
After all, he would be vulnerable at that moment. Even the Wisdom Chapter’s runes would be unable to protect him!
Thus, he decided to take care of it quickly, activating Endless Path in an instant and locking onto the mountain pass in front of the Andes Snow Mountains.
That was the only path leading to the Eternal Frozen Spring!
Fate Power surged from his body.
Jessica stared in surprise as Marvin gently held her hand and told her, “Follow me.”
Afterwards, he casually grabbed Ding and the three of them suddenly disappeared further into the depths of the Underdark!
…
In the Underdark’s Far West, three silhouettes suddenly staggered in front of a tall snowy mountain.
Marvin was a bit pale. It turned out that taking two people with him while using Endless Path was a bit taxing.
He felt a bit dizzy, and his legs felt a bit weak, almost making him slip on the ground.
Fortunately, Jessica quickly noticed Marvin’s situation, and after a slight hesitation, decided not to let go of Marvin’s hand. She tightened her grip instead and sent some Fate Power through their Fate Power Imprints.
Fate Power originated from Feinan’s Plane Will. As a child of the Plane, his body naturally wouldn’t reject Jessica’s power.
After a moment, he regained his footing.
“I really didn’t expect that it would use so much power…”
Marvin slowly sat on the ground, smiling bitterly.
He began recovering his strength. A Ruler of the Night had strong recuperative abilities.
Controlling Endless Path across such a long distance and with additional passengers was hard the first time. It used too much power.
But thankfully, his aim was accurate, and the three of them appeared where they were supposed to, in the mountain pass through the snowy mountains.
Winds whistled around the summits of the mountains, and they were covered in a thick layer of ice and snow.
Aside from the climate, they could only feel deathly stillness in this place.
There were no traces of life!
These were the frightening surroundings of the Eternal Frozen Spring.
They still had yet to enter the Eternal Frozen Spring, but they could already feel that shockingly low temperature.
It was rumored that the Eternal Frozen Spring originally was a precious treasure of the Elemental Plane of Water. It was unknown how it started flowing and then took root in Feinan. It was later used by the Night Monarch and the others as a container to seal away the Dark Specters.
But based on Marvin’s assessment, the core of the Eternal Frozen Spring was definitely the same as the Earth Crystal. It would be enough to establish a powerful Sanctuary.
Otherwise, the Eternal Frozen Spring wouldn’t be so powerful.
However, as the seal loosened day by day, the Dark Specters sealed inside started becoming active and gradually grasped the power of the Eternal Frozen Spring.
If the Final Ghost Mother learned to harness the power of the spring, the situation would be very dire.
He thought over these problems for a while, but soon, these worries were thrown to the back of his mind.
Even if it controlled the Eternal Frozen Spring, so what?
He was now a level 4 Ruler of the Night!
With his False Divine Vessel, he had the courage to face any Mid God… or even a High God.
With his Shadow Domain activated, he was almost invincible in Feinan. Even a super powerful Fate Sorceress like Jessica might not be his match now.
Moreover, he still had the natural predator of the Final Ghost Mother in his hands!
Thinking of this, his mind became a lot calmer.
He glanced at Jessica resting on the side.
She had actually been observing Marvin. Although she had been very careful with her actions, her looks still didn’t escape Marvin’s eyes.
Marvin sighed again, recalling that discussion in the Truth Goddess’ Realm.
His mood was a bit heavy.
He knew that Jessica was curious about what he had encountered but that she didn’t want to ask Marvin if he wasn’t willing to tell her on his own initiative.
And Marvin wasn’t ready to tell Jessica about everything that had happened.
He thought for a bit and then began recounting what had happened in Black Dragon Wing.
Manipulating the Crypt Monster to destroy Black Dragon Wing, killing Glynos with the help of the Goddess of Truth… These matters couldn’t be hidden for long anyways, and there was no point in hiding them.
As for that secret discussion with the Goddess of Truth… he chose to keep it to himself for now.
He knew that anyone who heard about those things would suffer a big blow.
He didn’t want these girls to have to suffer such distress. The feeling of being toyed with by fate was something hard to accept for people that always strove to do their best.
Especially Jessica and Eve, these girls with unyielding temper.
…
“I never would have thought that you went through so much in a matter of minutes.”
Jessica was in disbelief after hearing Marvin’s story. “You even have some sort of friendship with the Goddess of Truth?”
