“Help me out!” Marvin hissed with his Basilisk body, “Use any means possible to disarm the Demon God Enforcers, and then I’ll be able to get rid of them.”
“Got it!” Gordian and a few Paladins immediately began arranging themselves.
They formed a small temporary squad and approached the next Demon God Enforcer.
…
Earlier, when Marvin was annoyed at not being able to shift into the Asuran Bear, he suddenly remembered that he had another Shapeshift skill.
That night in the Hidden Granary, he got a Nature Leaf after killing King Cobra.
The spell in the Nature Leaf was [Shapeshift Basilisk]!
Maybe he was in too much of a hurry after getting it, or maybe it was because of Marvin’s subconscious dislike toward the Basilisk’s evil appearance, but he had never considered using this transformation.
But this didn’t mean the spell was bad.
Marvin had immediately checked the details of the spell description.
He was overjoyed after looking it over. After shapeshifting into a Basilisk, Marvin would not only have extremely powerful defensive and constricting abilities, but also his Basilisk fangs with extremely strong piercing.
Marvin went with an experimental approach and used Edge Snatch on the Demon God Enforcer before shapeshifting and trying to kill it.
He hadn’t expected the Basilisk’s fangs to be so sharp, easily piercing through the Enforcer’s skull.
What shocked him even more was that after transforming into a Basilisk, he gained [Soul Absorption] as an innate ability.
His venomous fangs could absorb the enemy’s soul to strengthen his own.
This ability felt like it leaned towards being evil, but using it to deal with Demon God Enforcers was certainly good!
After absorbing the enemy’s soul, Marvin found out that this way of killing them earned him double the experience.
Every Demon God Enforcer suddenly seemed like a very attractive gift of experience to Marvin!
“Let’s go!”
The Two-Headed Snake Marvin rapidly glided across the floor, impatiently pouncing toward the next enemy!
The knights also seemed to have found hope, doing their utmost to cooperate with Marvin.
They might not be able to kill a fully equipped Demon God Enforcer, but by working together, they could still manage to disarm it.
Therefore, the originally fierce battle turned strange in one corner of the hall.
…
“Hu!”
With the aid a few knights, Gordian fiercely swung his holy hammer, disarming the Demon God Enforcer who was caught unprepared.
Marvin immediately rushed in, ferociously pouncing on his prey.
The Basilisk’s shape was really easy to use, and he firmly coiled around the Enforcer in an instant.
The sharp fangs once again dug deep into the Demon God Enforcer’s skull, absorbing his soul fire!
After a short two seconds, the Demon God Enforcer who was trying to resist suddenly died.
The soldiers began to cheer!
The tactic was effective!
Every soldier began cooperating with Marvin.
The Demon God Enforcers were surrounded and the ground was covered in frost, making it impossible for them to break out of the encirclement.
Under the lead of Marvin the Two-Headed Basilisk, River Shore City’s morale rose precipitously!
Now they saw a way to defeat the Demon God Enforcers.
They saw hope!
“Long live Lord Marvin!”
Even such a cheer could be heard from the troops.
‘Pshh!”
Marvin pounced once again, resulting in another Enforcer’s death.
He didn’t pay any attention to the flattery and praises, simply looking for the next prey instead.
His shapeshifting time was very limited.
It would be a shame if he didn’t take the chance to collect more experience.
Marvin hadn’t expected the Basilisk shape to have such an astounding effect. Obviously, he wanted to make full use of it.
….
On the other end of the hall, the fight was also about to conclude.
Avenger Fegan was very strong despite his armor getting stripped. He was still a powerful melee class holder after all.
Being able to still resist the joint attack of Collins and Madeline for this long was already quite impressive.
After all, this was the era where casters had the advantage!
Slice!
As Madeline streaked through the sky on her magic carpet, all sort of markings appeared on her body.
Every mark represented one of the specialties she had activated.
There were all sorts of caster specialties. Compared to those of melee classes, Wizard specialties, when coupled with the spells they picked, usually displayed an even more frightening effect.
Of course, there were also some specialties that were essential. For example, one Madeline had activated, [Mobile Casting].
To be able to precisely aim spells at enemies from a magic carpet moving this quickly, a high level in [Mobile Casting] was the bare minimum.
The Slice spell flew across and severed Fegan’s fleshy wing.
Fegan howled in grief as he fell down unwillingly.
“Clang!““Clang!”
Four swords of light intersected together, nailing Fegan’s body to the ground.
Four [Chosen Paladins] emitting silver light coldly looked at Fegan.
Collins’ complexion had become even paler. Summoning four Chosen Paladins was clearly something too strenuous for him.
The swords of light in their hands had a bonus restraining effect toward the undead. If Fegan acted without thinking, he would be hacked to death by those swords!
“It’s over at last.”
After consecutively casting so many spells, Madeline was also somewhat tired.
She slowly descended and took a glance at the other end of the hall.
She originally thought there would be a bitter struggle, and that her subordinates would be locked in a close fight.
