But they would have to face many difficulties before that could come to pass. They would mostly have to face them alone.
Hathaway left easily. She had the ability to pass through space, so she vanished in front of everyone.
It wasn’t as simple for the others.
They needed a Teleportation Door. Fortunately, the Migratory Bird Council had already foreseen this and had prepared a tool for Marvin which contained a fixed planar Teleportation Array.
After the Winter Assassin regained his freedom, he said that he should experience this world properly.
He threw the Cold Light’s Grasps to his disciple, patted her back and left leisurely.
Isabelle was reluctant to part with him, but after hesitating for a bit, she still decided to return to Feinan with Marvin.
She knew that her teacher had his own matters to attend to.
As for her, it was time to fulfill the oath she silently took before.
Building the Teleportation Array went pretty quickly.
Minsk, as the son of the Nature God, was quite knowledgeable in all kinds of fields, especially magic, arrays and other similar subjects.
After thirty minutes, the planar lighthouse was ignited.
In the distant Feinan, Old Ent, who had been waiting calmly in front of the entrance, immediately ordered, “Get them back!”
…
To Marvin, it felt like he had left Feinan for a long time.
In fact, he had left Feinan from Jade City at midnight.
But when he saw Old Ent’s face again, it was only the next morning.
Originally, he planned to stay for two weeks, so he had sent a letter to White River Valley.
He hadn’t expected to complete his mission so efficiently.
As for the thrilling experience, it had also struck him with fear many times.
He had met who knew how many dangers after spending just a few days in the Crimson Wasteland.
This was something unimaginable in Feinan.
This made him realize once more that his strength was far from enough!
He still wasn’t ready to face the Gods!
And right now, outside the Universe Magic Pool, countless New Gods were covetously eyeing him and White River Valley.
He had to keep getting stronger!
…
Marvin also gained a lot from this trip to the Crimson Wasteland.
Besides the two Origin Leaves he received from the previous agreement with the Migratory Bird Council, as well as the secret book about achieving a breakthrough in the Human body, his own strength also greatly improved.
His Ruler of the Night class levelled up, his advanced Divine Vessel activated successfully, and he also obtained an Oddity that could turn him into a Great Druid.
And most importantly, he found Isabelle.
Isabelle, who wasn’t a little girl anymore, had turned into a very frightening Assassin.
She had made it clear that she would keep following Marvin in the coming days.
This was a great news for both Marvin and White River Valley.
…
Marvin side was happy to have completed the mission, but the Migratory Bird Council was embarrassed.
They really found Minsk, but the Nature God’s son was unable to contact the Nature God either.
The World Tree was still withering.
And there was no answer from the people they had sent to the Green Sea Paradise. Old Ent was quite worried.
They prepared a second team led by Minsk to go to the Green Sea Paradise.
Old Ent originally thought of asking Marvin for help again, but this time Marvin declined.
Before his strength was sufficient to face more Gods, he wouldn’t leave Feinan again.
He didn’t want to experience that feeling of powerlessness that he went through in the Wilderness Hall once again.
Old Ent could only disappointedly watch Marvin and Isabelle leave.
“Milord, where are we going next?”
On the way out of Jade City, Isabelle finally broke her silence and asked a question.
Marvin smiled and pointed toward the southwest. “Lavis.”
“That is my grandfather’s homeland…”
Chapter 550: Lavis
Chapter 550: Lavis
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Lavis, the famous dukedom of the North, was also among the few places able to ignite a Source of Fire Order during the first moments of the disaster.
But unfortunately, even though the Source of Fire’s Order blessed their people and protected them from the influence of Chaos Magic Power, the terrifying Demons were still covetously looking at that territory.
Perhaps it was the bloodline of Lavis’ royal family that attracted the Demons’ attention.
In any case, back when Marvin was handling Dark Phoenix, an Abyss Door had opened above the capital of Lavis Dukedom.
Countless Demons rushed down and the battlefield became very chaotic.
When Marvin left for Jade City, he originally wanted to take a look. He was quite close to Daniela, after all. Even though he believed in the strength of the Ice Empress, his appearance in this world had already caused too many changes.
Diggles died earlier, Glynos’ God Realm exploded, and even the enigmatic Truth Goddess had been resurrected.
Who knew what else could happen?
Thus, as soon as the trip to the Crimson Wasteland ended, Marvin refused Old Ent’s mission to go to the Green Sea Paradise and started heading toward Lavis.
On the way, an uneasy feeling grew in his mind.
Isabelle was quite good at reading expressions and body language, so she noticed that Marvin didn’t look well, but she didn’t say anything and simply increased her pace.
…
Aside from places like the still peaceful White River Valley, this world’s population suffered considerably from the Great Calamity!
Marvin and Isabelle witnessed too many tragedies on the way.
The Supreme Jungle was still fine since it had a Source of Fire’s Order, so there were very few animals or plants that had transformed into monsters, and those that did were quickly eradicated by the Great Druids.