As an answer, Marvin just smiled.
He originally only went to the Crimson Wasteland to get some Origin Leaves and earn some profits, but he never expected that he would meet and then befriend the Truth Goddess.
And from another point of view, if Marvin hadn’t gone to the Crimson Wasteland, the Truth Goddess might have continued her cycle of dying and reincarnating.
The Truth Goddess’ resurrection truly was related to Marvin.
The two could be considered to have a close friendship. Moreover, the sincerity that she had displayed during the discussion in the Truth God Realm showed that she thought highly of him.
Marvin was moved by this kind of trust.
As he thought of this, Marvin suddenly asked, “If… I mean hypothetically, if Rocky Mountain meets another wave of trouble after the Final Ghost Mother is dealt with, what would you do?”
“You should know that for many people, your identity is an issue.”
Marvin could only presume that the next event would follow soon after.
He wanted to know how Jessica would face it.
The pretty girl simply sat there, her expression not changing a bit after hearing Marvin’s words. She simply answered, “Come one, kill one.”
“Nothing else.”
“This is my fate.”
Chapter 641: Blackmail
Jessica sounded very calm, but her voice touched the deepest and most tender part of Marvin’s heart.
He was a deep thinker, but intelligent people sometimes found easy things to be very complicated.
Especially when he obtained so much extra information.
To be honest, when he first left the Truth God Realm, Marvin was a bit overwhelmed.
He even began to doubt whether there would be any meaning in killing the Final Ghost Mother.
But Jessica’s words woke him up.
He recalled his original intentions.
What he wanted to do, wasn’t it to guard the things he cherished?
The beautiful White River Valley, his devoted follower, Anna, who was always silently supporting him, and that adorable and gifted younger brother.
Marvin cherished all of them dearly… Naturally, it wasn’t just them now. There were many more people.
He had many friends, Rocky Mountain, Lavis, Thousand Leaves Forest, the Old Alliance of the Seven Orders, the Sea Elven Queen’s group… Hathaway… They were all inextricably related.
Marvin couldn’t watch them perish.
He had to protect them.
In fact, it was very simple.
Before the truth came to the surface, Marvin would just do what he needed to do.
Thinking too much could impede him from progressing further along the path of raising his strength.
Marvin felt everything becoming clear.
The two of them sat there calmly, waiting for the arrival of the team of Legends.
Based on Marvin’s estimates of the scale of what had happened, the great collapse should have spread to the path used by the Legend team, and it might have even hit them!
However, since that group had been sent by the United Underdark Council to attack the Eternal Frozen Spring, it should consist of the finest of the Underdark.
The large collapse would at most trouble them a bit, delaying their arrival, but it was unlikely that it would injure them.
Marvin was confident that they had yet to arrive.
After all, Endless Path, a powerful skill that could cross long distances in an instant, was very powerful. It could definitely match a Wizard’s long-distance teleportation spell in terms of utility.
It only consumed some stamina and Fate Power, which Marvin slowly recovered some of over the course of the last 3 to 4 hours.
But there was one thing he was puzzled about: where did Ding go?
Originally, Marvin hadn’t brought Ding along on his trip to the Eternal Frozen Spring because Hope City had needed her support.
But Kate informed them that Hope City’s siege had been settled, so having Ding with them would definitely be a great help.
Ding’s blessings were extremely powerful.
And this was despite the fact that she had yet to grow up. If she grew for a millennium, a simple blessing from her would likely be able to turn an ordinary person into a Legend for a short period of time.
This was the wondrous ability of the Fortune Fairy.
Back before the Great Calamity, Ding had given Marvin 5 luck, making it possible for him to tear a Black Dragon apart. That memory was still vivid in his mind.
The power of Fortune Fairies was rather unfamiliar to most, but it was definitely very real and significant.
At the crucial time, even just a point or two of Luck could change the outcome of a battle.
Marvin’s strength had greatly increased from the recent battle, and with a powerful helper joining them, he was a lot more confident in killing the Final Ghost Mother.
But he didn’t expect that after arriving, the naughty thing would be nowhere to be seen!
Jessica was also helplessly shaking her head about this.
She wasn’t Ding’s true master, after all. Ding obeyed her orders because Ding respected her power.
But even Ding’s actual master, Kate, couldn’t stop her naughtiness.
Who knew where the Fortune Fairy had gone off to?