How could she have expected that when she looked over, all the soldiers had already finished their battle!
All the Demon God Enforcers were already dead.
The knights were helping the wounded to the camp while the medics began their own tasks.
Madeline was dumbstruck.
How could this be…?
Even if those Vampires acted, they would still be unable to so quickly suppress thirty Demon God Enforcers, right?
White Gown Collins was also shocked.
The battle on the other side of the hall unexpectedly ended faster than this side’s? He had thought that after getting rid of Fegan, he and Madeline would still have to help the soldiers.
What happened?
Could someone have found a way to handle the Enforcers?
When Collins thought of this, Marvin’s silhouette suddenly flashed in his mind.
‘Could it be him?’ the old fox thought in silence.
…
Madeline relaxed. Regardless of how, that battle ending much faster was a good thing.
Perhaps one of the experts she invited had some real skill.
That’s what she thought.
But Fegan, who was still pinned to the ground by those four Chosen Paladins, suddenly began muttering an incantation.
“Want to run? No way!”
Madeline reacted pretty quickly. She cast Bind in a certain direction by following her Perception!
As expected, Fegan’s silhouette disappeared from the ground and appeared in that direction.
“Bang!”
The Bind successfully caught Fegan’s right hand.
But Fegan bellowed and forcefully severed his arm!
Madeline had caught him, but it was only an arm!
“No good!”
Collins and Madeline hadn’t expected that Fegan could use this kind of spell!
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He frantically continued to flee.
A door was slowly opening ahead of him.
The Temporary Teleportation Gate would stay open for at most three seconds. But that time was enough for Fegan to run through and escape from this place.
Would he really get away after all this?
Madeline glanced at Collins.
The latter also bitterly smiled. The Chosen Paladins were already chasing after him, but it was obvious that they wouldn’t be able to catch up!
After using those two spells, they had nothing left to stop Fegan!
“Too cunning… He deliberately made it look like he would rather die fighting than flee.”
“Damn. He actually ran, and he is even faster when fleeing!”
Madeline angrily ground her teeth.
If they let Fegan escape, she wouldn’t be able to relax!
…
Fegan had suffered a serious injury which actually slowed him down somewhat, but he had rushed right for the door.
‘Still managed to escape,’ he thought.
The next second, he started rushing through the gate.
But suddenly a strong force coiled around his body!
It was a snake tail!
“Bang!”
It forcefully pulled him back and raised him up before ruthlessly smashing him against the ground!
The pitiful Fegan suffered a serious injury and then was caught by Marvin, who had been lying in wait.
The Two-Headed Snake pounced on him, and Fegan was simply an arrow at the end of its flight. The throw left him dizzy and unable to resist.
“Sssss!”
Marvin controlled a head, making it ruthlessly bite down.
The venomous fangs pierced through Fegan’s forehead, easily absorbing his soul fire!
Even though he was was the leader of the Demon God Enforcers, he was still unable to change his soul.
As long as his soul fire was absorbed, he would definitely die!
Under the assault of the Two-Headed Basilisk, Avenger Fegan couldn’t even let out a shriek before he was killed by Marvin.
[You killed Fegan the Avenger. You obtained 4786 battle exp.]
[You (Basilisk-shape) absorbed Avenger Fegan’s soul fire. Battle experience doubled. (9572 exp)]
[You have killed a sufficient number of people during the night. You have unlocked the hidden specialty – Night Kill.]
…
A lot of logs flashed in front of Marvin as he relaxed in satisfaction.
But he suddenly felt like he was in danger!
Madeline and Collins both locked onto him!
They looked ready to cast a spell at any time.
“What’s this?”
Madeline and Collins were both somewhat startled. Where did this Two-Headed Basilisk come from?
It wasn’t here before.
“Long live Lord Marvin!”
Many knights’ cheers echoed from behind them at that time!
Madeline was stunned.
What was going on?
Chapter 177: That Man
Chapter 177: That Man
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“You still had such a powerful Shapeshift spell?”
“With the ability to restrain Demon God Enforcers!?”
“Why didn’t you say it earlier?”
Late at night, in the tent, Madeline was complaining to Marvin.
When she found out that the Two-Headed Snake was Marvin, she was extremely shocked. Even though a Ranger using spells wasn’t anything inconceivable, Shapeshift Basilisk was something quite rare.
Among the World Tree’s Nature Leaves, few would have a spell able to shapeshift into an evil creature.
What Marvin had was truly rare. But, it was understandable for a Nature Leaf obtained from the Twin Snakes Cult to have an extraordinary spell.
In any case, who knew how many lives were saved by Marvin’s amazing performance?
Everyone was incredibly grateful to him.
Madeline hadn’t cared about that since Marvin’s strength wouldn’t be a threat toward her anyway.
But, she cared about why Marvin hadn’t used this spell earlier!
Marvin could only helplessly admit that he realize how strong the spell was until the last moment.
Especially its effectiveness against Demon God Enforcers.
This answer left Madeline speechless.
