Night Ranger

Chapter 700: Counter Storm

No one here had expected the situation to reach such a stage!

The originally solid and united group fighting for Feinan suddenly had such intense internal strife.

When Marvin was at its weakest, it was none other than Eve who stood up and aimed her Holy Swords at him.

She claimed he was someone called “the Destroyer”.

Although most people there couldn’t understand what it meant, there was no mistake about it: the Valkyrie and the Fate Sorceress were fighting.

The eyes of the Divine Servants from the Astral Sea shone!

They regained some of their hope.

The son of Anuba Grant was quite incredible. Without Eve restraining him with her Holy Swords, he would be the most powerful contender for the Fate Tablet.

On the top floor of the Sky Tower, everyone watched as he held off Ivan and the Sea Elven Queen, apparently effortlessly.

With his carefree appearance, he was probably not even going all-out!

Then again, he had just agreed to help Eve with one thing and not necessarily do anything too drastic.

Seeing this, most of the Divine Servants drew similar conclusions.

The son of the God of Dawn and Protection was definitely waiting for an opportunity to make a decisive move.

With Marvin crippled, it might be difficult for the Copper Dragon to protect him on his own!

The battle between Jessica and Eve might have just started, but it was already full-blown!

The seven-colored Fate Power was clashing with the Holy Swords as Jessica herself was in a fierce melee with Eve.

The strength of the two of them had reached a very frightening stage.

Eve wanted to press closer to Marvin.

But Jessica wouldn’t allow her to.

Their fight was very rough and simple, almost like a brawl!

Still, many were terrified when they saw the extent of their power!

Whether it was the Valkyrie’s Holy Swords or Jessica’s fists, if they were the ones receiving those, they wouldn’t be able to handle it!

This was the power of the ones chosen by the Plane Will.

Unfortunately, although Jessica gave her utmost, she was still unable to take Eve down.

So while they were occupied, the restless stragglers finally made a move.

Given that there was only one left guarding Marvin, they glanced at each other and tacitly decided to make a move!

In an instant, Professor faced the attacks of more than 40 Legends!

Endless Divine Power fell down from the sky, along with sword shadows and sneak attacks hidden between the cracks.

The goal of these people was very simple: killing Marvin!

The Copper Dragon angrily raised his wings, and a dark red storm was suddenly whipped up in the area around his body!

The storm frantically whirled around him and deflected most of the Divine Spells and offensive attacks!

The entire top floor of the Sky Tower fell into chaos.

A startled shout came out from someone who got struck by his own spell bouncing back!

[Counter Storm]!

A fierce Dragon Spell.

But the consumption of stamina and Magic Power was very high, too.

The dark red storm persisted for about another minute before stopping.

The Copper Dragon, who had just used a lot of energy when he spat out the Lava Breath earlier, seemed a bit smaller now.

His eyes became even less lively.

And there was also a fresh wound at the base of his wing!

Counter Storm couldn’t stop everything.

He panted, continuing to shield the Devil Magic Egg under his stomach.

The large Dragon’s eyes carefully watched the rest as he roared with a thunderous voice, “Don’t even think of killing Marvin today!”

“I might not be able to kill all of you, but I’ll definitely not show any mercy to anyone that dares to attack!”

The Copper Dragon was utterly enraged.

Professor had always had a calm and gentle personality. He liked Humans, he liked to interact with them.

And among these Humans, he had always believed that Marvin was worth trusting.

Ever since he took the initiative to train in the Mirror World, and also in the later trip to the Dragon Temple, everything proved that.

This youth had the heart of a hero.

There was no doubt about this.

Professor was at ease knowing the Fate Tablet was in Marvin’s hands.

Today’s events had been going so well.

Relying on his remarkable abilities, Marvin had successfully grasped the Fate Tablet.

And with Feinan’s group being so formidable, forming an alliance to hold off the outsiders wouldn’t be an issue.

This all would have set up a good foundation for getting ready to deal with what would happen a month hence.

But the falling out with Eve destroyed everything.

Professor had a good relationship with Eve, and he knew she wasn’t greedy.

As the inheritor of the will of the Valkyrie, Eve had very firm willpower, and she also took it upon herself to be one of the heroes that would guard Feinan from any threats.

The only thing that would be able to make her change her mind would be something related to the Valkyrie’s will.

A flicker of doubt appeared in the Copper Dragon’s angry eyes. The Valkyrie had left for so many years, and despite the matter of the Destroyer being in the minds of these long-lived lifeforms, it had never manifested. Now, Eve concluded that Marvin was the Destroyer, which must have had something to do with what the Valkyrie had known. But even if the Valkyrie was outstandingly powerful, could she really see what would happen after so many years?

Marvin was the one chosen by Lance, after all.

This was something Professor learnt after communicating with the Water Elemental Sovereign. After Butterfly awakened, his strength took a great leap forward, and because of this, he gained access to the world’s biggest secret.

The game between Lance and Feinan’s Plane Will.

Could it be that Lance really wanted to destroy this world?

And that Marvin was the one he had chosen to do it?

Only this conclusion could explain Eve’s actions.

But the Copper Dragon didn’t have time to think all this through.

Counter Storm hadn’t bought him much time.

The enemies would take this opportunity to swarm around once more.

Although the Divine Spells weren’t powerful, there were a lot of them.

At this time, Professor regretted that Kangen had left to settle things outside.

With the strength of the Blade Master, there would be no issue holding off and perhaps slaughtering these Divine Servants.

But it was normal for that old friend to not want to stay in this sacred location for Wizards.

There was still that matter gnawing at his mind, after all.

Professor’s gaze became resolute.

Regardless of whether Marvin was the Destroyer, the Fate Tablet couldn’t end up in the hands of these people.

Whether it was Feinan’s other Legends, or the Divine Servants, or the other forces of the Universe.

If the Fate Tablet landed in their hands, it would lead to another round of terror and destruction.

The owner of the Tablet would turn into a New God, and probably become like them too.

When that time came, the fate of everyone else in Feinan would be decided.

The Era of Gods would be unstoppable then.

Professor didn’t like this, so he resolved himself to use a sacrificial taboo spell to stop all this.

But at that time, something under his belly stirred restlessly.