“There is one thing that’s certain. She’s never made a mistake when it comes to something so important,” Jessica said, “so I’m sure she will return before the fight begins.”
…
In another corner of the Universe, inside a golden sanctuary, a pitiful eastern Dragon was flattering the plump Fortune Fairy.
“Big Sis Ding, how about you try this one?”
He took out a huge coconut.
The Fortune Fairy had a disdainful expression.
The Dragon scratched his head, fishing out a coconut of another color and handing it over.
“How about this one? This dark blue coconut water is the best to drink.”
The Fortune Fairy looked at him as if he was an idiot. “You ate a lot of these since childhood?”
She didn’t ask with a particularly mean tone, but as soon as she asked, the pitiful Dragon immediately began to tear up. “Big Sis Ding! I truly have had a hard time!” he bawled.
“All these coconuts… I have to eat them very sparingly! I don’t know when that bastard Marvin will free me… I signed a contract with him, if he dares to go back on his words…”
He had yet to finish his words when Ding disdainfully huffed, “Marvin? That kid is now busy picking up girls in Feinan, he’s probably already forgotten about you.”
The Dragon suddenly went out of control!
“I knew that guy must have been doing things half-heartedly!”
“Even if he signed the contract, I’m inside the eternal barrier, I can’t unilaterally enforce the contract’s power… Wuwuwuwu, I’m so pitiful, since I was born, I never saw the outside world!”
Seeing such a refined and adorable Dragon weep, the always prideful Ding unexpectedly showed some mercy.
“This is why you sought me out?” she asked.
When she was helping Jessica look for Marvin earlier, she unexpectedly heard Tiramisu’s call. Driven by curiosity, she took the initiative to leave Feinan to come to the far reaches of the Universe…
In the end, she met a ridiculous Dragon and she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.
‘This guy is an Eternal Time Dragon?’ She doubtfully sized him up. Even if she didn’t want to admit it, there seemed to be no mistake about it.
But this Eternal Time Dragon, wasn’t he the most miserable in the Universe?
Ever since he was born, he could only eat those odd coconuts. His father was extremely irresponsible and gave him the name Tiramisu… This kind of name made Ding wince. ‘It’s rumored that Lance’s closest partner was very unreliable…’
Tiramisu was feeling really depressed while trapped in that time barrier. It was very hard for anyone to ever visit him, and he would naturally complain about his sorrows.
After no less than three hours of wailing, his act was interrupted by Ding.
She rolled her eyes as she muttered, “I’m probably one of the only ones that can freely enter and exit this time barrier. I know you want my help with the Pearl Tower matter, but it’s impossible for me. However, I can help pass on a message for you, I’m quite familiar with that Marvin guy.”
Tiramisu was greatly moved as he tremulously began, “Thank you…”
Ding cut right cross him as she continued, “But travelling between planes is very tiring, and I don’t have a natural ability to cross planes like you Eternal Time Dragons…”
“However… I’ve heard that Eternal Time Dragon tears are very valuable? You weep so much anyways, so how about you gimme a few?”
Tiramisu’s eyes were open comically wide, an expression of disbelief plastered on his face.
…
Marvin had no idea that on the other side of the Universe, an unprecedented kind of blackmail was underway.
He was still taking care of his recovery.
He recovered a significant amount of stamina, but he had used a bit too much Fate Power.
Even with Jessica’s help, the Fate Power in his body was a little lacking.
He would need at least two days to recover it.
This wasn’t good news.
However, he suddenly frowned.
“Enemies!”
When these words echoed, there was a sudden white glow in the darkness.
“Woosh!”
A shadow-like lightning directly struck Marvin’s chest!
The frightening white surge crackled as it continued toward Marvin’s neck.
Marvin snorted coldly. Someone actually dared to attack him while he was in the shadows?
Being the Ruler of Shadows wasn’t just for show.
His body reacted at an inconceivable speed.
The white tip of the lightning bolt pierced through Marvin’s neck, but that was just an afterimage!
Then, a fierce punch hit the other side in the abdomen!
The opponent clearly hadn’t expected Marvin to have Dexterity that was even higher than his own.
“Ugh!”
The shadow let out a groan as it was sent flying back by Marvin. It crashed into a wall and dissipated into smoke.
“Drow Warrior? Interesting.”
Marvin smiled faintly and told Jessica who was ready to fight:
“Seems like that was the scout.”
“They are coming.”