Thinking of this, Marvin couldn’t help grinning.
As long as he could confirm that he was unrelated to the loss of Nature Power, these Great Druids would feel ashamed for doubting him.
At that time, if Marvin wanted to get some benefits, wouldn’t it be easy with his tricks?
At that time, Old Ent eventually spoke, “Sorry, Mister Marvin. We seem to have made an error of judgement.”
“We previously deceived you. Endless Ocean did not receive a life imprisonment sentence. On the contrary, her participation in the annihilation of Dark Phoenix was enough to annul her sin of stealing the four totemic pillars.”
“In fact, we didn’t make things difficult for her at all.”
Marvin raised an eyebrow.
That old fox caught him unprepared.
He apologized directly… Could it be that he already realized that he had the wrong person?
Moreover, he wanted to skim over the fact that Marvin had been summoned here with such a light apology?
Isn’t that too wrong?
Marvin rolled his eyes and pretended to be furious. “Eh? You sent me a letter just to lie to me?”
“I didn’t expect the majestic Migratory Bird Council to deceive others, especially their own ally.”
The Great Druids had unsightly expressions.
Old Ent sighed, giving Marvin a complex glance before slowly saying, “This matter is too complicated. I am very sorry for the methods we used.”
“If you understood the crux of the matter, I am sure that you would forgive our difficulties.”
Marvin cursed inwardly. The old fox clearly wanted to deal with the matter without giving him any concessions.
But Marvin still politely asked, “I want to hear, what’s the so-called crux of the matter?”
Sky Fury coughed, interjecting, “Marvin, this matter concerns the core of the Supreme Jungle, I’m afraid we can’t…”
But Old Ent waved his hand. “It is not an issue. We have to give Mister Marvin an explanation.”
“Letting him know the whole story can resolve the misunderstanding between us.”
Hearing Old Ent’s sincere tone, Marvin felt slightly uncomfortable.
The Druids are extremely conservative and were rarely willing to leak such important information.
Marvin came with the intention of getting a few benefits while bringing Constantine and Endless Ocean back, but he didn’t expect that he would be getting involved in the core secrets of the Supreme Jungle.
What was Old Ent’s plan?
Not waiting for Marvin’s refusal, Old Ent started narrating.
Marvin could only choose to helplessly listen.
…
Old Ent’s story was very brief and concise, but the content was far more serious than Marvin had imagined. No wonder these Druids had seemed antagonistic to Marvin and coerced him to come.
The World Tree was withering.
This wasn’t a trivial matter. It was actually a major event in Feinan!
Marvin never heard about that in the game!
It was surely a variable brought about by his transmigration.
After hearing this, Marvin sank into contemplation.
‘The World Tree’s withering is definitely caused by someone and not natural. A shadow was shown in the Divination, so no wonder they doubted me. I entered the World Tree a few months ago, after all!’
‘Could it be that someone was behind me at that time?’
Thinking of this, Marvin couldn’t help feeling a chill.
He stared at the shadow in Old Tree’s hands and felt that it was familiar.
He felt as if he had seen it somewhere before, but there were no traces of it in his memories.
Old Ent’s voice echoed, “We previously suspected you of being behind the withering of the World Tree. After all, a Ruler of the Night with the Shadow Domain fits the Divination.”
“But I just saw another Domain on your body and understood that the matter was unrelated to you.”
“The Shadow in the Divination is very sinister but pure. It is definitely an expert with only one Domain.”
“We are very sorry for doubting you.”
Marvin suddenly shivered.
He just recalled why that shadow felt so familiar!
Chapter 489: Shadow
Chapter 489: Shadow
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Glynos!
Marvin seldom thought about his former enemy since Saruha’s events.
The Shadow Prince’s God Realm had been blown up by a missile made by the Ancient Gnomes, which was something everyone knew.
It was to the point that even Marvin himself overlooked Glynos.
But this shadow… He definitely wasn’t wrong about it.
This was definitely a diminished version of Glynos’ Divine Source.
In the game, Marvin got to directly witness Glynos’ Divine Source when he killed him.
It left a lasting impression on him and he never forgot about it.
He looked at the continuously swaying shadow in Old Ent’s hands and couldn’t help but blurt out, “Shadow Prince!”
The Great Druids all had expressions of surprise.
Old Ent slowly said, “If Glynos were still around, he would indeed be the first target of our suspicions.”
“But thanks to that missile, he already fell into an eternal slumber and should not be of any threat to the World Tree.”
“Even if he wanted to steal Nature Power, he would not be able to enter the World Tree.”
Marvin frowned.
He didn’t have any way to convince these Druids.
He couldn’t say that he had seen the appearance of Glynos’ Divine Source in his previous life, right?
But his instincts told him that this was definitely Glynos!
‘He actually survived.’
‘How did he do it?’
Marvin was even more alert.
Although he could still try to negotiate with many others, he and Glynos were mortal enemies.
If the Shadow Prince got a new lease on life through absorbing Nature Power and returned to Feinan, Marvin definitely would be his first target!
