“You can call me [Zero] I guess?”
“You are pretty lucky… After all, only just before a fight will I be a bit clear-headed.”
Then Zero laughed at himself and shook his head. Crimson radiance suddenly burst out of his eyes!
A massacre was about to begin!
…
In other corners of Arborea, similar scenes were happening.
The other eight lesser Shrines were also raided, and the raiders were alone.
But Marvin knew that they could do it alone.
Because they were an army by themselves!
The Dark Knights were used to slaughter!
In that era of wilderness, countless gods died by their hands!
Feinan’s former glory once more descended on this multiverse.
…
On one side of the Eastern Snow Mountain, Marvin was gasping for air.
Shooting three rounds of [Dragon Tooth] in a row completely spent his stamina!
His chest ached. With his Constitution, he would be injured with just one shot!
Let alone three continuous shots!
Brilliant Purple’s barrel was burning hot. This Brilliant Purple was a weapon personally crafted by Constantine, and its reputation was justified.
If it was any normal Sha weapon, it would have already exploded.
Fortunately three shots were enough to take down the Idol controlled by the Shadow Prince.
The war wasn’t over yet, but the fight had already moved in the direction Marvin was expecting.
He sat on the cold snowy ground, using Brilliant Purple as a support as he rested while watching his interface.
The battle exp he gathered after the slaughter wasn’t much!
The reason was that this was a Secondary Plane. The essences here were weak, and thus they changed accordingly when transformed into battle exp.
This followed the same principle as Faith. Faith was the essence that gods received from their followers.
Secondary Planes’ essences were too weak. The Plane’s laws were far from those of the perfect main plane, leading to a reduction in Faith gathered and a limit on the level that class-holders could reach.
But Marvin’s great efforts weren’t without reward.
He already got hold of something very precious.
Two points of Divinity!
One came from the High Priestess, and one from the Idol.
After the False Divine Vessel automatically absorbed them, Marvin reached five points of Divinity!
This also reached the limit that the False Divine Vessel could contain. To keep going, he would have to upgrade the Divine Vessel’s level.
Its current Divine Vessel level was 0, and if he wanted it to become a weak god’s level 1 Divine Vessel, Marvin only had to ascend to godhood.
In other words, if Marvin didn’t become a god, he couldn’t get more Divinity.
And Marvin had been studying that problem for a while.
Previously, he had ascended to godhood. But this time, he didn’t plan to repeat that path.
He wanted to become a Ruler of the Night, but definitely not a god.
Ascending to godhood was simply a shortcut for mankind to reach a higher level of power. Through the so-called Faith, they could absorb their people’s essences.
It was simple and convenient, but it had a lot of limitations.
The gods from the 3rd Era were a good example.
They attacked the Universe Magic Pool out of helplessness. They were already tied to this world and had left their marks on the world.
They wanted to transcend, but had no other way and could only keep walking on the same path.
Marvin knew that there were a few other ways to breakthrough in this world.
At least, Inheim and the Great Elven King didn’t go through ascension and still managed to get power that wouldn’t lose to the gods!
Marvin believed that he could also accomplish it!
…
But regardless, the benefits of five points of Divinity was clear.
First, it raised all Resistances. Divinity also gave Resistance to Charm, Binding, and Insta-Death spells.
When the Shadow Prince’s avatar descended, if not for Hathaway casting Space-Time Bind ten times, Shadow Thief Owl would never have had the chance to steal the Time Molt.
If he had one more point of Divinity on his avatar, the conclusion might not have been the same. But the price of an avatar dying was also huge!
Marvin’s human body reached the pinnacle with those five points of Divinity.
But his body had another change after reaching five points of Divinity!
This reward was another +1 to all Attributes.
Marvin’s strength rose sharply, but the most important part was that his Dexterity reached 30!
30 was the domain of gods.
30 Dexterity was called [Godly Dexterity]!
Godly Dexterity gave three great specialties!
Chapter 309: Hellhound
Chapter 309: Hellhound
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The three specialties rewarded for reaching Godly Dexterity were already known by Marvin.
They was [Extreme Nimbleness], [Extreme Speed] and [Extreme Burst].
Their descriptions were very simple. Marvin’s Dexterity already reached the human limit. His flexibility when controlling his body reached the extreme. His speed and his burst power both reached the limit of what a human could do.
In other words, his Dexterity already reached the [Limit Bottleneck].
To break through this bottleneck, the simplest way was to ascend. Otherwise, it would be more difficult.
It would take a long time to examine.
But Marvin wasn’t worried, as he still had some methods and experience he could use.
…
Regardless, 30 Godly Dexterity gave Marvin frightening power.
He had this kind of attribute at level 18. Even Shadow Thief Owl’s Dexterity was at most on par with Marvin’s.
