The surrounding scenery might be real, or might be fake.
‘No good. The priority is to leave this place.’
‘If I check the issue with Ancestor’s Mystery here, I might run into trouble.’
Marvin began to move while using [Earth Perception] at the same time.
He tried to use his mind to connect with this place, but this space was essentially a Demi-Plane opened by the ancient Mikenshi school of magic. The plane laws were very different from those of Feinan Plane. Up to this point, Marvin still wasn’t able to perceive anything.
…
The [Lost Villa] was set up on a small flat hill. During their golden age, the Mikenshi Wizards used the Secret Garden as a public gathering ground for Wizards. Many Wizards would come here from across the Dead Area to communicate and trade. It could be seen how much the place was flourishing from the huge buildings.
But as an area of the Secret Garden, the Lost Villa had very few good things, only many dangers.
Marvin knew that after the Magic Medicine King swallowed the Wizard Apprentice Eric, it first went to the Lost Villa. It was there that it frantically learnt the ancient Mikenshi Wizards’ knowledge.
The way it gained knowledge was very simple, and that was… eating!
The Magic Medicine King occupied this place for a millennium and ate all the useful books, only leaving behind some Magic Items that it most likely couldn’t use. Besides a few specific places, the other areas were all in a mess.
Marvin kept moving forward in the Lost Villa’s building complex, maintaining a certain speed.
He wasn’t walking very quickly because that would arouse the suspicion of the Magic Medicine King, who was secretly observing.
But he wasn’t worried. After all, there were five Legends who had entered previously. The Magic Medicine King’s attention should mainly be focused on them.
After all, there were five Legends! The greedy Eric wanted to digest them, but it would be a long-term plan.
…
Marvin progressed along a shabby street. He stood at the hilltop and looked back. Over on the green field, some people could be seen rushing in.
However, the people that came in seemed to have a bad relationship. They had only just entered the Secret Garden and already began attacking each other.
This made Marvin shake his head and sigh.
He ignored these people and continued forward, quickly reaching a fairly spacious residential building.
He went in and found that it was free of dust.
‘Even a small room like this had an enduring [Dirtless] enchantment.’
Marvin instantly noticed the reason behind the room’s cleanliness.
He didn’t check further into the details though, instead looking at his own wrists while still maintaining a vigilant attitude.
The two simple bracelets had become even hotter.
They seemed very anxious, growing hotter and hotter at a certain rate.
After a while, the bracelets even began to flicker with a red glimmer.
Marvin pondered… It felt like déjà vu.
The Archdevil was sealed and shouldn’t have a chance to play a trick. Then what could it be?
Marvin remained bemused.
But suddenly, he realized that there was a familiar aura!
‘This is grandfather’s aura?’
‘Yes, it’s the same as the painting!’
Marvin was shocked and immediately began to feel the change of the Ancestor’s Mystery.
Just as expected, when his mind came in contact with the bracelets, the painting of a youth shot out, forming a figure in the air!
“Glad to see you once again, Lil’ Marvin.” The youth blinked.
Marvin forced a smile.
…
Under the silent night sky, a shooting star suddenly appeared at a corner of White River Valley.
The shooting star spiralled for a very long time before ultimately settling down on the castle’s tallest balcony.
The flying magic carpet audibly created some wind as it landed, and a young man alighted from it.
“I have to say, it’s completely unreasonable that you are so talented without even awakening our family bloodline.” A gentle voice could be heard, before continuing while feeling aggravated, “Even Marvin with his trash innate talent could awaken his bloodline, it’s way too strange.”
“Big Sis Daniela, you can’t speak that way about my older brother.” Wayne’s expression was gentle, but hearing Daniela’s disdain while talking about Marvin, he felt dissatisfied.
“Yeah, who knows which god forsaken place your older brother is at now! The last traces of him were in Rocky Mountain, fooling around with those three women… Now he is most likely already in the Dead Area. He’s even missing his younger brother’s tenth birthday. As his fiancée, could it be that I can’t say a word about it?” Daniela’s eyes looked fierce.
Very few people in White River Valley could speak rudely about Marvin, but Daniela was one of them.
The pitiful future Ice Empress, because of her oath, and because of Marvin coming to this world, was temporarily unable to return to the North.
She simply remained in White River Valley, acting like a mistress and helping with the construction in White River Valley.
She complained a bit more, and Wayne couldn’t say much about it.
At that time, Anna, who had been standing silently to the side, suddenly asked, “Young Master Wayne, did you find Lady Hathaway on your trip to the Three Ring Towers?”
Wayne shook his head, squeezing out a smile shortly after. “Although I didn’t find her, she left me a magic training manual and had another Wizard pass it on to me.”
“I trained in Ashes Tower for a long time and now finally had a bit of a breakthrough. Next time we meet trouble, I’ll be able to help Brother a bit.”
“Breakthrough?” Daniela asked with shock.
She looked closely at Wayne and questioned doubtfully, “You advanced to Legend?”
“No no no, I haven’t.” Wayne smiled, “It’s just that I walk on a different path from ordinary Wizards.”