He subconsciously used his wings to brush aside those few scattered Divine Spells that were still falling down.

Everyone was abruptly shocked when they saw the Devil Magic Egg transform.

Four limbs, followed by a head, and ultimately, a complete Human shape appeared.

Marvin raised his head and both reached at his waist, drawing Sodom’s Blades, which let out a thick killing intent.

The corner of his mouth was raised in a devilish smile:

“You want to kill me?”

Chapter 701: Display Of Strength ##

Marvin’s calm voice echoed through the top floor of the Sky Tower.

Those powerhouses, who had been preparing Divine Spells or waving their swords while preparing to charge, suddenly froze.

Time seemed to stand still.

Marvin walked out from the protection of the Copper Dragon.

His gaze was as cold as ever. “Still want to kill me now?”

No one dared to answer!

The people surrounding the Copper Dragon were in a state of near-collapse!

They had all attacked because they had felt so sure of one thing: Marvin was seriously hurt, so this was the best time to attack!

But when an apparently healthy Marvin stood before them, the scene of him going against the World Ending Twin Snakes appeared in their minds.

Some of them even started to subconsciously and slowly back away in fright!

Because Marvin had already activated his advanced False Divine Vessel as he spoke.

The Slaughter Domain flooded the whole area.

That killing intent was almost visibly marking those who had tried to take advantage of the situation.

A strange light flickered in the eyes of the Copper Dragon, but he didn’t say anything.

Marvin stood with a cold glare, and that ice cold gaze made them feel like they were frozen before the most ruthless viper.

Someone retreated.

It triggered a chain reaction.

‘It’s finished,’ they all thought.

Marvin must have been using some mysterious ability to repair his body. Or maybe it was his shapeshifting itself that did it.

Whatever the case, his weak state was already a thing of the past, and this frightening avatar of death had already recovered.

If they really tried to press on at this time, few of them, if any, would be able to leave unscathed.

The Gods had already instructed them that they should avoid conflict with Marvin if he seemed to be at full strength.

And the fight against the Molten Archdevil had already proved that Marvin had the strength of a Half-Plane Guardian.

From what the Gods could assess, even if the current Marvin really had the power of a Plane Guardian and they might beat him if all the forces teamed up against him, it would still be very difficult to kill him.

And now, Marvin seemed to have somehow completely recovered.

If Kangen returned, the situation would become even more one-sided.

Although Eve and Holy Paul were troublesome, the former was at most able to hold even with Jessica while the latter didn’t seem to be showing any killing intent toward Marvin. Nor did he show any temptation towards the Fate Tablet, which was somewhat odd.

If the son of the God of Dawn and Protection stood down, Marvin’s strength would be enough to kill most of his opponents here!

Moreover, he now had the Fate Tablet. Who knew whether his strength improved even further?! Perhaps his sudden recovery had been aided by its powers!

…

Seeing everyone lowering their heads, Marvin inwardly let out a sigh of relief.

He was the perfect example of a weak person bluffing his way out with false bravado.

On the surface, it looked like he had recovered his full strength at the level of a Half-Plane Guardian, but in reality, he could barely fight right now!

While in the Devil Magic Egg state, his body truly did recover at a high speed, but the damage caused by the World Ending Twin Snakes had been too severe.

It wasn’t that easy to recover from a near-death state.

He still needed more time.

But when he became aware of the situation in the hall, he discovered that he didn’t have that time!

Marvin had to step out and do what he could to help Professor, who was risking his life to protect him.

Although the defenses of the Magic Egg were very tough, some of those from the Astral Sea had spells tailored against lifeforms from Hell.

If they actually went all-out to attack him, he might really have no way to survive.

Thus, he could only take a gamble.

He dismissed his Magic Addict Shape before its effective duration had elapsed, and then tried to intimidate all the others into backing off.

And it seemed like his bluff was effective.

Most people retreated because they couldn’t see through Marvin’s real state.

However, a leisurely voice came out at this time. “Nice guts, you didn’t completely recover but you still removed the Magic Addict Shape.”

“Eh? You have a False Divine Vessel in your body? You are really a shocking man. If not for the Fate Tablet being too dazzling, I almost wouldn’t have noticed it.”

“And it seems like the Fate Tablet already fused with your false Divine Vessel. It’s unfortunate that you don’t have the key. If you could actually harness its power, you would have truly profited.”

“But still, I admire your courage. Not everyone would be able to scare away so many powerful beings when weakened to the point of barely being able to fight.”

The Son of Anuba Grant laughed loudly while skillfully blocking the attacks from the pair of Elves and simultaneously giving Marvin a thumbs up.

In Marvin’s eyes, his smile looked quite malicious!

Because with just those words, he managed to reverse the situation in the hall once more.

Those powerhouses who originally thought of escaping took a closer look at Marvin.

But this time, killing intent had risen up again.

“So he was only bluffing! Why didn’t I notice that he wasn’t projecting any strength!”

“Yes, I also felt he didn’t have any power, he is a pure mortal.”

“I thought he was deliberately hiding his aura so we wouldn’t know exactly how much power he had. Thinking about it now, after the fight against the World Ending Twin Snakes, how could he still have the power to hide his aura?”

They all sneered as they recovered their courage.

Marvin shook his head helplessly.

He looked at the son of the God of Dawn and Protection and threatened, “If I survive this, I’ll definitely kill you.”

Holy Paul coughed and pointed at Eve. “Don’t take your anger out on me, I’m only a hired goon. She is the one who wants to kill you.”

Eve’s eyebrows shook, but she didn’t react as she was still entangled with Jessica.

Marvin snorted.

Although he looked calm on the surface, deep within his heart, he was already on the verge of despair.

Facing the attacks of so many Divine Servants, he had no way out. He needed help.

Eve and Holy Paul… If Marvin had the opportunity, he would never let them live!

Regardless of their reasons or difficulties!

‘Heiress of the Valkyrie?’ Marvin squinted his eyes.

She had tried to kill him now, so he wouldn’t care about pretextes and reasons.

‘As long as I can survive!’ Marvin inwardly pledged.

He looked at those malicious Divine Servants with disdain in their eyes.

If he was really about to die, he wouldn’t mind using Diross’ Imprint.

