The storm frantically split apart and turned into small-scale vortexes.
These vortexes scattered and crashed into everyone.
Each had a powerful gravitational pull and the people simply couldn’t resist. They were all sucked in!
And so was Marvin.
As the gray vortex approached Marvin, he only felt his body being crushed before being dragged into some sort of space!
…
When he regained consciousness, the terrifying singing voice had already disappeared.
Marvin discovered that he was in a pitch-black place.
There was no sound, and the floor was icy cold.
But due to Darksight, he was able to see that it was a sealed room.
The room was quite special. It seemed to be wooden, yet extremely solid. Marvin reached out to touch the wall.
It felt rather soft.
‘Where is this?’ he wondered to himself while feeling rather disoriented.
But he didn’t expect a pale face to appear in front of him!
“Rest assured, you are safe in this room.”
This was a Ghost!
The Ghost’s voice was gloomy and his face was almost touching Marvin’s.
He could feel a hint of coldness in the Ghost’s voice.
Marvin was definitely startled, but he forced himself to calm down right away.
Marvin was someone who had experienced a lot of terrible situations, after all, so a Ghost wasn’t enough to terrify him.
He was about to ask a question, but the Ghost kept talking:
“But, you can’t stay here for long.”
“You are being watched.”
The Ghost gloomily continued, “It is most fond of fresh flesh like you.”
Marvin frowned. “It? What is ‘It’?”
The Ghost avoided the answer.
He only had a face; Marvin didn’t know what had happened to the rest of his body.
A ray of light then shone in the room.
A candle appeared out of nowhere on an old-fashioned table.
Under the candle’s faint light, a scroll suddenly appeared, with a list of items written on it.
“The hunt is about to begin, you need something for self-protection.”
“You don’t have much time, hurry and buy something you will need.”
Marvin approached.
There were countless ordinary items on the list.
[Torch – Price: 10 Blood Essence Stones]
[Flint – Price: 5 Blood Essence Stones]
[Hunting Bow – Price: 5 Blood Essence Stones]
…
These items had no descriptions beside their names. But a lot of clues could be seen from the prices listed.
These items’ prices were quite high.
But Marvin was more confused about something else:
“What hunt?”
“Do I have to buy these things?”
The Ghost’s face suddenly became fierce. “Of course!”
“Why should I give you my blessing if you don’t shop?”
“If you don’t shop, I’ll curse you. My curse is extremely terrifying, it’ll make you die quickly in the hunt!”
Marvin suddenly had a bad omen.
The Ghost before him looked weak, but his instinct told him that this Ghost’s words might be true.
Everything in this place was weird.
This was clearly a sealed room, but it gave the feeling of a countryside.
Vortexes in the wilderness, a Ghost appearing, a list of items with absurdly high prices, and the so-called [Hunt]…
What the fuck was happening to him?
Could he have already been drawn into the Wilderness Hall?
Marvin’s head felt like exploding.
“I’ll give you ten seconds.” The Ghost’s tone turned quite harsh.
“If you don’t buy anything, I’ll take you out.”
Marvin urgently shouted, “I’ll buy!”
At these words, the Ghost’s eyebrows eased up.
“Good, good, good, take a look first. You can buy whatever you want.”
“You can ask me a question for every item you buy.”
Marvin nodded.
The items on the list were very costly.
He didn’t have that many Blood Essence Stones left. He had spent quite a bit in Black Swan Hill and Holy Light City, so he only had 60 left.
Buying cheap items would be more convenient if he wanted to ask many questions… but he didn’t want to end up with completely useless items either.
“Before purchasing these things, can I ask what they are used for?” Marvin probed.
The Ghost impatiently ridiculed, “These are the most basic things, you don’t know how to use them? If you are really that stupid, I fear that you will die fast in the hunt!”
It seemed like he didn’t intend to properly answer Marvin’s question.
Marvin scratched his head.
He checked the list once again.
“Give me a charm,” he said while pointing at an item on the list.
[Charm – Price: 30 Blood Essence Stones]
Among all the items, the charm’s price was in the middle range, but this was already half of Marvin’s Blood Essence Stones.
He bought it probingly.
He had no use for the rest of the things on the list. What torch? What flint? Was it any better than Darksight?
As for those hunting weapons and traps, Marvin was a Ruler of the Night with Ranger abilities. Why would he need to buy those things?
Only this charm appeared somewhat useful.
“Charm? Good choice…”
The Ghost’s tone became deep.
He took Marvin’s thirty Essence Stones and exchanged them for an ordinary-looking triangular amulet.
“It can save your life once. You’ll have to figure how to use it in the hunt.”
Marvin took the charm.
The information displayed was – [Charm – ????]
This was an unappraised item… This meant that he would have to figure it out himself.
He shook his head helplessly and put on the charm.
“Well then, I’ll go ahead and ask a question now?”
Marvin impatiently inquired:
“The [Hunt], what is it?”