“Ancient Wizards’ training method?” Daniela muttered softly. “So what level are you at now? It’s been a while since I saw your strength. You actually train so fast…”
Wayne smiled shyly. “3rd rank.”
Daniela remained speechless.
That freak in front of her became a 3rd rank Wizard at the age of ten.
It had to be known that months earlier, he had merely been a Wizard Apprentice! During that time, he gave up on his original path and chose an alternate path, an ancient training method that Hathaway suggested for him, no longer relying on the Universe Magic Pool.
This definitely increased the casting difficulty, but his progress was still outstanding.
His progress would make anyone jealous.
Daniela herself was a heaven-defying genius, but compared to Wayne, she still seemed inferior.
“Rest early. There are some matters to discuss tomorrow. And Sir Constantine said that in a few days, some big characters will come to the castle.” Anna reminded him in a gentle voice, “Lord Marvin isn’t present, so you are now in charge of the castle’s decisions.”
Wayne nodded. He used a simple spell and returned in his bedroom.
Suddenly, a ghostly shadow appeared beside him.
“Sir Owl,” Wayne greeted calmly.
“3rd rank, huge progress. It seems like you were greatly motivated by your elder brother.” Shadow Thief Owl smiled, but then his expression turned solemn. “Did you meet any issues on your trip to Ashes Tower?”
Wayne shook his head, softly replying, “Although Lady Hathaway is imprisoned, the people of Ashes Tower are still unaware. Lady Dark Phoenix apparently doesn’t want to get involved with the inner workings of the Ashes Tower.”
Owl nodded. “You did great. With Hathaway sealing herself in ice, Marvin should be going crazy. He is already under too much
pressure.”
“Since he is now in the Dead Area, we should help him out with what matters we can.” Owl sighed. “Constantine already started contacting people. Even if Dark Phoenix is powerful, she shouldn’t be able to fight several Legends.”
Wayne hesitated, before clenching his teeth and saying, “Sir Owl, the matter of rescuing Lady Hathaway… I think it might not be that simple.”
“I had a dream. In the dream… She was very formidable.”
Owl froze. His expression then turned grave. “Tell me about your dream.”
…
It felt a bit strange for a vivid image of his supposedly dead grandfather to appear in front of him.
But it wasn’t the first time, so Marvin could accept it.
Both of them quickly began to discuss and Marvin asked why there was such a strange reaction from Ancestor’s Mystery.
He found out that it was because the Secret Garden Demi-Plane was very close to Hell!
The barrier of the Universe Magic Pool was very thin and the obstruction between planes was minimal.
This change was first noticed by his grandfather in Hell. He immediately decided to contact Marvin.
He brought Marvin both good news and bad news.
The good news was that he would soon escape from his trap.
And the bad news was…
[Wizard Calendar Year 819 Month 1 Day 16]
The Gods would attack the Universe Magic Pool.
Hearing this news, Marvin froze!
‘The Great Calamity is coming ahead of time!’
Chapter 379: Impending [4/10]
Chapter 379: Impending [4/10]
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The 16th of January!
That date was a month earlier than the 16th of February that Marvin remembered!
The Gods were impatient, but the shadow of the Wizard God had always been looming above them. They only dared to do this because they found evidence that the Wizard God couldn’t influence Feinan anymore.
Although Marvin did many things since he transmigrated, affecting the world’s development and creating some butterfly effects, it mostly shouldn’t have affected the Astral Sea.
‘Could it be Glynos’ matter?’ Marvin’s heart sank.
The Great Calamity being this far ahead of time meant that his plans were completely thrown into disorder.
Today was the 2nd of January, only 14 days away from the start of the Great Calamity!
Of course, the Gods teaming up to attack the Universe Magic Pool wouldn’t be able to succeed in just one move. They would need at least half a month!
In the game, the group formed by the New Gods included many powerful existences, yet they weren’t able to shatter the Universe Magic Pool completely until March!
And during that time, the magic of the Wizards lost its effectiveness and riots sprung up everywhere. It was the most chaotic of times.
Some powerhouses had already sensed a few things but they could only protect a very limited number of people.
The Wizards became anxious and Chaos Magic Power leaked from the Universe Magic Pool, attacking their wills.
Many went insane, turning into humanoid monstrosities.
The Feinan Continent of that time was filled with corpses and berserk arcane energy. Not only was the countryside unsafe, but the cities were too.
Especially in the South. Because of the South Wizard Alliance’s high-handed rule, the cities were filled with Wizards.
After the Calamity, areas with Wizards were like minefields.
In fact, the wilderness was a bit safer.
Although there were some magic lifeforms affected by the Chaos Magic Power that turned bloodthirsty and berserk, it wasn’t like a gathering of Wizards.
Scattered bombs were relatively less threatening than gathered bombs.
In short, once the Great Calamity started, Feinan would sink into constant chaos!
White River Valley wouldn’t escape from this either!
Marvin had stressed many times at the start of the development that they shouldn’t recruit Wizards under the Legend Realm to White River Valley.
But because he had a bit of a relationship with Hathaway and Madeline, White River Valley still had some Wizards from both River Shore City and Ashes Tower.