Although he instinctively felt that the Imprint Diross left was nothing good, he couldn’t manage things on his own this time.

In any case, he would at least take them down with him.

The Copper Dragon raised his head, wrapping his wings over, trying to protect Marvin once again.

Divine light flickered in the hall, formed by countless Divine Spells gathering their energy.

The pressure in the atmosphere was stifling.

At this time, a young voice suddenly echoed across the whole floor:

“Those who want to kill my brother will die!”

It was followed by a frightening Arcane Energy billowing through the hall!

Chapter 702: Inheritor

When he heard that voice, Marvin initially felt overjoyed, before suddenly worrying!

‘Wayne woke up!’

This was naturally good news.

But waking up in this unfavorable situation wouldn’t be good for him!

And to the others, it was baffling.

A small boy suddenly appeared, floating above the hall.

The boy looked like he was about twelve years old, but he clearly had the strength of a Legend Wizard at the very least!

Those with sharp eyes recognized that he was the boy Marvin had been looking for outside the Sky Tower!

He was actually Marvin’s younger brother!

‘Were these brothers freaks?’

A teen that was only sixteen years old already had the power of a Half-Plane Guardian.

And the other one was even more ridiculous!

Twelve and already a Legend Wizard!

Moreover, such pure Arcane energy was unheard of!

That frightening Arcane energy already inundated the hall, stirring restlessly.

The atmosphere in the hall felt as if a wild beast was grinding its teeth, ready to pounce anytime to bite an enemy to death!

But a Legend Wizard appearing out of nowhere couldn’t change the situation anyway.

A Legend Wizard was indeed troublesome.

But the current situation wasn’t something that a single Legend Wizard could settle.

Marvin needed at least an ally on the level of a Half-Plane Guardian to be able to help him turn the situation around!

Although that small boy was very gifted, he definitely couldn’t be a Half-Plane Guardian Wizard yet!

The Arcane Energy on his body was pure, but that was all.

Perhaps he might become a very shocking figure some day in the future, but he certainly not now.

“We all want to kill your brother, can you kill us all?” sneered Connor. “If you want to keep the bloodline of White River Valley alive, then tell Marvin to obediently fork over the Fate Tablet.”

“If he does that, we might spare you!”

Marvin didn’t say anything.

He trusted Wayne.

Others might not know, but Wayne was the real prodigy.

A Seer and the Inheritor of the Wizard God.

How could someone like him be weak?

That Legend from the West Coast was bound to pay the price.

As expected, Wayne looked at him and slowly said, “You can come one by one, or all at once.”

Connor chuckled.

But his laughter didn’t last long.

“Bang!”

A frightening explosion burst from inside him.

His sturdy body blew up and turned into a bloody mist!

Even his soul was torn apart by this sudden burst of Arcane Energy!

He was completely annihilated!

…

“An Ancient Arcane Spell?” Anuba Grant’s son wondered aloud. “You are Lance’s student? The rumored Inheritor of the Wizard God?”

Wayne didn’t pay attention to him.

His gaze focused on all those people who had targeted Marvin.

All those who fell under his gaze burst into a bloody mist in less than a second!

The frightening Arcane Burst scared quite a few of the survivors away!

They hadn’t seen such a strange and powerful spell before!

This already wasn’t in the realm of just Magic.

His gaze had become a gaze of death. Killing with a glance, such a strange scene!

Even Jessica and Eve, who had been embroiled in a fierce battle, suddenly froze.

The Inheritor of the Wizard God!

If someone else had spoken of this title, it might have sounded like a bad joke.

But it came from the son of the God of Dawn and Protection! That was different.

Anuba Grant’s son was knowledgeable and naturally wouldn’t talk nonsense about something like this.

And with that pure Arcane Energy, those who had wanted to fight for the Fate Tablet had already fallen into despair!

Seriously, with such a pair of brothers, how could there be a chance for anyone else?

A Half-Plane Guardian Ruler of the Night.

A young Legend Wizard with such terrifying killing magic!

If they kept growing…

‘Never mind just Feinan… Who in the entire Universe would be able to rival their power?’

This thought appeared in their hearts.

Their belief in their Gods started swaying!

After Wayne burst another nine Divine Servants, he finally stopped.

Some traces of weariness appeared on his face.

As he slowly descended back to the ground, he looked at Marvin and interjected, “Ah… The Fate Tablet already merged with you.”

Marvin spread his hands apart, helplessly saying, “I have no idea…”

“It’s fine!” Wayne’s voice was still brisk.

He looked at Marvin earnestly and said, “Although I said that I wanted the Fate Tablet to quickly become the God of Magic, I can still attain that position without the Fate Tablet. I don’t mind if Brother has the Fate Tablet.”

Marvin nodded. Wayne truly had returned to normal.

The knowledge he inherited from the Wizard God would definitely let him reach outstanding heights.

The Fate Tablet would only speed up this process.

…

Wayne’s appearance was an unanticipated variable. Even Eve and Holy Paul were caught unprepared.

After Wayne’s killing spree, even if the son of the God of Dawn and Protection said more, it might still be useless.

So many people had already died, all of them unable to resist the silent Arcane Burst. Even the abilities that some of the Divine Servants had for protection from instant death were ineffective. How terrifying were Wayne’s Arcane Spells?

The remaining people didn’t want to stay in this frightening place. The pair of brothers from White River Valley were monsters.

Even Eve called back her Holy Swords and frowned deeply. She felt that she wouldn’t be able to kill Marvin today.

“Let’s go,” she sighed, calling the God’s descendant.

But she watched Marvin without saying a word to him.

Her meaning was clear.

She would kill him.

He also didn’t say anything. And the next time they met, he wouldn’t give Eve the chance to talk.

Valkyrie’s Inheritor? Guardian of the Three Northern Cities?

She had threatened Marvin’s life, so he would definitely go all-out if he saw her again.

Show no mercy.

This was Marvin’s resolution!

The fight in the hall apparently come to an end.

Everyone got on the move. Besides Marvin’s group, everyone else left the Sky Tower.

The Copper Dragon also sighed.

After using Counter Storm earlier, he had suffered a lot of injuries.

Although Dragons were physically strong, facing so many Divine Servants at once while protecting someone was not easy at all.

