If they really ruined the mission that way, his team wouldn’t be very respected in River Shore City.
As for those three solo adventurers, they didn’t need to do anything in that first battle. They only needed to stand on the side and cheer.
“Well, it’s late. Mister Vern and Lynx members, you can go back to your rooms to rest.”
Anna told them to leave in a not too soft, nor too hard way.
What she meant was quite obvious. The garrison and the bramble team would work together to eliminate the six aardwolves, which certainly needed a few tactics.
However, she didn’t want to let the Lynx members hear those.
Verne turned green, but Masked Twin Blades suddenly got up and went to the 2nd floor.
The other three solo adventurers also returned to their own rooms.
The humiliated Lynx members could only leave the living room.
Only Anna and Gru were left to discuss tomorrow’s tactics.
…
The second floor restroom seemed a bit dirty. The old crippled clearly didn’t really clean it well because no customers had visited in a long time.
A Lynx member returned to his room, leaving the depressed Cat going to the restroom by himself.
“Damnit! That supposedly easy money is not that easy to get.”
He gloomily went in.
But out of nowhere, a dagger was put on his neck, soundlessly.
A person was hidden in the shadows of the restroom!
Masked Twin Blades!
“You… What do you want?” Cat was startled.
He was well aware of the rangers hiding skills as he was also a ranger.
But he didn’t expect this Masked Twin Blades to actually hide in the restroom to sneak attack him!
‘What is that guy thinking? He isn’t really thinking of killing me, right?’
Thinking of this, he started sweating profusely.
“Don’t do anything foolish.” Marvin coldly said.
“What are you talking about?” Cat turned stiff. His sneaky movement toward his own dagger was clearly noticed by Marvin.
“The struggle between the upper forces of River Shore City is not something that you, a small trash, can participate in,” said Marvin emotionlessly. “I know about the big shot behind you… He thinks that baron Marvin is only a young noble, but in fact, is everything really as simple as it looks?”
“I only reminded you out of kindness, don’t do anything foolish. If you make an unforgivable mistake leading to White River Valley being unable to be recaptured, making me unable to accomplish my mission… Then you’ll never be able to get the reward that big shot promised you anyways.”
“Trust me, It won’t be a problem. As far as I’m concerned, killing is an easy thing.”
“Bang!”
Marvin pushed Cat aside, put away his dagger, and left the restroom.
Cat was sweating all over, Marvin’s few sentences repeating in his mind!
He was a very suspicious person.
Masked Twin Blades made him very perplexed.
That guy known as baron Marvin was only a noble in dire straits, so how could he hire such a powerful expert?
Could it be that he had someone backing him?
Thinking this far, he couldn’t help but start shivering.
The conflicts of the upper layer big shots were definitely not something that they, a small hired team, could participate in. If not careful, they would just be sacrificed.
‘Masked Twin Blades talked about a mission… Could it be that someone is ordering him to help with the recovery of White River Valley? And that person is definitely not that young boy Marvin.’
‘To be able to send this kind of expert, the person behind definitely has power. Masked Twin Blades made such a ruckus in the city, yet wasn’t even caught…’
‘Don’t tell me… !?’
Cat suddenly thought of something! And it frightened him to death!
Wizards!
After Miller’s case, the omnipotent wizards unexpectedly announced that they were unable to find any trace of the killer. This was absurd.
After the wizards started ruling this world’s era, everyone believed that the wizards were able to do anything.
‘Not being able to find a killer, this really was too fake, right?’
Unless, Masked Twin Blades worked for the chief of the wizard regiment!
This would explain everything!
Cat’s lateral thinking was really formidable. In a short time, he had already thought far ahead.
‘Oh heavens, putting it this way, Masked Twin Blades is actually someone from the City Lord’s side?’
‘The city hall is only a dog sitting below the City Lord! I almost became crazy and went against the City Lord!”
‘Oh heavens, oh heavens… That’s what happened, that’s what happened…’
Cat foolishly stood in the restroom doorway for no less than 10 minutes, slowly recovering.
At that time, Gru arrived from the lower floor and gave Cat a weird look.
Verne suddenly became aware that he wasn’t behaving properly. He wordlessly went back to his room, not knowing what to think.
…
Gru returned to his own room. Just as he pushed open his door, his eyes narrowed and he grabbed his big sword from his back.
There was something amiss!
Someone else was in his room.
“Don’t be nervous.” A candle was lit in the room. Marvin was calmly sitting there, looking at Gru. “I only want to talk about some things with you.”
Gru didn’t lower his guard. Who would dare to relax when facing Masked Twin Blades?
His hands were still holding onto the heavy sword, ready to attack at any time.
“What discussion? We are complete strangers.” Gru said.
“Let’s have a chat about your daughter. I want to know her condition,” Marvin said seriously.
Gru stared blankly.
Chapter 38: Plague
Chapter 38: Plague
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“What on earth have you heard?”