Chapter 520: Autumn Hunting Ground
Chapter 520: Autumn Hunting Ground
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“The hunt is about to begin.”
“Dear Teacher, I’ll definitely awaken you,” a gloomy voice echoed in a dark corner of the square.
A tall black-gowned man was standing in front of a coffin.
Bright, star-like light flickered on both sides of the coffin. If Marvin were here, he would have recognized the bright star lights. They were a pair of magnificent daggers!
Cold Light’s Grasps!
At this moment, the daggers were inserted in each side of the coffin.
A beast’s thundering voice came out of the coffin!
“Roar!”
It felt like an ancient, vicious spirit was about to awaken!
But a weird rune flickered on the coffin and forcibly suppressed these roars.
The black-gowned man silently raised his head and looked pensively into the darkness, seemingly holding some sort of secret.
Behind him, a great amount of mist rose up, and a Two-Headed Dragon emerged from it.
Followed by the Jade Banshee.
“Master, doing this is very dangerous.”
“You know that it forced you to become corrupt that time. It also killed Miss Silvermoon.”
The Banshee’s expression was very complicated.
Before reaching the Wilderness Hall, she hadn’t been aware of her Master’s crazy plan.
“No one can resist its willpower, you’ll kill yourself!”
The black-gowned man turned his head, the green soul fires flickering randomly. “Only a God’s Divine Vessel can
be used as a sacrifice to revive a God.”
“It was the one to kill Luna, it’s now time for it to pay its debt.”
“Rest assured, I’ll find a way to handle it.”
The Lich sounded eerily peaceful as it muttered, “Just a seal, its punishment is too light, way too light!”
His voice had a hint of coldness.
Even the Banshee, who had followed him all this time, shivered.
“The hunt should be starting.”
“Those greedy people will pay with their lives. Greed is a sin, and all the powerhouses, whether they are Devils or Angels, who appeared in the northeast of Holy Light City looking for Cold Light’s Grasps will only have one end. “
“Activating the [Autumn Hunting Ground] and releasing the true wilderness’ bloody power!”
…
In the small rooms, each Legend powerhouse woke up one after the other.
They each faced a Ghost merchant. Some chose to decline, some chose to kill the Ghost, and some, like Marvin, tried to learn something from the Ghost’s mouth.
But none of this hindered the Lich’s plan from proceeding.
“You are about to enter the wilderness, to a really deadly area. You may become prey, but if you are powerful enough, you can become the hunter.”
The Ghost gloomily recounted, “I was once a powerful Legend powerhouse. I fell in the hunt and became like this.”
“Don’t rely on your Legendary Class too much in the hunt. In the [Autumn Hunting Ground], the Legend law has been abolished!”
What!
Legend law abolished?
That sentence made Marvin shake a bit.
He’d already had some guesses and preparations, but when he heard those words, Marvin felt very shocked.
The Legend powerhouses were all relying on their Legendary Classes. The Legend law losing effectiveness meant that the Legendary Classes couldn’t be used.
His power would be suppressed to level 20.
This would cause many Legends that had been accustomed to being almighty to be unable to adapt.
Who knew what kind of terrifying lifeforms were in the Hunting Ground?
“So, is this the Wilderness God’s game?”
Marvin bought a second item to keep asking questions. A torch.
He didn’t know whether his Darksight might also lose effectiveness, so he bought it just in case.
“I don’t know.”
“But the Autumn Hunting Ground and the hunting game are indeed the creation of the Wilderness God.”
“Only the Wilderness God and his subordinates should be able to open the Wilderness Hall.”
The Ghost sighed before rambling, “Although there are many things I’m not clear about, I still remember mistakenly entering the wilderness after looking for an item. That Hunting Ground is too cruel, most people can’t survive…”
“How can we leave?”
Marvin bought his last item, a [Hunting Knife]. If it really was like the Ghost described and the frightening Autumn Hunting Ground was a space created by the Wilderness God, there might be all kinds of laws governing Legends that were changed.
Whether he could even use Azure Leaf was uncertain.
He bought a weapon as insurance.
“Become the final victor of the hunting game.”
The Ghost squinted as he said, “Strive to survive and you’ll know.”
Marvin frowned, clearly not satisfied with that answer.
But before he could say more, the Ghost craftily laughed before pointing out, “You don’t have any money.”
“Don’t think of cheating me, I can sense it. Since you are out of money, you can go.”
“Poor kid, I hope you can live a while longer… Maybe we’ll meet again later.”
Then, the Ghost and the room disappeared.
The crimson sky was exuding a feeling of franticness.
Marvin was in the wilderness.
In the distance, he could faintly see the light of a bonfire.
There was a huge moon in the sky.
“Welcome to the Autumn Hunting Ground.”
A sinister voice echoed in Marvin’s heart.
“You obtained a hunter mark. This mark will keep following you in the Autumn Hunting Ground.”
“Want to survive? Slaughter as much as you like.”