Marvin was deeply touched by those who stood by his side at this most dangerous time.

He wanted to say something when the seal formed by the Truth Scale Imprint suddenly collapsed despite still seeming rather sturdy moments before.

“Ssss!”

Two huge snake heads burst out from the thick fog!

The World Ending Twin Snakes!

Chapter 703: Ethereal Plane Seal

When the World Ending Twin Snakes had originally escaped from the seal, Marvin had known that sooner or later, he would have to confront them.

Even if he successfully escaped this time, it would still happen.

But he didn’t think that the temporary barrier from the Truth Goddess’ Imprint would fail so suddenly!

Even if his enemies were retreating and the Sky Tower was only filled with allies now, this wasn’t good news for Marvin.

This meant that the lives of all his allies were threatened!

Although Wayne could use many Arcane Burst, he was young and had just woken up from his coma. After killing so many enemies, both his Magic Power and mind were exhausted, and he was showing clear signs of fatigue.

And Marvin himself was still in a weakened state!

Though, compared how he was previously in a near-death state, he was a lot better now.

When it came to that, Marvin had to admit that the Magic Addict Shape was very powerful and had saved his life once again.

Even if he lost one point of Willpower, there was no point in having it if he was dead.

Surviving was the most important thing!

Thus, when the World Ending Twin Snakes were pushing their way out of the seal, Marvin immediately made a decision: “Flee!”

Professor flapped his wings, solemnly flying up, preparing to cover everyone’s retreat.

But that young voice echoed once again through the Sky Tower. “It’s fine, Brother. With me here, these two snakes won’t harm anyone.”

Wayne!

Marvin gave his younger brother a startled look.

He knew that Wayne was very powerful, but surely not to the point of being able to contend against the World Ending Twin Snakes! And he had even used most of his power driving off the enemies earlier!

These words sounded like a child showing off.

But the next instant, everyone was shocked by Wayne’s actions.

They saw him floating in the air as the walls of the Sky Tower started shaking, and a pale yellow Arcane Barrier formed between his body and the walls!

“This is… the resonance between a Wizard Tower and its master!”

The Sea Elven Queen looked at Wayne’s actions in shock.

It was well known that Wizard Towers were the most powerful weapons of Wizards!

A Legend Wizard would be almost unmatched when inside his own Wizard Tower.

And the master of this Wizard Tower was definitely Lance.

But the scene before their eyes completely upended their worlds!

Only one person could trigger the resonance with a Wizard Tower! And especially this one!

Wayne was wearing his oversized Wizard gown, covered entirely in a golden glow.

The Sealing Power inside the Wizard Tower quickly burst out again, focusing on the entrance of the Ethereal Plane!

Although the power of the Truth Goddess Imprint had collapsed, this sealing power coming from Lance’s Wizard Tower was even more unbearable!

“This is Lance’s Power?!”

“He hasn’t left this world!”

“One day, we will kill you!”

As they were pushed back by the Sealing Power, the World Ending Twin Snakes sounded very flustered!

Wayne’s eyes flickered. “You won’t have the chance to kill Teacher!”

“Because your ultimate fate is still the Ethereal Plane!”

“Get lost!”

Following this, an ancient word came out of Wayne’s mouth!

Ancient God Language!

Ethereal Plane Seal!

The World Ending Twin Snakes shuddered, and they tried to use spatial distortion to get through, but they couldn’t do so in the end!

Having stayed in the Ethereal Plane for so many years, they had actually grown much weaker than before, though they were still immensely powerful.

The Azure Matriarch’s blood undid Lance’s seal after the key component was removed, but the World Ending Twin Snakes were still in the Ethereal Plane.

And Lance hadn’t set up only one seal; he had set up a double seal.

The entire Ethereal Plane itself was a seal that could be activated by Lance at will!

On the top floor of the Sky Tower, 7 huge six-pointed stars appeared, revolving quickly and at a strange angle!

An azure radiance started shining through Wayne’s eyes.

He slightly opened his hands like he was cradling something in them.

He then pointed his right hand at the World Ending Twin Snakes and sharply shouted, “Return!”

The 7 six-pointed stars ruthlessly flew over.

The World Ending Twin Snakes recoiled in agitation!

…

Marvin stood completely still as he watched everything in a daze.

He knew that the seal of the Ethereal Plane, this kind of Plane Guardian level spell, wasn’t something Wayne could completely control.

Those 7 six-pointed stars would have been enough to seal any of the Gods within!

However, this wasn’t really Wayne’s power, but rather, he was using a spell to draw out the power of the Sky Tower!

In other words, this was Lance’s power, but it was being controlled by someone else.

‘He really is Lance’s Inheritor.’

Marvin was pleased, but a bit worried.

The relationship between Wayne and Lance was so close… Was the matter of the Destroyer that Eve talked about true?

‘If Lance really is the destroying side, then what about Wayne now?’

‘If it really reaches that stage in the future, what should I do?’

As he thought of these convoluted things, he became confused for a moment, before finally laughing at himself and deciding to throw these things to the back of his head for now.

After all, the issue at hand had yet to be solved, so there was no use in overthinking.

Even if they could repel the World Ending Twin Snakes, there would be another frightening challenge for Martin to face soon.

‘I hope Wayne can succeed,’ Marvin thought.

If he managed to seal the Ethereal Plane successfully, the World Ending Twin Snakes wouldn’t cause problems for a long time again.

There would be one… Two fewer enemies.

But what about the Astral Sea, the Abyss, the Negative Energy Plane, the Nine Hells, whose intentions weren’t clear, and the threat of Ancient Gods?

Although he originally chose this path and made the best preparations that he could think of, he would rather have one less enemy when the day arrived.

Everything originated from the Fate Tablet in his body.

It was rumored to be an Artifact that could change the fate of the world.

…

The Sealing Power at the entrance of the Ethereal Plane was unmatched.

The World Ending Twin Snakes were compressed mercilessly until they couldn’t take any more, and soon, they were forced to retreat back into the Ethereal Plane.

But just as everyone was feeling relieved, a spear suddenly flew down from the skies and pierced formation of six-pointed stars.

It tore a huge hole.