But once they left the Supreme Jungle territory, it felt like purgatory!
The Lavis Dukedom was only three territories away from the Supreme Jungle.
But these three territories were already filled with corpses.
They walked on the main roads through these lands and only saw countless corpses.
The territories were dyed red with blood, but ironically, it was now the beginning of spring in the North.
There were no snowstorms to conceal everything. The effects of the Great Calamity on mankind were clearly displayed before the two.
Isabelle had heard about everything that happened to Feinan back when she was in the Crimson Wasteland, but she hadn’t been able to picture how miserable Feinan had become without seeing it herself!
Those with no Sanctuary to rely on fell prey to the Chaos Magic Power.
Her eyes were filled with anger.
In the distant, lush hills, white and tender sprouts were growing from the trees’ branches. This should have been the most beautiful stretch of the North’s springtime.
Farmers should be working in small groups to till the land in the new year. The nobles would hurry toward the outskirts, riding horses or hiking.
But this had all disappeared.
Only corpses remained. Countless unmoving bodies.
Flocks of crows flew over from the stormy coast in the northwest. They smelt the blood from this place and were wantonly enjoying their sumptuous feast.
They passed through mountains of corpses and seas of blood while killing some Wizard Monsters on the way.
Just like in his previous life, Marvin noticed that some of the Wizard Monsters had started evolving after reaping a great many lives.
This was terrible.
Onl
y the Wizards’ wills had been destroyed by the effects of Chaos Magic Power, while their strength didn’t decline. Only those with steady and powerful wills were able to resist the Chaos Magic Power’s enticement.
But that just happened to be in line with the core nature of Magic, Chaos! Because of this, in the upcoming days, these Wizards Monsters would keep becoming stronger!
Chaos was a hot spring that brewed sins. This was a vicious circle, but no one could stop it.
Thinking of this, Marvin suddenly recalled a theory regarding Chaos…
All spells originated from magic, and magic itself originated from Chaos.
The Universe’s most basic and pure power came from the Astral Sea and the bottomless Abyss. The former represented the Power of Order, defending the laws of the Universe. The latter stood for the Chaos Power that assailed the laws.
In ancient times, it hadn’t been for no reason that Wizards were seen as heretics.
Many later schools of thought that specialized in Magic Theory came to the conclusion that the more people there were that could use Magic, the more Feinan would tend toward Chaos.
This was the same for the entire Universe.
Chaos meant expansion. And endless expansion would lead to an unimaginable explosion!
These theories had been touched upon when Marvin hunted Wizard Monsters in his previous life.
At that time, he had already felt that this point of view was quite interesting.
After transmigrating to this world and noticing these Wizard Monsters becoming stronger, Marvin’s heart grew cold when he recalled those memories.
When Lance created the Universe Magic Pool, was it really to maintain the world’s order?
Was he able to see this world’s final destination from his point of view?
Something like Chaos, was it really something that Order could resist?
After the Universe Magic Pool was created, the 3rd Era ended. The New Gods rose up and the Wizard Era neared.
Feinan had become incredibly powerful during the Wizard Rule Era, but the end of the 4th era was also because of these powerful Wizards.
Mankind was close to extinction. Chaos Magic Power was released in one breath, just like a wild beast coming out of its cage, affecting the entire world.
The Abyss’ Demons already had their eyes burning red, itching to kill their way in. The Ancient Angels, now Archdevils, were also quite interested in the 4th Fate Tablet. The previous prophecy of the Evil Spirit Sea was still ringing in people’s ears, and more filthy negative energy kept brewing. Only a few more years and that most frightening monster would be born. Even the God Realms that symbolized Order would lose their bottom line.
They started breaking the rules.
This world became extremely fickle. Anyone who chose power wouldn’t go down peacefully.
As for the innocents that were affected, they were ordinary people.
Their lives were as insignificant as those of ants.
Within a week of the start of the disaster, Feinan’s population had been reduced by two-thirds.
The remaining third were mostly hidden in Sanctuaries, while a few were hiding in far-removed villages. They lived desperate lives, wondering when all this would end.
Marvin’s mood became quite heavy.
…
They spent a good half a day’s time to pass through the three territories.
Marvin used his own flight technique along with his Royal Griffin shape, while Isabelle used a spell she had learnt from the Winter Assassin. These made the long travel not so difficult.
Both of them competed in their long-range speed, and Marvin found out with some shame that Isabelle flew faster than him once she used an additional special technique.
This was heaven-defying!
Marvin could only look at her in envy.
In this world, there would always be some geniuses. Unfortunately, this kind of secret technique couldn’t be used when in combat. Otherwise, it would clearly be beyond Godly Dexterity and allow her to kill anyone.
The Winter Assassin had been quite smart and competent. If he hadn’t been unjustly attacked, he would likely have become the Shadow Prince.
“Finally!”