Moreover, Marvin knew that the Ancient Nature God’s slumber was just a false appearance.
After this powerful God connected his body with the World Tree, his soul and consciousness left his physical body to pursue traces of the Wizard God in the Primal Chaos Fringe.
If Glynos managed to discover the hiding location of the Nature God’s body, he might really be able to absorb the Nature Power unhindered.
Naturally, he probably wouldn’t dare to absorb it directly. He might have just used the Nature God’s body as a bridge to absorb the power of the World Tree.
It was just like what Diggles did.
But at that time, Diggles was relatively crazy. In order to absorb power, he connected his entire plane onto the World Tree.
Because his rate of absorption had been relatively slow, there wasn’t any reaction from Feinan’s World Tree. But now, Glynos was absorbing the power faster than the entire Decaying Plateau had been doing it!
This made sense to Marvin. That missile explosion put Glynos very close to death, so he truly needed a great amount of power.
A God with a completely shattered God Realm was like a bottomless pit, enough to keep drawing power from the World Tree until it went dry.
As for the main World Tree, it wouldn’t be affected too badly because of the Laws’ restrictions.
This hypothesis appeared in Marvin’s mind in an instant.
Even if it was just a conjecture, he was at least 80% confident.
The Nature God hid his body in the depths of the Universe, and Glynos also went into eternal exile.
If he accidentally met the Nature God’s body during his exile, then such a situation might happen!
The more Marvin thought about it, the more he felt that it was the only possible exp
lanation.
After all, besides Glynos and himself, there were only a handful of powerhouses with the Shadow Domain. But of those, there was not a single one that would be able to absorb the power of Feinan’s World Tree and cause such an effect!
The Nature Power was bound to have strengthened due to the passage of time. Ordinary people simply couldn’t take in so much power!
It was something only Gods could do.
…
Marvin didn’t keep putting his conjecture forward. He only vaguely mentioned another thing: This matter of the Nature Power weakening might not be an issue with Feinan’s World Tree, but instead one with the Nature God’s body.
This hypothesis shocked the Great Druids.
It hadn’t occurred to them that others could steal Nature Power through the powerful Ancient Nature God.
But after thinking carefully, they realized that the Ancient Nature God had left this world for so long.
His power and privileges were delegated to Feinan’s World Tree, to the point that the Nature Magic System could be learnt through the Nature Leaves.
Even powerful Druids were unable to communicate with the Ancient Nature God.
That included Heavenly Deer Lorant. Before he descended, he was one of the relatively loved companions of the Ancient Nature God.
Old Ent was also unable to connect to the Ancient Nature God.
If the hiding place of the Ancient Nature God was really discovered, then in theory, such a situation could happen.
Since things came to this, Marvin didn’t want to keep bickering with the Migratory Bird Council on those small details.
After all, from the Migratory Bird Council, he already found out that Endless Ocean hadn’t been punished but was instead taken to the [Green Sea Paradise] by another Great Druid. They would follow the tracks of the Ancient Nature God there and might meet some good fortune.
As for Constantine and O’Brien, they had departed from Jadeite City first.
They left a letter to Marvin, the content of which was very simple. There seemed to be some issues at the North’s Night Walker stronghold. They had to settle that.
Marvin already knew that the Night Walkers had a stronghold in the northeast and O’Brien very rarely appeared on the rest of the continent because he was usually guarding that place.
In the northeast, under a huge crack, resided the terrifying Molten Clan. It was said to be communicating with a few Abyssal Planes and frequently had Demons crawling out from within.
This was also where the Dwarves used to live.
Not long ago, O’Brien beheaded a Molten Overlord there, but he hadn’t expected a new disaster to strike so soon.
‘Could it be a Demon?’
Marvin shook his head in silence after reading the letter.
He remained speechless for a while.
As it turned out, he had gone through a lot of troubles and rushed to Jadeite City, only to find out that no one was waiting for him there.
Shadow Thief Owl had also left Jadeite City, heading to Lavis.
It looked like he was still anxious about his grandmother’s “remains”.
In Jadeite City, there was only Old Ent, who had deceived him.
“Since you already found out that I’m not the one who stole the Nature Power, I believe you could lend me Jadeite City’s Long Distance Teleportation Array?”
“I want to go to Lavis Dukedom first.”
Marvin raised his request.
Since he came all the way to the North, he might as well take a look at the current Lavis Dukedom.
After the Demons’ assault, under Daniela’s directives, what was the current state of this Sorcerer country?
Moreover, Lavis was close to the North’s Three Cities. Marvin was thinking of taking a look there.
Last time, his meeting with Valkyrie Eve wasn’t that friendly. Her servant was really too bothersome and almost let Dark Phoenix go free. If not for Hathaway’s timely appearance, Marvin might not have been able to successfully kill Dark Phoenix.
Marvin was, of course, not looking for trouble. Eve had a lot of potential and was worth having as a hidden ally.