The World Ending Twin Snakes rushed through that opening as if their lives depended on it, and fled from the top of the Sky Tower!

Wayne spat a mouthful of blood, looking extremely pale!

The Ethereal Plane Seal had failed!

After the spear destroyed the formation, it vanished.

All of Feinan heard a voice afterwards: “You owe me one. Remember to kill Marvin, that Kangen is mine.”

Those who heard the voice where shocked.

Only a few were shocked.

“Anubis!” Ivan looked at that disappearing spear, clenching his teeth. “The War God!”

Chapter 704: Absolute Sanctuary!

Nobody had expected War God Anubis to do such a thing. This would do no good for the Gods either.

The World Ending Twin Snakes, who had been so close to being sealed away for at least another era, got the opportunity to escape.

And even though the seal over the Ethereal Plane still ended up closing under the effect of the remaining Sealing Power, it had no meaning anymore.

The World Ending Twin Snakes had already been released.

Wayne struggled to channel the tower’s energy to cast a Long Distance Lens spell so they could see the World Ending Twin Snakes, and they saw an image of them crashing into a sea of ice!

The Pambo Sea!

They escaped the Ethereal Plane, fled from the Sky Tower, and finally returned to the real world!

Although they still seemed weak on the surface, Marvin, who had fought with them, knew that these two Ancient Evil Gods weren’t easy to deal with. They would surely be able to recover from the damage they had suffered from both seals.

Everyone watched as the World Ending Twin Snakes raged against the surface of the sea of ice for a moment before finally breaking through the layer of ice and drilling in, disappearing from view.

The stronger one was, the more they valued their life, and the World Ending Twin Snakes were no exception.

After breaking out from the second seal, they naturally wanted to be cautious.

They chose to disappear for now because they needed to recuperate.

This was the era of the Gods Descent after all.

They might not necessarily be able to beat the Great Gods after suffering from the formation of stars.

This kind of enemy was the most frightening.

Marvin himself also liked to hide in the dark before suddenly make a deadly move.

The stakes changed, now that there were two powerhouses that had once been able to contend with Lance now hiding in the dark. And both of them wanted to kill Marvin, making him feel quite depressed.

The next time they met, even if they hadn’t recovered to their peak states, the Twin Snakes might have already recovered most of their strength.

If he couldn’t become stronger, far stronger than he currently was, stronger than he had even hoped to get before… not mentioning White River Valley, he might not even be able to protect himself!

Moreover, Wayne had spat out blood from the backlash.

Clearly, despite him having tyrannical Magic Power, being interrupted by the War God had put a lot of strain on his body!

“They are watching this place!”

Wayne coldly raised his head again, looking at the sky.

They all understood what he meant.

After the Gods got rid of the Astral Beast, they didn’t return to their God Realms, but instead approached as close to Feinan as they dared.

Although they couldn’t enter Feinan for the time being without causing disastrous effects on the plane, this didn’t mean that they couldn’t interfere with what was happening in Feinan through special means.

Fortunately, this was the Sky Tower. Lance’s power permeated this place, as well as the remnants of the Universe Magic Pool, or else no one would have been able to escape that spear!

He was able to let the World Ending Twin Snakes escape because the entrance to the Ethereal Plane was quite a large portal, and because the seal was designed primarily to be extremely resistant on one side… It was always much easier to break a seal from outside than from within.

Also, the Laws of the Sky Tower were very domineering. Although he couldn’t lock onto the exact position of Marvin or the others, it was easy for him to perceive the intersection between two different Planes, and with such a huge target, even if the power of Lance offset and weakened his spear, he still wouldn’t miss that entrance.

‘The upcoming days will definitely not be easy!’

Marvin had a bitter expression on his face.

He was weary, his False Divine Vessel was still recovering, and the Fate Tablet was locked!

In the following days, unless he died, the continued chase for the Fate Tablet would be inevitable.

Thinking of this, Marvin quickly thought of a bold plan!

‘There is no other choice… For both White River Valley and Wayne, it’s the only choice.’

An unswerving determination flashed in his eyes.

But just as he was going to tell everyone about his plan, Wayne suddenly looked at the others and said, “Everyone, my older brother is in a very sensitive state, therefore, I apologize in advance!”

“I hope my actions won’t influence your friendship with him or White River Valley. I’m very sorry, but I have no other choice.”

Marvin asked in bewilderment, “What do you want to do?”

Wayne suddenly waved his hand!

Before the others could react, a white light flashed everywhere.

“Woosh!”

The next second, they felt their surroundings change.

They glanced around and found out that they were now outside the Sky Tower!

“That kid actually expelled us from the tower?” Jessica asked in disbelief.

Ivan nodded, looking somewhat unhappy. “Maybe in his eyes, Marvin is the only one he can trust.”

“Marvin’s current situation is very worrying. And there is also that Fate Tablet in his body. Perhaps in such a situation, it’s normal not to trust easily.”

Copper Dragon Professor nodded. Those who were left had good relationships with Marvin, so they wouldn’t take offense.

But they were still very curious… After Wayne threw them out, what would happen next?

The answer was soon revealed.

All the powerhouses who were still watching the scene stared in shock as the unfathomable Sky Tower rose up!

The magnificent and imposing Wizard Tower actually started flying!

It pierced through the clouds and flew south at a crazy speed!

After a short thirty seconds, the busy inhabitants of White River Valley heard the sound of an explosion!

They raised their heads in alarm.

What they saw was a tall Wizard Tower appearing in the Sanctuary, right outside White River Valley’s location!

On top of the Wizard Tower, an eye shining like a radiant sun appeared! The sun shone over every corner of White River Valley!

A lot of dust was whirling around the Wizard Tower.

White River Valley’s guards became nervous. A few powerhouses that were now in the territory also waited for an opportunity to make a move. Under Madeline’s lead, they quickly gathered at the side of White River Valley that was closest to the tower.

They didn’t understand why this tower flew here and landed in White River Valley!

After all, from what their Lord Marvin had told them, nothing could enter the Sanctuary without his consent!

And what was going on with that light?

It felt even warmer and more reassuring than the light of the Source of Fire’s Order.

Anna quickly went to the front of the Wizard Tower when she heard the news.

When she saw the tower, her heart started pounding for some reason.