At the entrance of a forest, weeds and brush on the sides were growing wildly, but they still couldn’t conceal the stone tablet.
[Lavis – Sorcerer Dukedom]
There was a line of much smaller text below: [The truth is not something visible to the naked eye.]
Marvin understood the meaning of that sentence. Lavis Dukedom had a lot more inhabitants than Rocky Mountain. The only difference was that Rocky Mountain’s Sorcerers had been exiled by the South Wizard Alliance while the Lavis Dukedom had been established by the Cridland clan on their own.
Strength was everything, so the other lands to the north recognized the strength of Lavis Dukedom, but they still regarded them as monsters.
Marvin himself was a Sorcerer, so he knew this was only a bloodline power.
This proved that ignorance was the biggest flaw.
“Let’s go…”
The two of them entered the forest.
A burst of warm aura suddenly greeted them, a rather peculiar feeling.
[Power of Order].
Entering a territory covered by the Power of Order from a land filled with Chaos Power gave an intense feeling.
Anxious minds would suddenly calm down.
Even Marvin and Isabelle felt this way, let alone other people.
They walked along the forest path and entered Lavis’ boundary.
It was called a Dukedom, but in fact, compared to the numerous city-states in the North, Lavis Dukedom wasn’t very large.
Marvin once estimated that even counting all of Lavis that was centered around the capital set up on the snowy mountain, it still wasn’t as large as White River Valley.
After all, after including Sword Harbor and River Shore City, the size of Marvin’s territory was very impressive.
If the South Wizard Alliance were still there, he’d have the title of Marquis at the very least. And his territory would be enough to establish a Dukedom in the North, maybe even a Kingdom.
…
They advanced on the road into the Dukedom, still seeing some corpses on the way, but it was far better than the state of the three previous territories!
These were corpses of Demons.
They went through a few villages, but there was already not a soul in sight in these villages.
This would have been simply unthinkable before this disaster had happened.
Marvin and Isabelle went through four territories in the North and had yet to find a living Human.
But this kind of situation wasn’t too surprising post-Calamity.
It was only when they reached the capital that they found some life.
To Marvin’s dismay, they met not only a group of refugees, but also a small troop of Demons near them.
At the lead was a sinister Horned Demon. He seemed very strong and was currently saying something in Common.
As for the group of refugees, they looked like they were in despair.
Isabelle looked questioningly at Marvin.
The latter indifferently told her, “You deal with it.”
Chapter 551: Chaos
Chapter 551: Chaos
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This small squad of Demons wasn’t very powerful. They looked like they were all at the second rank.
Their leader, the Horned Demon, was a bit better, at the 3rd rank.
From their circumstances, they had probably suffered a loss while attacking the capital.
Marvin didn’t feel like taking care of such small fries, but it would be a simple matter to do so.
The refugees were shocked to see a shadow leap out of nowhere and scatter the Demons just like an autumn wind sweeping across fallen leaves.
Using Cold Light’s Grasps to kill these Demons was just li
ke using a sledgehammer to crack a nut: it was overkill.
In just seconds, the heads of all the Demons had fallen on the ground and only Isabelle was left calmly standing there.
Everyone froze there like they were unable to comprehend what had just happened.
Finally, after no less than five seconds, someone managed to react and he immediately knelt down, loudly thanking her for saving their lives.
The corner of Isabelle’s mouth twitched faintly. Looking at her, it was obvious that she wasn’t very good at dealing with that kind of matter.
Fortunately, Marvin calmly walked over from the main road to address them.
“Who are you guys?” he asked.
Someone in the group of refugees firmly answered, “We are going to take refuge in the capital.”
“The Great Duke released the latest decree, everyone within the Dukedom has to gather there…”
“We heard that the Demon army had already been repelled, but our luck wasn’t too good, and we ended up meeting some on the road. Thanks a lot for helping us,” he said, looking back at Isabelle.
They could see that neither Marvin nor Isabelle were ordinary people.
Marvin lowered his head. They noticed that this youth looked familiar, but they couldn’t quite him.
“Since that’s the case, you can follow behind us,” Marvin offered.
In any case, the capital wasn’t far from here, and Marvin didn’t mind slowing down for a while.
The refugees couldn’t thank them enough.
They gathered their things back up and rushed toward the capital, following behind Marvin and Isabelle.
They found out from these refugees that the previous evening, the bloody battle that had gone on for five days had finally come to an end.
The encouraging news was that Lady Daniela personally closed the Abyss Gate, and most Demons were expelled.
But there were still a few within the borders of the Dukedom.
And the discouraging news was that Lavis Dukedom’s power had fallen to an unprecedentedly low point. Apart from the Demons, there were still forces harboring evil intentions in the surroundings.
They still needed to consider the threat from these other sources, and thus, the Great Duke had issued a decree to gather everyone in the territory.
Putting more people in the capital and its surroundings would help preserve and consolidate their strength.
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