They still had time, but not much.
Marvin quickly lifted the chest and put it on the floor. The chest had no lock. Heiss probably wasn’t expecting that someone could have designs on him.
Marvin opened the chest, revealing the top layer filled with silver coins. Anna stared foolishly, unable to imagine that this vile grave robber was so wealthy.
“Grab those silver coins.” Marvin removed the top layer and gave it to Anna. She decisively took out a few cloth pouches and put the silvers in.
The second layer was Heiss’ personal belongings. A book, [Advanced Conjurer Handbook], probably from a deal with the Necromancer, in addition to a [Casting Notebook]. Coupled with the spellbook on Heiss’ hand, it basically made up a low level Conjurer’s foundation kit. In the black market, it could sell for a pretty decent price, as long as they weren’t caught by the Wizard Alliance Enforcers.
The Wizard Union blacklisted necromancers and related classes, which was common knowledge.
Marvin wrapped the two magic books and the spell book with a piece of tablecloth and put the package on the side.
He wanted something that was in the third layer.
He removed the second layer, showing that the third layer only had three things, all covered in dust.
‘As expected, these Conjurers aren’t very intelligent. They have good stuff but they don’t know how to use it.’
Marvin looked at those two items, smiling.
It’s true that the dark diamond on Heiss’ finger was useful, as it could instantly cast a designated spell, but the restrictions were also large.
But these two things inside the chest were the real treasure! These were genuine Uncommon items!
‘On top of Heiss’ diamond ring, there were three Uncommon items. Sure enough, killing human elite monsters is the fastest way to earn money!’ Marvin happily took out a pair of gloves and a plain ring from the third layer.
He was so familiar with these two things that he didn’t even need to Inspect them to know their properties.
[Ghastly Gloves]
Quality: Uncommon
Effect:
Ice Resistance +5
Fire Resistance +5
Requirements: 11 Intelligence
[Ring of Prayers (?)]
Quality: Uncommon
Effect: Additional Spell – Rainbow Jet. Usable once per day.
Requirement: 13 intelligence
…
This world’s equipment were mostly Common, and they didn’t have any additional effects. The next grade [Uncommon] had some decent properties, though some also had properties on par with Common. After that, [Magic] items could only be made by high-level wizards. Magic items weren’t often seen by ordinary people. Only a high level capable wizard might have some because the crafting process is very complicated.
As for Legendary, Epic and even Demi-God items, they were quite far down the road. Marvin had previously succeeded in being granted a God Title, using his Ruler of the Night identity, but he only had one Demi-God item, [Kingdom of Eternal Night].
Weapons in the hands of low-level adventurers are all Common, so having one uncommon equipment was already quite good.
After Marvin got rid of Heiss, he got three uncommon items in one breath. How could this not make him happy?
He quickly equipped the Ghastly Gloves and then put the Ring of Prayers onto his right index finger.
During the previous generation, Fairy Turin made 49 of the rings. Each possessed large magic power and was a genuine Magic item. The one Marvin looted today was probably a man-made counterfeit.
Despite it being a counterfeit, this ring also increased his power.
Heiss might have not known how to trigger the ring effect [Rainbow Jet], but Marvin knew.
“Marvin! They broke in!
Anna had put away the silvers, yelling somewhat nervously.
“I got this!”
Marvin got up, curved dagger in his left hand, straight dagger in his right hand. He replied with a undisturbed voice.
“Leave them all to me!”
Chapter 10: Cutthroat
Chapter 10: Cutthroat
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[Cursed Zombie]
Lv 4
HP – 60/60
Build – Fat
Double damage from Holy Light & Holy Water.
Half damage from normal attacks.
…
Without holy water, these zombies with rough and thick flesh were a real headache for adventurers.
However, for Marvin who had holy water, each of these zombies was in fact moving exp. As long as he dealt with them carefully, they wouldn’t be too much of an issue.
At that time he directed, “Take care of the right side and block all the zombies trying to enter.”
Anna nodded. Marvin’s amazing display made her listen to him and she immediately blocked that crack on the right.
An ugly head that came through was kicked back out by the half-elf butler!
Her strength was quite good.
“Excellent,” Marvin praised. With a curved dagger he attacked the left side of the plank, widening the crack.
Bang! Bang!
The small crack suddenly became quite big.
“What are you doing?” Anna asked, somewhat shocked.
As the crack widened, that plump zombie looked as if he ate stimulants and squeezed through; Marvin had given him an open path, barely enough for him to rush in!
Marvin was incomparably calm, and with nimble footwork, he suddenly struck the zombie’s forehead with the dagger in his hand!
[Basic Attack Successful!]
[Effect doubled due to Holy Water! You deal 24 damage to your target!]
Cursed zombies didn’t have vitals, and even if they were beheaded, they could still keep attacking.
The fat zombie snarled, trying to force his way in.
Marvin avoided the charge and Anna swiftly kicked the zombie in the stomach, staggering him.
“Good job!” Marvin rushed up to the zombie with good timing. “Do it that way, don’t attack, leave it to me.”