Marvin said that only what he allowed would be able to pass through!

‘Then this tower…’

As she thought about this, the dust gradually scattered.

A tall youth and a child came out, supporting each other.

Wayne’s face was still dusty, but his smile was beaming.

“Brother, we are home.”

Marvin nodded, and despite not being able to give much of an acknowledgement due to his weakened body, a huge wave of cheers echoed through White River Valley!

The Overlord was back! And so was Young Master Wayne!

To this territory’s inhabitants, this was the best news.

What they didn’t know was that the pale yellow radiance outside White River Valley would remain there for seven days – Absolute Sanctuary.

For the next seven days, Marvin and White River Valley were unlikely to be disturbed by anything that happened in the outside world.

For Marvin, seven days would be enough.

Chapter 705: Rose Dukedom

The return of Marvin and Wayne naturally created an atmosphere of joy in White River Valley.

After all, they knew that this time, Lord Marvin and Young Master Wayne had been participating in the struggle over the Fate Tablet.

And the focus of the struggle was the Sky Tower left behind by Lance!

Although they didn’t know the specific outcome, they had brought home the Sky Tower itself, so there was nothing to say.

The morale of White River Valley was soaring.

But at this time, Marvin gave a strange command.

Within seven days, no one was allowed to enter or exit White River Valley Sanctuary without his permission.

Those hunting parties that had been clearing away monsters outside were also summoned back by Marvin.

Although everyone felt strange about this, with Marvin’s prestige in White River Valley, they wouldn’t complain.

He was the owner of the Sanctuary, and he had the final say in everything in this territory.

It was just that only the top brass of White River Valley faintly understood that the situation wasn’t very good!

Anna was the one that was most aware of this.

After that spear thrust by the War God, Wayne’s Arcane Energy was in a state of backlash.

In that situation, he forcibly drove everyone away in order to protect Marvin. He then brought the Sky Tower to White River Valley, using Lance’s Power to cast Absolute Sanctuary for seven days!

Wayne knew of the temptation of the Fate Tablet.

He couldn’t give anyone the chance to sneak in.

Because of this Absolute Sanctuary, they would both have some time to rest and recuperate.

But Wayne had been injured too severely.

After some time, he could only remain in a half-comatose half-meditating state in the Sky Tower.

And Marvin’s situation wasn’t good either.

This was the gravest injury he had received so far.

The early release of the Magic Addict Shape made it hard for him to recover from many of his internal injuries. Even though two days later, Shadow Thief Owl came over to bring Daniela’s goodwill, a special secret medicine from Lavis Dukedom that had strong healing effects on the Cridland bloodline, the injury in Marvin’s body could only recover slowly.

The good news was that Marvin could tell that after these seven days, he should be much better.

At that moment, it would be time for him to implement his plan.

…

In these seven days, Marvin rarely had the time to relax completely.

He spent a lot of time dealing with government affairs with Anna, and from time to time he would check on the meditating Wayne or pay a visit to the chief of financial affairs. Lola’s card skills deeply impressed Marvin. White River Valley’s people were always kind, including the Shas who had immigrated. They believed in Constantine and Marvin.

The only pity was that some had left White River Valley, like the pair of freaks who had always been quarreling in the Alchemy lab. Fidel apparently had met his love, Sasha, who had managed to regain her body, and they both went north. The Nameless Alchemist changed completely after some time with the Alchemy Box.

From a fancy and pretentious peacock, he turned into a silent, tired old man. Marvin heard from Anna that he had shouted a word, perhaps a name, while standing in a field at midnight.

That name had a very strange pronunciation and Anna couldn’t imitate it.

In any case, the presumably greatest Alchemist of all time left White River Valley after leaving a letter for Anna.

He said that he would be back one day, but he didn’t know when.

And there were also the Gnome brothers.

It seemed that the pair of Gnomes from another continent had already left when Marvin went to fight over the Fate Tablet.

Although they hated to part with the Mechanical Titan, things seemed very urgent. Perhaps they had been contacted by those from home.

From Butterfly’s previous matter, Marvin already had a faint guess.

This era might really create huge changes.

After the calamity, mankind survived, and would keep on surviving.

Regardless of how hard it was, this was something carved in all bloodlines: survival instinct.

…

Constantine and Sophie established the new Night Walker Headquarters in White River Valley.

After all, the northern fortress had already fallen and the venerable O’Brien had sacrificed his life. The newly appointed Night Walker Leader was Marvin.

When Constantine handed over the Eternal Night Paradise to Marvin, Marvin couldn’t help sighing, feeling wistful.

He was too familiar with this Artifact!

Eternal Night Paradise… It was his Artifact in his previous life as a Ruler of the Night. But back then, he hadn’t gotten it from O’Brien then, but from the corpse of a Lord of Hell.

Most likely, O’Brien had already died in the game, but when it happened, he didn’t have time to hand the Night Monarch’s Artifact over to the future generation.

With the Eternal Night Paradise, Marvin’s strength once again improved and those two Legend Night Walkers settled in White River Valley for good.

Because of what would happen next, Marvin officially announced that Constantine was newly appointed as White River Valley’s Second Magistrate.

After Marvin left, Anna would act on Marvin’s behalf, and Constantine would be second in command.

After all, even though Marvin trusted Anna’s abilities completely, it would be good to have a Legend in the top brass to take care of problems that required more force.

Madeline was supervising River Shore City, and the Tomb Raider didn’t have suitable skills for managing a territory.

Isabelle recovered very quickly and seemed to have no ill will towards Wayne. These days, she was Marvin’s shadow, as usual.

Marvin had no idea how to deal with this girl.

The dedication of the Hammons was famous, but as he thought of the future, he had a headache.

Because it would be too dangerous, he could only do it on his own and couldn’t take anyone else with him.

‘We’ll see when it happens.’

…

4th day.

Marvin, who had been paying close attention to what was going on in the outside world, finally received an explosive piece of news:

This declaration stirred up a storm over the entire continent!

[The Three Northern Cities joined together with the Church of Dawn and Protection to formally establish their Dukedom!]

The Dukedom was named after the Rose Sword of the Valkyrie.