Gru frowned.
He would always become very tense when it was about his daughter. He was a calm and steady man, but everyone had a weakness.
Obviously, that girl who was still lively a few months ago was this man weakness.
“I didn’t hear anything. I only heard that she was sick,” Marvin said simply. “I am just asking about her condition.”
Gru hesitated, before finally replying, “Her sickness is quite serious. The doctor said she might not last more than a few weeks. We went and looked for a silver church priest, but those low level priests were powerless.”
“The only way would be to seek a high level priest’s blessings. But those are quite expensive. We borrowed a lot of money but it is still not enough,” said Gru frankly.
Even though Masked Twin Blades was a strong threat, he still said things as they were.
“Her sickness appeared suddenly?” Marvin asked.
“Yes, that’s right.” Gru was surprised. “Could it be that you are a doctor Mister Masked Twin Blades?”
“No way. I only saw a few cases while traveling.”
Marvin casually displayed an experienced attitude. Even a veteran adventurer like Gru was unable to see through it.
“What? You’ve seen this sickness?”
Gru became excited.
His daughter was his only worry. His wife died young so he considered his daughter his most precious treasure. He would do his utmost to satisfy her requests.
As thus, she had turned into a spoiled and willful girl, fooling around outside all day with some messy people. Gru was quite helpless about this. As an adventurer, being out all year round was a very normal thing. He could only keep making money to satisfy her materialistic needs.
But she was sick now… Gru felt as if his own heart was cut out. This kind of fatherly feeling, only those wh
o experienced it could understand.
“Of course. That’s why I asked just now,” said Marvin unhurriedly. “Is she turning yellowish and withering, while her eyes are shining? Does her neck have small black spots similar to smallpox?”
Gru was shocked!
“You… How do you know!?” He began to tremble.
“Mister Gru, you are lucky. Not many people in Feinan know of this thing,” Marvin calmly said. “Don’t be shocked by what I’m about to tell you.”
“You daughter didn’t catch a sickness. It’s actually a plague.”
“It has only appeared three times in Feinan’s history. Each time it destroyed a few neighbouring cities.”
“[Dark Sweet Poison], I don’t know if you heard of it.”
Gru stood there, stunned.
…
The dark sweet poison was in fact a plague which came from the Plague God.
This evil god had wanted to join the fun in Feinan Continent a long time ago. A perfect world for him was one filled with terror, plagues, and death everywhere.
He spread the dark sweet poison everywhere. Everyone infected by this plague would look malnourished, but there would still be light in their eyes.
At this time, it would also bring about hallucinations, making victims think that they reached the heavens.
Their appetite would increase. What they ate would nourish those black spots on their neck.
Those black spots would continuously drain their vitality.
The dark sweet poison was very frightening. A lot of lives would be lost every time there was an outbreak.
The first outbreak of the dark sweet poison was during the elven era. At that time, mankind’s status was very low and the quality of life was obviously quite bad. When the plague appeared, almost one tenth of mankind got infected.
The Plague God’s strength increased tremendously.
At that time, a saint arrived. He brought with him the method of getting rid of the dark sweet poison, rescuing mankind from the abyss of suffering.
That sage’s surname was Brando, but his first name was unknown.
Some said that he was an incarnation of the Elven God, while others believed he was an incarnation of the Wizard God.
In short, after that saint treated the dark sweet poison, he disappeared from Feinan’s world. The name “Dark Sweet Poison” had also disappeared.
People gradually forgot this terrible plague.
But Marvin remembered quite clearly.
The dark sweet poison outbreak was also one of the signs of the chaotic era. Although, its source was quickly suppressed by the legendary wizards.
But this was only a small probe from the Plague God, nothing more.
Feinan’s records were very clear: that saint emerging during the first outbreak wasn’t a god’s incarnation. He was in fact only a mortal, a master herbalist and master apothecary.
As for that plague’s true ending, it wasn’t a result of saint medicines. In fact, when the Plague God spread the plague, he didn’t pay attention and spread the plague in the West Forest. This directly angered the Nature God.
The Nature God erupted in anger and with his strong divine power, he beat up the weak Plague God more than enough.
The pathetic Plague God hadn’t had time to develop his own territory when his divinity almost got broken by the Nature God. Fortunately, the Fear God, Destruction God, and other evil gods helped him, or he would have been sealed in a bottle by the Nature God so he could play with him at any time.
Since then, the Plague God moved cautiously… Not doing anything to those gods.
He spent a lot of time to grow his own influence in another place, slowly recovering his strength.
And after the Nature God, Elven God, and other second generation Old Gods slowly became less active, he began to grow restless and wanted to try again.
That first invasion of Dark Sweet Poison in Feinan was only a small experiment, nothing more.
Now various gods were planning to attack the universe magic pool. It was quite obvious to every god, regardless of weak or strong divine power, that this was an opportunity.
An exceptional chance to increase their influence and get more followers.