Marvin didn’t know if Anna could get the experience from killing the zombies, so in order to not waste the exp, he secured them.
He approached aggressively, slashing at the fat zombie with the dagger in his right hand, dealing 28 damage and leaving a mark from the holy water smeared dagger. This zombie was going to die shortly.
The fat zombie gave Marvin 32 battle exp.
The following course of events became extraordinarily simple and boring. Because he had successfully applied holy water, a few slashes were enough to get rid of a zombie. On top of having a level 5 Fighter controlling the battlefield, Anna’s support always came at the right time while not fighting over the experience. This made Marvin secretly sigh. Where could you find this kind of teammate?
Taking advantage of the mindlessness of the zombies as well as the small opening in the wooden house, Marvin created an advantageous bottleneck.
All the zombies kept on going forward, generously dying one by one, giving Marvin huge gifts of experience.
After 20 minutes, the outside of the small wooden room was littered with zombie corpses. There were still a few alive because the corpses were obstructing the entrance. Marvin cheerfully went out to eliminate them.
There were a total of 29 zombies which gave Marvin 856 battle exp! This exp was enough to let him reach level 4.
Marvin cheerfully opened the menu, thinking to himself that Conjurer Heiss was truly generous. He not only gave him experience, he also gave him equipment. After that Marvin’s level was still low, so he also sent a pile of little brothers to take care of.
After pondering for a moment, he decided to not use it all to level up Ranger to level 4.
Leveling to level 4 Ranger from level 3 Ranger required 800 exp, but he would only get a bit of skill points, HP and a bonus to attack damage. To Marvin, those things
weren’t important for the time being.
His battle exp had some other uses.
[Spending 500 battle exp…]
[Cutthroat successfully learned]
The second rank Phantom Assassin skill impressively came up in Marvin’s personal skill list.
[Cutthroat 46]
Personal skills were unable to be upgraded by skill points, and could only be upgraded through constant tempering. Marvin’s Cutthroat execution was already quite smooth, and as a result, he started as high as 46 points!
His reason for slowing down his leveling pace, and instead spending battle exp to transform this ability into a skill was obviously because of the superiority of this skill in Feinan’s world.
Ordinary attacks and skill attacks were absolutely different!
First, despite Marvin being incomparably familiar with Cutthroat, if he used it as an ordinary attack, there might be small flaws. These flaws might seem harmless, but could affect the entire battle situation. And there would be no such flaws when using a skill.
Also, skill damage was twice as high as ordinary attacks! With the increase in skill points, the damage would continue to increase. When striking these small monsters, Cutthroat could trigger a critical hit. However, when facing some strong armored monsters and those with regeneration, the ordinary Cutthroat would be quite a helpless move.
He finally learned his first attack skill, Cutthroat!
Matched with the 50 point Stealth effect, [Sneak Attack], he was able to instantly deal four times the damage of a basic attack!
The Ranger was known as the jack of all trades precisely because of his all-rounder nature, able to follow any path. Of course, being an all-rounder often meant that the overall ability was quite average, but Marvin wouldn’t let that happen. As a Legend level player, he knew a lot about this world and could comprehensively increase his strength through all kinds of means.
The next step was to learn some powerful Ranger skills.
Rangers came with some inherent skills, all basic abilities. The truly powerful skills all needed to be learned, either by being taught by a teacher, self-learning, or even by finding some uncommon skill books. Cutthroat was an advanced Phantom Assassin skill that could only be learned through a skill book.
Therefore, he would temporarily save these extremely precious skill points in case he one day found a skill book, and would then be able to increase the skill level for a quick power up.
…
In Anna’s eyes, Marvin’s transformation was astonishing. From that pure and kind-hearted Young Master Marvin to the current zombie horde killing Ranger with an unchanging grim face. It was really unfathomable.
She had once wondered whether the current Marvin was putting up an act. But she understood Marvin extremely well, and knew that he had suddenly become quite manly, because she had taken care of that boy for many years.
It’s just that in one night he grew up.
‘I don’t know what kind of dream he had…’ Anna watched Marvin wrapping up the loot, when suddenly-
“Wear this ring.”
-Marvin gave her Heiss’ ring.
“For me?” Anna looked blankly.
Marvin smiled. “Of course, you deserve it. Without your help, I wouldn’t have been able to kill Heiss and all those zombies.”
“Besides, I don’t have any spells, so I can’t even use Heiss’ diamond ring for the time being. Don’t you know some elven spells?”
Anna nodded.
“Wear it.” Marvin grabbed Anna’s right hand as if it was natural and put Heiss’ diamond ring on her forefinger.
Anna blushed; although she knew that Young Master Marvin had no deeper meaning, her heart still couldn’t help beating faster.
“This ring can execute a chosen magic instantly. It’s somewhat useful.”
Marvin didn’t pay attention to those details, but looking around, he whispered, “Let’s quickly leave this place.”
…
East City, Black Horn Eagle Inn.
After being paid a considerable amount of money for sleeping accommodations, the fat middle-aged boss passionately welcomed the two visitors who dared to be out after the curfew.