Eve herself became the first Great Duke of the Rose Dukedom, and Holy Paul, the son of the God of Dawn and Protection, became the first Supreme Pontiff. In the Three Northern Cities as well as the surroundings, the church’s influence began spreading.

On the day of the founding of the Rose Dukedom, Great Duke Eve made a declaration to all of Feinan:

[White River Valley’s Marvin is the destined Destroyer.]

[Anyone who obstructs the Rose Duke from eradicating Marvin will be viewed as a heretic and an enemy!]

Chapter 706: Leisure

For the low remaining Human population in Feinan, the news from the North was an absolute storm.

Most people felt shocked and startled, because as two of the few remaining large Human forces of Feinan, White River Valley and the Three Northern Cities hadn’t ever had any hostilities before.

And given the situation with the Gods descending soon, shouldn’t the two forces join hands and work together?

This was the most confusing thing for the people.

Naturally, the clever ones could see that the northern side seemed to be preparing for the Gods’ descent in their own way.

Eve took a strong stand on the side of the God of Dawn and Protection, making his son the first Supreme Pontiff. This already explained a lot.

And everyone already knew that Marvin’s relationship with the Gods was like fire and water.

This youth from White River Valley had been provoking the Gods over and over with a bold attitude.

He apparently never had learnt what respecting a God meant.

Even when the frightening Great Calamity began, he was the first to stand up and slaughter the first person to publicly make an attempt to ascend to Godhood since the 3rd Era.

Under such an explanation, the falling out between the North and the South seemed clear.

But only a few people knew about the secrets behind Eve’s decision.

Marvin wasn’t included among these people.

But since the fight at the Sky Tower, he knew that Eve had become his enemy.

He didn’t know the reason; he only needed to know what the current situation was.

The North decided to join forces with the Astral Sea. This was something that never happened in the game.

It was clear that this even happened specifically because of Marvin’s transmigration. And there had already been many other things in this life that had diverged from the events of the game.

It was thoroughly different.

Thus, Marvin couldn’t use his original experience to handle everything.

He calmly accepted Eve’s announcement, but during these days, White River Valley didn’t react to the announcement.

Because of the existence of the Absolute Sanctuary, apart from a few people that Marvin approved, no one could enter White River Valley.

People were very curious. What kind of attitude would the tyrannical Marvin use to confront Eve’s war declaration?

From what Anna had learnt, the Three Northern Cities were in the process of clearing out the monsters in the surroundings on a large scale. This would allow the area to be safer when most of the army left.

After that, they would dispatch an army and attack White River Valley, their most important target being Marvin.

Whether the information was true or not, one declaration was enough to make everyone in White River Valley feel very tense.

Was that a joke?!

That newly established Rose Dukedom threatened to kill the Lord of White River Valley? The great hero that kept saving mankind?

White River Valley’s inhabitants disagreed right away!

And those who moved to White River Valley later were the same.

Because in terms of their best interests, they and Marvin could be said to be on the same boat.

When the declaration came out, many people started cleaning their weapons, making their preparations for the upcoming war.

But what they didn’t know was that the protagonist who was the target of this was leisurely strolling in the corners of White River Valley.

…

“Your [Seducer] is hiding a [Black Sheep], am I wrong?”

In a cabin in the Northern Mine, a strange trio was gathered around a deck of cards.

Lola, who hadn’t craftily smiled like that for a long time, pointed at the card in Marvin’s hand, ultimately announcing his death sentence.

Marvin smiled awkwardly and then nodded.

He was truly not on the same level as that crafty girl in this card game.

He had never thought that the girl he saved from the Gnolls would one day play such an important role in White River Valley.

And despite all that she went through, she was still the same crafty and talkative girl.

She was wearing her favorite checked skirt and still liked to bully the small halfling. She liked to use lots of tricks when playing her card game. At the same time, she also controlled the finances of White River Valley.

A lot of people would have a hard time connecting the two together, but in Marvin’s eyes, Lola was Lola, and she was the same as before.

This felt very pleasant.

Since he transmigrated, he always had to hurry around, to the point that he lost contact with many friends.

But in the end, there had been many people supporting him from behind. Anna was one of them, and Lola was another.

…

“You really have no opinion?”

Lola gently put the cards away, and then blinked as she looked at Marvin. “Although I know nothing about battle, the matter this time sounds pretty serious.”

The halfling on the side nodded vigorously.

Like everyone else, they were worried about Marvin, Wayne, and White River Valley.

Fighting was something most people were afraid of.

Marvin shook his head gently and smiled. “Nothing to worry about.”

Lola snorted, “With my understanding of you, when you say these words, you usually go off and try to deal with everything on your own.”

Marvin laughed out loud and didn’t confirm or deny anything.

Wayne was still half asleep in the Sky Tower.

Constantine and Sophie had already returned and were dealing with the new headquarters of the Night Walkers. White River Valley also officially signed their alliance agreement with Rocky Mountain.

Apart from the Migratory Bird Council, whose attitude was still outside their grasp, the South seemed to be united.

Because the leader of Thousand Leaves Forest was Marvin’s close friend, there was no need to worry about this.

Thus, when looking at it as a normal war, Marvin didn’t have much to be afraid of.

In a war between the North and South, the South should be a lot more powerful.

But he didn’t want to start a war.

He didn’t want countless people dying because of him.

The only one Eve wanted to kill was him.

And with the matter of the Fate Tablet getting sorted out, there would be many more flies watching White River Valley because of Marvin.

The place Marvin swore to protect with his life was now in huge trouble because of him.

He had already thought of the obvious way.

That was to leave.

Lola was very clever and she already guessed that. But she didn’t expose him. She only probed while worrying about Marvin’s plans like he was an old friend going on an expedition.

But she knew she couldn’t stop Marvin, and the only one that could stop Marvin was still asleep in the Sky Tower.

“So, when are you going?” Lola winked, “Don’t deny that I’m right, I don’t think you would have taken the time to play with me otherwise, or to visit the others… Besides, White River Valley’s Overlord being missing isn’t anything new.”

Marvin blushed with shame.

He really seemed like someone that didn’t know how to manage his territory.

But facing Lola’s question, he still conscientiously answered!

“After the seven-day duration of the Absolute Sanctuary spell ends, I’ll leave.”