But ultimately, she was very satisfied with the outcome.
The Demon God Enforcers who had always been roaming near River Shore City were completely wiped out, and twenty-three of them had died under Marvin’s hand. Fegan the Avenger also lost his life.
An important goal of the attack on the Scarlet Monastery had already been reached.
The only thing that gave Madeline a bit of a headache was that Marvin had once again achieved great merits!
Fegan was killed by him, and two thirds of the Demon God Enforcers were bitten to death by him.
Marvin’s contribution in the conquest of the Third Hall was at least two thirds!
But the Third Hall was quite impoverished. Besides those armors glued to the Demon God Enforcers, there was no valuable loot.
This group of destitute ghosts didn’t even have a treasure chest to loot. Demon God Enforcers only knew how to kill. Killing them reaped no profits.
Madeline didn’t know what to use to reward Marvin.
But fortunately, Marvin was already very satisfied with the harvest.
Fegan and his subordinates gifted him a huge experience gift.
Thus he didn’t make it awkward for Madeline. He only took the bodies of all the Demon God Enforcers. Another weird request.
But Madeline could understand this request.
Even if the corpses were joined together with their armors, as long as he found a way to melt their bodies, the armors could still be used.
After all, these were armors crafted under the orders of that powerful Lich long ago. Each set of armor was extremely hard, and these thirty sets were enough to assemble a heavy cavalry unit.
These armors were in fact extremely valuable.
But melting the corpses lying inside was a very complicated matter. And rumor was that these armors were enchanted with the Lich’s curse, so that any who wore one would turn into another Demon God Enforcer monster.
Therefore, Madeline didn’t object to Marvin’s request, and the others wouldn’t say anything else.
…
After the Demon God Enforcers were eliminated, the group finally occupied the Third Hall.
They camped just like before. Madeline had twice as many people guarding for the night. She stayed at Marvin’s tent for a very long time.
Besides complaining and distributing loot, she very seriously inquired Marvin about the Fourth Hall.
It was the first time had Marvin seen her this serious.
It was clear that Madeline cared a lot about it.
Legend… Who didn’t wish to become a Legend? She had already stopped at level 20 for a very long time. Even though she had an abyssal bloodline and her fighting strength was a lot stronger than average level 20 Wizard’s, lifespan was after all very limited. If you missed the optimal age to advance to Legend, trying to break through would be very difficult!
They had captured more than half of the Scarlet Monastery’s five halls.
She was already close to being victorious.
At this crucial moment, she was ready to exhaust every means to achieve victory.
Just for that thing!
…
‘Book of Nalu, Third Page.’
In the tent, lights shone on Madeline’s serious face. Marvin sighed inwardly.
Sure enough, Madeline was looking for items that could let her advance to become a Legend, and the God of Deception’s Book of Nalu was one of them!
Hathaway had the 6th page, and the one underground was the 3rd page.
The 3rd page of the Book of Nalu a
lso had a horrifying prophecy written down.
People could get boundless knowledge from it, letting them advance to Legend rank… Naturally, some would lose their lives.
But Marvin knew that the 3rd page of the Book of Nalu was a lot more dangerous.
Because in reality, each page of the Book of Nalu was a chapter. And every chapter had a unique name.
Book of Nalu – Chapter 6 – Rebirth
Chapter 3 – Destruction
Madeline didn’t get that Destruction chapter in the game, so she never advanced to Legend.
Marvin wasn’t too clear about her fate. After all, he only traveled around River Shore a few times when he was at a low level before farming the Scarlet Monastery, not paying too much attention.
But in the disaster, it was highly likely that a Half-Legend wouldn’t be able to pass the willpower check, dying in an explosion or turning into a monster.
Should he help her get that 3rd page of the Book of Nalu? Marvin sank into a dilemma.
…
“Hey. I am asking you.”
Madeline saw Marvin getting lost in his thoughts, and felt a bit annoyed.
“That man, how much do you know about him?”
Marvin recovered.
He pondered and ultimately said, “In a fight, we are definitely no match for him.”
Madeline frowned. “Collins and I still have trump cards…”
“How many cards could you use?” Marvin sneered, “Unless you can bring the kind of experts that were in my territory that night, you won’t have any chance.”
“Is he really that strong? I only heard some rumors about him.” Madeline’s heart sank.
“The Heavenly Sword Saint…” Marvin sighed, “Ordinary Legends might not be his match!”
“He can even kill gods! Do you think you could get rid of him with ordinary means?”
Madeline was silent for a moment before laughing bitterly. “Regardless of how, I need to try.”
“This is my only chance.”
Her eyes were resolute. Strangely, this Half-Succubus looked extremely pure and holy at that moment.
…
After Madeline left.
Marvin’s sight shifted to Isabelle on the side. The latter looked away guiltily.
“What were you doing during that fight?” Marvin asked.
“… I was hiding in the First Hall.” The girl bowed her head.
“You still don’t know how to lie.” Marvin solemnly looked at Isabelle. “Did you follow me?”
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