In the best room, Marvin began taking inventory of the loot.
The grave robber’s wealth was quite astonishing! After deducting the inn expenses, they still had 378 silvers.
Ever since they entered the city, they never had enough to be comfortable in the city.
And taking the three uncommon equipments into account, each one of them was worth more than 1000 silvers. But Marvin would not sell those.
“Young Master Marvin, what are we doing next?”
Perhaps because of seeing unprecedented hope coming from Marvin, the young half-elf girl seemed quite full of energy.
After Marvin studied the rough alarm mechanism deployed next to the door and the window, his whole body suddenly fell onto the bed.
“Get some rest. We will have some preparations to do tomorrow.”
“I’ll let that Acheron Gang reap what they sowed.”
Chapter 11: Single-handedly
Chapter 11: Single-handedly
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Noon the next day, Marvin was woken up by hunger.
He quietly got up, and saw the young half-elf lady still sound asleep on one side of the bed. Her sleeping posture was very graceful, eyelashes slightly trembling, peaceful and beautiful.
He quickly cleaned himself up without disturbing Anna and left through the door. He had quite a lot of things he needed to deal with.
Marvin left the Black Horn Eagle Inn and went to the market area to find the blacksmith from last time. He bought two identical common curved daggers before leaving.
Even if he was used to the dagger he was using, it still couldn’t display the two-handed style properties alone. As for the third dagger, it was kept as a spare.
Experienced fighters would prepare an extra weapon to be able to deal with all kinds of situations.
He then took a trip to the slums in the northeast, where there were quite a lot of beggars ready to do anything for a few coins, along with many informants. Marvin needed their help for his operation.
He returned from the slums, 30 fewer silvers in his pouch.
He then bought some food and necessities from a nearby grocery store before quietly going back to the inn.
When Marvin got back to the room, Anna was already awake. She was massaging her sleepy eyes, somewhat surprised to see a lot of things in Marvin’s hands. “Young Master Marvin, are we really going against the Acheron gang?”
“After all, there are only the two of us, alone.”
Anna wasn’t afraid for herself, she was only afraid of something happening to Marvin.
Marvin handed over a hard piece of freshly baked butter bread, whispering, “We won’t be alone. This city is darker than we thought. Perhaps our initial appeal for help here was a mistake. No one will help us. To get back our territory, we have to rely on our own strength. Eat first. Once you are done eating, I need you to go to the countryside.”
Anna was surprised while drinking her water, responding, “To to the countryside?”
“Green Village and Fog Village. Andre and them were probably already unable to hold back,” Marvin indifferently said, standing by the window and watching the unending flow of people on the street.
“How do you know…?” Anna was even more shocked.
“I watched in the end. That day, Andre stealthily entered the city looking for you. His idea was to use his own strength to seize back the territory.”
Marvin shook his head, saying, “It’s a pity that you still thought that the city hall would help at that time, so you pacified him, right?”
A different color flashed through Anna’s eyes. “Young Master Marvin, I might understand your idea. If the young guards could come, the Acheron gangsters naturally wouldn’t be their opponents. It’s just that… Ri
ver Shore City won’t allow them to enter armed.”
“Let them disguise themselves and sneak into River Shore City. As for weapons, I’ll think of a way.” Marvin casually grabbed a piece of bread and snacked on it. “I give you ten days.”
“Ten days later, I would like to see the full White River Valley twenty man garrison standing before me.”
Anna was slightly excited.
Marvin just displayed incredible boldness. It really was outstanding! To dare to gather his private guards inside River Shore City, even if he was a noble, was still a provocation toward the River Shore City Hall! But only this kind of Young Master Marvin could let Anna see a glimmer of hope.
Only in this way could they end the humiliation they suffered from River Shore City.
Young Master Marvin was indeed a noble, but here in River Shore City, the city hall deceived them, the casino employee deceived them, and a merchant was secretly hiring a gang to get rid of them!
These humiliations, she had long kept in mind. Her only sole reason for not exploding was because of Young Master Marvin.
Marvin was already different now. He had undergone an astonishing transformation. Even Anna couldn’t really see through that youth who had followed behind her since he was a child to learn how to administer the territory.
“But, when I leave…” Anna looked at Marvin, somewhat hesitating.
She was worried about Marvin’s safety.
“I’ll hide in this inn. You should also believe in my current abilities. No one can spy on me.”
Marvin showed a confident smile. “Go! I await your good news.”
…
That afternoon, disguised as a countryside woman, Anna left River Shore City alone, heading south.
Shouldering Young Master Marvin’s mission, her speed was faster than usual.
As Marvin silently watched her leave, he suddenly showed a faint smile.
That smile had a strong killing intent.
Sending Anna away served two purposes. First, he really needed the strength of that energetic garrison. And also, he wanted to kill tonight. He couldn’t display his full strength with the half-elf butler at his side. For instance, while dealing with the grave robber, Anna had nearly ruined his plan.
Sometimes, killing was a very simple thing. Especially when a Ruler of the Night was involved.
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