Chapter 707: Eternal Night Kingdom

The Absolute Sanctuary would last 7 days, and Marvin only had 3 days left.

He had to personally settle this matter, settle this war.

And the only method was for him to leave.

He wasn’t quite sure what would come after that. His opponents would be coming one after the other and Marvin would face them on his own, but he wasn’t the kind of person that would just follow a path that would lead to his own doom.

He had already thought about this plan early on.

In order to save him, Wayne had already fallen into a half-comatose state. Marvin couldn’t let him be disturbed at this time.

The threat of the World Ending Twin Snakes was always there, and they always had the same target. It wasn’t White River Valley, but Marvin.

Thus, if he left and it became known, White River Valley should be fine for the time being.

Naturally, this peace wasn’t certain. When Feinan became stable enough for the Gods to descend, there would definitely be some who would lust for this southern territory.

Because of this, Marvin didn’t plan to leave for a long time.

He had a plan.

…

“The Three Sisters of Rocky Mountain stealthily came over a few days ago… Was it because of this?” Lola described what she had noticed. “They seemed very worried when they left.”

Marvin smiled and nodded.

He might still need to keep this generally hidden, but he had no need to conceal it from Lola.

First, she wasn’t an enemy, second, her knowledge of this world’s powerhouses was lacking, and third, she wouldn’t try to stop him like Anna would.

Rocky Mountain’s group had visited White River Valley a few days ago, when Absolute Sanctuary was activated.

This time, both sides signed a complete alliance treaty, to attack and defend together.

They both knew that this alliance was created to react to the imminent Gods’ Descent as well as other troublesome things.

And during that time, Marvin privately asked Lorie for her help with something.

The Three Fate Sisters naturally weren’t like Eve, who believed that Marvin was the destined Destroyer.

Even in Jessica’s eyes, it was impossible for Marvin, someone recognized by the Plane Will, to be related to the Destroyer. Even if he really had been dragged into this world by Lance.

This already didn’t matter.

After going through so many things, as friends, they chose to trust each other.

This was what touched Marvin.

Because even if the entire world targeted him, there would always be people standing behind him.

These were his friends.

Jessica, Kate, and Lorie were good examples.

Marvin looked for Lorie, hoping she could use her genuine Wisdom Ability to look for the whereabouts of the remaining pages of the Book of Nalu!

The pages scattered throughout Feinan had already been gathered by Marvin, and the remainder were most likely spread around outside.

In this situation, to find the parts of the God of Deception’s Artifact, even a Divination used by one of the three Great Gods might not necessarily work.

A Fate Sorceress’ power might be more suitable, since it came from the Plane itself.

He told everything he knew about the 4th Fate Tablet to the three Fate Sorceresses.

They didn’t disappoint Marvin.

Although the Fate Power transfer incident last time had injured Lorie, as a Chosen, her ability was quite amazing, and in a short time, she was able to recover a significant amount of what she had lost.

With the help of Fortune Fairy Ding, Lorie used a Greater Tracking spell and found the exact location of three of the final pages of the Book of Nalu.

As for the last page, Lorie had originally found it, but she said that just as she was detecting the page, she had felt the gaze of something staring at her.

When the last page was being pinpointed, her spell was interrupted, and she could only learn that the last page of the Book of Nalu was in a lower plane.

The Negative Energy Plane!

A place that was too heavy for Marvin.

The Negative Energy Plane was, as its name suggested, full of Negative Energy. Most people couldn’t stay there for a long time, not to mention that he had many enemies there. The Evil Spirit Overlord of a Sub-Plane, Tidomas, already viewed Marvin as his mortal enemy. And a part of his Divine Source was still in Marvin’s hands! If Marvin wanted to go to the Negative Energy Plane, he would risk a lot more than if he went to Hell or the Abyss!

Unfortunately, there was no other way.

If he wanted the key to open the 4th Fate Tablet, Marvin could only go down this path.

Otherwise, the 4th Fate Tablet would cause an unending cycle. Many people would lose their lives over it, including Marvin himself!

In fact, after obtaining this information, Marvin had already begun feeling that what the Truth Goddess had said was correct.

If Lance wasn’t the one who wanted to destroy this world, then why would he create this Fate Tablet, which would give rise to an era of slaughter?

His transmigration, the Great Calamity, the waves of the ascensions in the 3rd Era… Lance apparently had facilitated all of these things.

This information made it hard for him to believe the words of the Book of Nalu.

Who knew whether this was a ruse arranged by Lance and the God of Deception. Pretending to be the God of Wisdom to confuse the later generations.

But Marvin believed that things weren’t progressing as Lance had planned.

He probably hadn’t expected him to collect the pages of the Book of Nalu so quickly. Due to a combination of experience and chance, he had now collected seven pages of the Book of Nalu already!

If he could manage to find the remaining four in the following month, he would be able to break open the 4th Fate Tablet and obtain the knowledge and comprehension of Laws inside.

At that time, through the combination with his mystical False Divine Vessel, his strength would soar!

And further events restricted his choices even more.

After all, Eve’s declaration already pushed him to have no choice but to stand directly against her, and getting his hands on the Fate Tablet made the powerhouses of the entire world focus on him.

He had no choice but to leave.

But Lorie had managed to pinpoint the three other locations precisely. One was in the Collapsed Earth of the Elemental Plane of Earth, one was in the 17th layer of the Abyss, Evil Street, and the third was in the Tribal Temple in the starry sky.

The bad news was that since Lorie had been intercepted when using Greater Tracking on the last page, it was quite likely that others would find out that Marvin was looking for information on the pages.

His enemies would all be waiting for an opportunity.

And when the time came, regardless of who he would be facing, it would be impossible to avoid going through a bitter.

But Marvin had some confidence in his abilities, although unexpected events could always come up.

Not only was he getting more familiar with Sodom’s Blades, but he had also obtained another Artifact!

[Eternal Night Kingdom]!

When Constantine handed that Artifact to Marvin, he had been filled with emotions.

It could be thought of as O’Brien’s will before his death.

This was also the symbol of the Leader of the Night Walkers.

But others didn’t know that Marvin had once relied on this Eternal Night Kingdom to escape from the never-ending pursuit of the Gods!

He had deep feelings for this Artifact!