Even if they couldn’t form an actual alliance, he still needed to prevent them from becoming enemies. After all, there was only a small number of true powerhouses in this world.
But he didn’t expect Old Ent to suddenly inquire, “I wonder if Mister Marvin is interested in Nature Leaves?”
Chapter 490: Origin Leaves
Chapter 490: Origin Leaves
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Marvin was very interested in the Nature Leaves.
It had been one of his objectives on his trip to the Supreme Jungle.
But having what he was thinking about directly come out of Old Ent’s mouth felt a bit uncomfortable.
Old Ent’s shrewdness made it hard for people to adapt to it.
Marvin squinted. “What do I need to do?”
He didn’t believe that group of old-fashioned Druids would give him Nature Leaves just because of his fame. They definitely needed something.
As expected, Old Ent gently explained, “Mister Marvin, I felt the aura of some Nature Leaves on you… Of course, you learnt various things and might not care about these skills, but Nature Leaves are the only way for Rangers to learn magic and the most standard way of increasing their abilities. You should already be clear about that.”
“The withering of the World Tree is not only related to Feinan, but also related to the safety of the whole Universe. I believe you should have been able to realize this with your knowledge.”
“Naturally, guarding the World Tree is our duty, not yours. But if you help us, we are willing to repay you.”
Marvin instantly answered, “I need to know what the so-called ‘help’ is!”
Old Ent paused for a moment before slowly saying, “[Crimson Wasteland].”
Marvin immediately turned around after replying, “No way!”
…
What a joke!
Even though the Nature Leaves were valuable, the Crimson Wasteland was an extremely dangerous place. Marvin didn’t need to risk his life for something like that!
What was the Crimson Wasteland?
It was a bloody battlefield.
It was a twisted plane where all kinds of lifeforms from the Universe gathered to fight each other.
Angels, Divine Servants, Demons, Devils, Evil Spirits, Beasts… and all kinds of Monsters!
That place was a killer’s wonderland, as well as a powerhouse’s paradise. It was a place where Grim Reapers liked to visit!
No one knew the origin of the Crimson Wasteland. It was said that after a terrifying war happened in a distant era, many ancient powerhouses fell. Their inheritances and treasures were buried in that mysterious land.
This legend was confirmed from time to time, as there would inevitably be more rumors of people digging out some Divine Treasure from a corner of the wasteland.
But to most people, this legend was just a joke.
The real purpose of this land lay in allowing people to improve through trial by fire.
Whether it was the God Realms, Hell, or the Abyss, they all acknowledged the Crimson Wasteland’s existence.
Only the most promising Elites among the Lesser Gods, Demons, and Devils, were qualified to join the fighting in the Crimson Wasteland. They would be subject to inhuman training there, fighting each other until they reached a certain limit before leaving this frightening area.
Although there weren’t many God powerhouses there, anyone found there would be at least a Legend powerhouse.
That place was full of the Universe’s strongest beings and could be considered the Universe’s arena.
Courageous adventurers wouldn’t rashly step foot in the Crimson Wasteland. Anyone who entered there by mistake wouldn’t return alive.
Only those Legend Wizards who reached the limit of their lifespans might brave the dang
er of death to see if they could find something special in this mysterious land that could extend their lives.
Ordinary people definitely wouldn’t go there on their own.
As for Marvin, although the Nature Leaves were valuable items, they definitely weren’t worth that much.
He wasn’t impulsive enough to go to the Crimson Wasteland only to get some Nature Leaves.
But before he left the room, Old Ent’s deep voice echoed out once again. “Please stay calm, Mister Marvin.”
“I didn’t get to tell you the whole reward.”
Marvin slowly turned around, and said with an unpleasant expression, “I’m wondering whether you are trying to trap me or not. Do you think I’m not aware what kind of place the Crimson Wasteland is?”
Old Ent had a helpless expression. “It looks like the effects of our misunderstanding haven’t been overcome yet. You still do not trust us.”
“If not for the Council’s lack of manpower, we would not entrust this matter to you.”
“After all, compared to what you would go through, we are going to be paying a lot more.”
Marvin frowned. “Although Nature Leaves are treasures, that clearly wouldn’t be enough when the task is getting into the Crimson Wasteland.”
Old Ent nodded, expressing his agreement, before suggesting, “What if they aren’t ordinary Nature Leaves?”
“Furthermore, there is an important piece of information related to you.”
“If you are patient enough to let me finish my story, I think you will be willing to help.”
Marvin’s expression showed some indecisiveness.
He had a feeling that since Old Ent dared to say this, Marvin definitely wouldn’t be able to resist the offer once he heard it.
What was the reward he was so confident in that he thought would convince Marvin to enter the Crimson Wasteland for sure?
The next second, a golden light appeared in Old Ent’s palm.
Marvin’s breathing slowed. “Origin Leaves!”
…
Marvin sat down, carefully listening to Old Ent’s story.
After half an hour, he smiled bitterly while walking out of the treehouse.
Old Ent’s reward indeed made it simply impossible for Marvin to refuse.
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