Who knew how many of these Wizards would be able to resist the willpower test from the Great Calamity?
At that time, if Marvin wasn’t present, panic would inevitably spread.
The territory might collapse from that point on!
‘Fuck! Why did it shift to such an early date!’
Marvin had thought of a lot of possibilities and scenarios, but hadn’t expected that the Great Calamity would happen this much ahead of time.
The time he had left was rather tight.
There were only 14 days left!
…
“I was also shocked the first time I found out about this.”
Although the youth shrugged, worry still showed in his eyes. “Thus, I checked to make sure. I grabbed a few small Overlords in Hell and confirmed what I just told you.”
“For this attack on the Universe Magic Pool, the Gods took out a secret weapon they had prepared for a long time. Even if Hell and the Abyss wouldn’t participate, they still had their ways to gain information. Many Overlords are getting ready for battle, preparing to march on Feinan.”
“Naturally, there is also the Negative Energy Plane. I heard you got rid of an Evil Spirit Overlord? That is quite an astonishing feat… But there are many Evil Spirit Overlords. Tidomas is the most active one now. You have to be careful of their retaliation.”
“Damn… Another space interference.”
His grandfather’s image blurred. “I’ll come back quickly, before that, make sure to protect you…”
His words were cut off as he disappeared.
Marvin’s heart was resolute.
To tell the truth, he didn’t feel anything towards this grandfather. Marvin thought he was very mysterious, since he disappeared such a long time ago. Even the body’s original owner didn’t remember anything about him.
But even so, that bloodline connection still made him seem very familiar.
His grandfather was sincerely concerned about him. It was clear that even if his grandfather could communicate through the Ancestor’s Mystery, it would use up a lot of Magic Power, or even resources, to transmit a signal across planes toward Feinan.
Him telling Marvin this information about the earlier date had great importance.
At least he wouldn’t be caught unprepared.
Thinking about it, if he wasn’t aware of the Great Calamity coming ahead of time, he might still be adventuring outside while White River Valley was done for!
It wasn’t that he didn’t believe in the abilities of Constantine, Daniela and the others, but the problem was that they wouldn’t be able to resist against the Chaos Magic Power!
They would likely have to abandon White River Valley and hide in the Shrieking Mountain Range, which was protected by Shackles of Order, but many refugees would lose their lives to the monsters living there.
He had to hurry to White River Valley. He mustn’t be late!
Thinking of this, he took out a green Thousand Paper Crane.
This crane was something Owl had prepared for Marvin. Regardless of the distance, it could send a message once.
He had to relay this information to White River Valley!
…
In a dark castle, a group of people were sitting at a round table, discussing enthusiastically.
In front of these people, even White River Valley’s Proxy Overlord, Wayne, and the Overlord’s fiancée, Daniela, had to be respectful.
Constantine, Inheim, O’Brien, Endless Ocean, Heavenly Deer Lorant, Shadow Thief Owl… And Legend Wizard Leymann!
These Legend powerhouses were gathered in White River Valley.
“Regarding Hathaway’s matter, every
one should be very clear.” Shadow Thief Owl calmly described the situation. “Lady Dark Phoenix is eccentric and hadn’t overstepped her boundaries before. She also knows of Lady Hathaway’s Seer identity.”
“I heard from another source that Lady Dark Phoenix’s power is very formidable, at least not inferior to that of Sir Nicholas.”
After these words, Wayne’s expression wavered. The other source Owl mentioned was naturally him.
Unlike Marvin, he was a true Seer… His dreams were real.
His dream this time was of a huge fight between Marvin and Dark Phoenix. Marvin suffered a crushing defeat to Dark Phoenix’s incredible might.
Her powerful aura left a deep impression on Wayne and was something the other Legends were unable to match up to.
“Regardless, the guys up there are certainly plotting something. We need Hathaway’s Seer ability.”
Inheim calmly said, “I don’t have any friendship with Dark Phoenix. I’ll personally step forward in this matter.”
Owl smiled bitterly and was about to say something when suddenly, a green light flashed.
“What’s that?”
All the Legends frowned.
Shadow Thief Owl grabbed that Thousand Paper Crane and absent-mindedly muttered, “Information about Marvin. Maybe he met a disaster while tempering himself in the Dead Area and is waiting for us to save him…”
But the next second, he jumped up from his seat while cursing, “Fuck! They are crazy!”
Chapter 380: Ambushed [5/10]
Chapter 380: Ambushed [5/10]
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
They hadn’t expected Owl to react so vehemently.
This guy had no limits, as evident from his display of thievery on the Shadow Prince, but cursing like that in front of everyone was a first.
“What’s going on with Marvin?” asked Constantine in agitation.
Wayne and Daniela were even more nervous. The former was genuinely worried about Marvin’s safety, while the latter felt a bit complicated. Her feelings toward Marvin weren’t particularly deep in that way, but there was still her oath about Ancestor’s Mystery. If Marvin died, Ancestor’s Mystery would be lost in the Dead Area Continent and she would never be able to return to the North.
Shadow Thief Owl shook his head, handing over a green note.
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