The Universe Magic Pool, for wizards as well as mankind, was a great blessing.
However, it was a layer of shackles and restraints for gods. After the Wizard God Lance’s departure, they had already wanted to break it.
They only needed an opportunity.
…
“Putting it like that, isn’t my daughter incurable?” Gru’s lips turned pale.
Hearing Marvin’s introduction of the dark sweet poison, he started sweating all over.
His own daughter was in fact infected by a plague!
This was quite a terrible thing. Not even mentioning whether he could save his daughter’s life, if others knew about it, she might be burnt to death by scared people.
Right.
Even if there were wizards in this world, they were still as ignorant as those from Earth’s Middle-ages when facing something like a plague.
Caught the plague? Consider that person dead!
Fear spread even faster than plagues!
In a way, panic and plague were indeed the perfect match. Unfortunately the Fear God and the Plague God were both male, they couldn’t match. They could only occasionally meet and help each other out.
“If your daughter was incurable, I wouldn’t be sitting here,” Marvin said emotionlessly. “I actually know of a method that could save your daughter.”
“What? Is that for real?” Gru suddenly saw hope.
Masked Twin Blades didn’t really need to deceive him.
Since he said so much, he should have some assurance. Gru felt a bit spirited.
“Don’t worry, dark sweet poison stays in hibernation for a long time. Only in that split second when someone dies, the infected would explode. At that time, the plague would spread through the air. We still have time.”
“The most important thing right now is to recover White River Valley. Because the method to rescue your daughter just happens to be in Baron Marvin’s castle.”
As Marvin stood to leave, he patted Gru’s shoulder. “Relax, being this nervous won’t be good for tomorrow’s fight.”
Gru replied in a hoarse voice, yet smiling, “Really… Thank you so much… Even if I don’t know what your relationship with Baron Marvin is.”
“However, we, the Bramble team, will certainly go all-out for this mission.”
…
Next day, at nightfall. Everyone finished preparing and quietly gathered at the sentry posts on both side of the forest.
Just like they planned, the garrison and Bramble team went one way, while the Lynx team and those three solo adventurers went the other way.
“Let the bait out,” Anna said indifferently.
On the side, Gru nodded.
One woman behind him suddenly leaned forward and started chanting a spell.
She soon turned into a beautiful sika deer!
The sika deer jumped twice before suddenly rushing along the big road and then back into the woods.
“Roaar!”
The six idle mutated aardwolves noticed the sika deer and started drooling. They all began to chase together.
Chapter 39: Traps
Chapter 39: Traps
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“Not good!”
“It actually attracted all six aardwolves at the same time!”
The group hidden in the forest couldn’t help but be somewhat gloomy.
The original plan was to only attract a portion of those mutated aardwolves at a time and eliminate them in small groups.
The pressure was quite high now that they were facing six mutated aardwolves.
But thinking of Masked Twin Blades, that guy with frightening strength standing behind them, both the White River Valley’s garrison and the Bramble team felt very c
alm.
The sika deer nimbly jumped through the forest, following the already fixed plan.
Everyone got into position.
Marvin was calmly standing on a big tree’s branch, focused on the operation.
Those mutated aardwolves were really ignoring the orders of the ordinary gnolls.
They only listened to that gnoll Sorcerer’s most basic commands.
But they still couldn’t fight their instinct.
This was good news.
The sika deer’s speed was quite fast. In fact, she would be able to leave those aardwolves behind if she used some strength. But for the sake of the plan, she had to slow down.
Actually, these mutated aardwolves were quite strong, but they seemed to be lacking in explosive power. This might be the price of taming them.
The sika deer soon arrived to the scheduled place.
The six chasing aardwolves arrived almost at the same time.
“Six aardwolves, the traps aren’t enough…”
Marvin looked towards Gru hiding behind a big tree. The latter nodded slightly.
The two men instantly reached a tacit understanding. The cooperation between experienced adventurers was very comfortable. Often, one meaningful glance was enough to communicate their intentions.
One each.
Gru’s burst power might not be as strong as Marvin’s, but his strength was good enough to block a mutated aardwolf.
The other four would just be taken care of by the garrison and the others. Marvin had already established their tactics. There shouldn’t be any problem as long as they followed the plan.
Marvin jumped down and rushed toward one mutated aardwolf, catching it off guard with a stomp to its head and then flipping over.
It was as if he was doing acrobatics on the large back of the aardwolf to keep his balance.
And on the other side, Gru aimed at another mutated aardwolf’s head with his heavy sword.
“Clang!”
The mutated aardwolf’s instinct wasn’t bad. It actually used its hard claws to endure the sharp heavy sword
The two of them started having a contest of strength.
…
Things seemed quite showy on Marvin’s side.
He had experienced quite a lot of things, so killing a mutated aardwolf wasn’t much of an issue.
20 dexterity was enough to let him know when the running wolf would make a sudden move.
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