“Only by killing and seizing can you obtain more hunter marks, people, and beasts.”
“I always believed that death and slaughter were the most beautiful things. Only when faced with these would all lifeforms burst with unimaginable potential.”
“I’m looking forward to your performance.”
“Strive to survive.”
The voice gradually disappeared.
But the shock in Marvin’s heart didn’t waver.
Although that voice had been carefully manipulated, he still managed to figure out the source.
‘It’s that Lich!’
‘Fuck, it wasn’t the Wilderness God who opened the Wilderness Hall?’
‘What is that Lich after? Why would he throw so many people into the Autumn Hunting Ground and have them fight each other?’
Marvin felt numb.
He noticed an imprint appearing on his hand with the mark of the Wilderness God.
So this was the so-called [Hunter Imprint]?
If he wanted to leave the Hunting Ground, he would have to proceed with the hunt.
Kill others and obtain their hunter imprints, needing to gather enough before being able to leave?
Which lunatic thought of that rule?
That Lich? What is he trying to do in the end? Why was he so powerful that he could manipulate so many Legends?
What was his goal?
Questions kept appearing in Marvin’s mind.
He forced himself to calm down.
Now wasn’t the time to think about that.
Because as time passed, more and more people were appearing in the wilderness.
He had to find a place to hide first!
Chapter 521: Start of the Hunt
Chapter 521: Start of the Hunt
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
On the harsh Hunting Ground, Marvin quickly sped up.
But compared to before, his speed had substantially decreased!
The Ghost didn’t deceive him: in the Autumn Hunting Ground, his Legendary Class, Ruler of the Night, lost all its properties.
The Legend laws lost their effects!
He was only a level 20 expert now.
The only thing worth rejoicing about was that it should be the same for others.
Marvin’s advantage lay in his additional subclasses. Whether it was Battle Gunner or Shapeshift Sorcerer, they would all be a big help in this Hunting Ground.
The bonfire appearing before his eyes became brighter.
Darksight wasn’t lost because it didn’t fall under the purview of the Legend laws and was in fact a gift of the Night Monarch. Thus, the Wilderness God’s Hunting Ground was unable to take it away.
This helped Marvin keep calm.
Losing Darksight would greatly hinder his strength.
Moreover, he was already used to the feeling of having superior eyesight. It would have been very hard to adapt to the loss of that ability.
After all, his long-term dependence on Darksight had led to his [Listen] and basic [Eyesight] not being very high.
Because he didn’t really understand the nature of this Hunting Ground, Marvin first wanted to set up a shelter.
But in the desolate wilderness, only a few hills and mountain ranges could be seen. There was not a single building.
Not far away, a faint light could be seen coming from the foot of a hill.
Marvin could clearly see that it was a bonfire.
Moreover, the bonfire looked like the one he had seen in his macabre vision.
He instinctively felt that he might gain something by going over.
In any case, Marvin didn
’t see anyone around, so he started moving.
…
As he approached the hill, Marvin noticed that this place’s mountains were changing.
From the distance, it looked like a small hill, but as he got closer, he found out that it was actually quite large.
The bonfire was in a cavity in the mountain and looked like it was taking shelter inside.
There were some logs beside the bonfire, along with a chest!
The chest was sitting on a cushion of straw and the top was made of beast hide.
A kettle was hanging over the bonfire and it was already boiling at the moment, with a large amount of steam coming out.
He could feel a different kind of warmth.
‘Why does it feel like I’ve returned to an ancient era?’
Marvin scratched his nose, having a strange sort of feeling in his heart.
The depths of the cavity were shadowy. He examined carefully and found out that there was a small cave.
The cave was only about half a man tall and Marvin would have to stoop down to go in, so he wasn’t too clear about what was inside.
If it were in Feinan, Marvin could have used his experience to make a judgement that this was most likely a Gnome cave. But he was in the Crimson Wasteland. What were the chances of ordinary Gnomes being here?
Moreover, this was the most dangerous part of the Crimson Wasteland, the Autumn Hunting Ground!
‘The water seems to have just started boiling, could it be another hunter?’
Marvin cautiously inspected for tracks, but didn’t find any footprints.
If this was really a hunter’s temporary camp, then that hunter was definitely very shrewd and crafty.
Thinking of this, Marvin’s heart couldn’t help sinking.
The Legend laws not being effective meant that Legend abilities and Legend Domains couldn’t be used. It was the same for his daggers.
He didn’t have any decent blades on him besides those, so he could only use the Hunting Knife he got from the Ghost.
But the dagger didn’t look like a good item. The blade was covered in rust, and Marvin wondered if it would break if he applied some strength.
He usually used twin daggers, so he felt a bit weird using only one dagger.
After a moment of thought, he fished out a pair of firearms from his storage and kept the dagger at his waist.
They were the firearms gifted to him by Constantine and were peak Battle Gunman equipment.
These two pistols, [Astaroth] and [Satan], had the name of a Demon Lord and an Archdevil.
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