However, he had all kinds of Legend specialties and Legend skills that would definitely crush Marvin’s. And also that exquisite Origami.
Marvin relaxed. After clearing away his things, he ran toward the Shrine.
‘The Princess should have already taken care of the Paladins, right?’
In the Shadow God Palace, there shouldn’t be a lot of power remaining. It was time for Marvin to sort the loot!
What he needed the most to advance to Ruler of the Night was the Shadow Diamond, which was in the Shadow God Palace!
He rushed there quickly and soon arrived on the ruins of the prayer hall.
He raised his head a bit. That cloud was still floating on the sky, reflecting everything that happened here.
Marvin grinned.
Everyone from Royal City saw that grin. But they didn’t know its meaning.
However, what they did know was that this extremely powerful plane traveller just broke the Idol of their God they had worshipped for more than a hundred years.
They watched Marvin and could see from his external appearance that he was just an ordinary youth.
He looked quite refined, and his smile was very gentle.
He was a normal human.
But he killed the Idol.
Everyone’s heart was somewhat moved.
…
In the ruins, Marvin walked back and forth, trying to find an entrance downward.
But at that time, low whining sound came out from the ruins of the broken wall on the side.
It was followed by two heartbreaking whimpers.
Marvin’s heart moved. His attention was too focused on the statue earlier and he didn’t notice the Hellhound’s misfortune.
He followed the sounds and walked over, finding a One-Headed small version of the Hellhound!
That guy had lost two heads. Only the one in the middle remained, and it looked quite sinister.
The pitiful Hellhoun
d almost died from the Idol, and lost a lot of its power.
Marvin went forward and gently picked it up.
“Poor little guy.”
The Hellhound looked at Marvin with dispirited eyes.
Marvin originally only wanted to use this Hellhound, but seeing its current appearance, he felt compassionate.
The Ranger class could have pets. There were some specialties for this path, increasing the pets’ power.
For example, [Master Beast Tamer].
After his class reached level 3, he had automatically gained a pet spot.
But Marvin hadn’t found an interesting pet yet.
He originally wanted to find something like Lance’s Eternal Dragon, or perhaps going to a Chromatic Dragon’s nest and stealing a few eggs would also be pretty good.
But he suddenly changed his plans.
This Hellhound felt close to him.
He held it in his arms and the puppy licked his palm.
It was badly mangled as an outcome. The tongue actually had barbed tips all over!
Marvin cried out painfully, immediately pulling his hand back. The little guy felt wronged and dejectedly lowered its head.
Marvin’s expression was solemn.
In that split second, he had felt his soul fluctuating!
The Hellhound’s unintentional move almost absorbed his soul into its belly!
It’s just that the puppy didn’t decide to do so, or perhaps it didn’t have the strength to do it.
Through swallowing humans’ souls, it could gradually recover its power.
In short, even though a Hellhound was a common lifeform in Hell, it also was an extremely evil existence!
Marvin had to think twice before taking this Hellhound as a pet.
He carefully considered whether or not he could control it.
‘With its current appearance, even if it is sent back to Hell, it would get swallowed up by something else!’
‘And remaining in this world or Feinan wouldn’t be good. A Hellhound is very powerful. If it recovered, the consequences would be too horrible.’
Marvin looked calmly at the puppy in his embrace.
He only had two choices now.
Kill it, or contract it as a pet and look after it strictly!
A Hellhound was an evil lifeform. This characteristic couldn’t be changed.
It would eat others’ souls to become stronger.
Who knew how many people this puppy would need to eat to recover to its peak!
Kill, or raise.
This was the question.
Marvin sat atop the ruins, thinking it over for half a minute.
After half a minute, he took a contract from his storage.
This was a pet contract offered by the Ranger Guild.
This was something Marvin received early on and had left forgotten in a corner of his storage item. It was finally time for it to be useful!
He took out a quill and wrote his own name on the contract.
Then, he handed it over to the Hellhound.
The Hellhound looked at Marvin while tilting its head, puzzled.
Marvin pointed at its paw, and then pointed to the blank space on the contract.
This Hellhound was apparently quite smart. It actually reacted. After hesitating for an instant, it cautiously put its paw mark on it!
The contract automatically burst into flames.
An invisible connection was formed between the Hellhound and Marvin.
A lot of memories appeared in his mind!
An overgrown scorched land, drifting randomly, a crimson sky, more frightening Devils…
These were the Hellhound’s memories.
Marvin could clearly see his life from his birth till today.
This was the connection between Ranger and pet.
Marvin actually didn’t sense any wickedness from the Hellhound. This was all an instinct.
No one gave him any guidance besides the restless power stirring in his bloodline.
That was the power from Hell!
“Be good.”
“You’ll follow me from now on.”
“As a pet, you naturally need a name.”
“What good name should you get?”
After a bit, Marvin’s usually swift mind actually got stuck.
Chapter 310: Descent
Chapter 310: Descent
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Marvin had never been very good at naming.
He hesitated for a bit before deciding to put this matter to the back of his head; he would pick it up again when he had some inspiration.
Right now he needed to find the Shadow Diamond hidden in the Shadow God Palace.
Marvin remembered that it was hidden in a secret room behind the Idol in the prayer hall.
But now, more than half of the hall had already collapsed. It would take a lot of effort to find it in the ruins.
He held the Hellhound and kept searching. He quickly cleared a path based on what he remembered from the room.
‘This is where that Idol originally was.’
‘There should be a side hall on this end, right?’
Marvin thought through the scene he remembered.
But at that time, his search was interrupted by an infant’s wail coming from one side!
Marvin was shocked!
A feeling of danger made him quickly enter a battle stance!
But he looked around and found nothing strange.
‘Where is the baby?’
‘What was that feeling just now?’
Marvin hadn’t destroyed the Shadow God Palace in the past. He only stole the Shadow Diamond, drawing the ire of the Shadow Prince.
This had formed a deep hatred between them. It was later on in the game that Marvin personally killed the god and ascended as a Ruler of the Night, taking over Glynos’ Domain.
That debt was considered resolved.
In fact, Marvin didn’t feel like the real victor between the two.
After all, he had died quite a lot of times against him.
But it didn’t matter because players were heaven-defying lifeforms. The Golden Children could keep resurrecting. This was something the gods couldn’t have!
…
The wail was getting louder and louder.
Those who were still watching Marvin through the cloud were puzzled as they saw his strange actions.
He had already destroyed the Idol, so what was he looking for?
What did that guy want in the end?
No one could figure out Marvin’s intentions.
The cloud in the sky could only reflect the image, so there was no sound. They couldn’t hear the baby weeping.
In the ruins of the Praying Hall, Marvin’s complexion became more and more unsightly.
‘This isn’t right!’
‘This isn’t a baby weeping, this is a bunch of babies weeping.’
‘Where could so many babies be kept in the Shadow God Palace?’
He was puzzled.
His steps were light and crafty like a fox as he quickly approached a wall of the side hall.
He frowned and gently knocked against the wall while using Listen.
‘Hollow… There is a room inside!’
Marvin instantly understood.
There was actually a secret room between the prayer hall and the side hall.
Somehow, Marvin could hear a lot of babies wailing in that secret room.
This made his blood run cold.
‘No way, right…’
Gloom filled his heart!
He recalled one possibility.
At that moment, a mysterious power descended.
It was boundless Divine Power!
Marvin, couldn’t help but lower his head and curse. He took the Hellhound and quickly retreated!
Then, the rest of the prayer hall also started collapsing!
Including that wall.
The rumbling sound echoed. Marvin rel
ied on his Godly dexterity to dodge a falling stone.
Dust spread crazily and he had no choice but to pull away.
But when he turned back around, he saw this scene:
A few hundred babies were floating in place in the sky.
A shadowy gray Divine Power wrapped around them as they were frantically crying, apparently anticipating their end.
These babies weren’t harmed at all in the building’s collapse.
They were protected by a barrier.
‘Divine Spell Barrier.’
Marvin was solemn.
Although the secret room was destroyed, what Marvin saw inside gave him an intense sense of crisis!
“Glynos!” He ground his teeth as he whispered that name.
The next second, the cries of one baby became increasingly louder.
Under Marvin’s pained and helpless gaze this baby suddenly exploded into a bloody mist!
[Descent Failure!]
…
On the Royal City’s streets, this frightening bloody scene horrified everyone!
Including those originally pious Paladins!
“Heavens! What is going on?”
“That’s my child! My child!”
A woman in the street painfully wailed as she fell down on the ground, crying.
A depressed and sorrowful mood began to spread through Royal City.
“Save our children!”
On the streets of Royal City, this phrase echoed here and there.
…
In the court, everyone’s face was solemn.
Even the most cold-hearted person was full of anger and shock when he saw this scene!
How could this be?
Even if the commoners didn’t know, most of the people here knew the origins of those babies!
They were babies collected from all over the country under the cause of nurturing them into Holy Maidens and Holy Sons.
Among them were also some of the nobles’ children. They were born not long ago and had been taken away by the Shrine’s people.
At that time, even if the parents were devastated, they still comforted themselves.
Their children would become powerful in the future. They might even become the Holy Maiden or Holy Son that spread God’s glory.
Just like the distinguished Holy Priestess.
But the cruelty they were witnessing shattered their delusions.
In the light yellow divine barrier, these pathetic babies exploded one after the other, turning into a rain of blood!
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