The only ones there that could enter the Tomb were Marvin and the Tomb Raider.
He was asking Speedy for his opinion.
The Tomb Raider froze before showing an expression of curiosity. “Although I’m very afraid of dying, since we already came this far, let’s go check it out.”
“I also want to know what’s different about the tomb of the famous tyrant of the Underdark.”
Marvin nodded.
He had threatened the Tomb Raider before, but that was due to a lack of better options, while at the same time, he had initially been worried that the Tomb Raider might try to rejoin the Black Knight. He needed a decent guide to help him find the entrance to the Tomb, but who would have thought that Blackhand would suddenly appear and offer his help?
Now that he had found the entrance to the Tomb, there was no need for the Tomb Raider to go if he didn’t want to.
With Marvin’s strength, he naturally wasn’t worried about how much the Tomb Raider could help.
And if he dared to take Sodom’s Blades, it wouldn’t be easy for him to leave Devil Town.
The two immediately entered the Tomb.
Saydis only looked at their backs without doing anything.
The entrance to the tomb was still considered part of Devil Town, so he couldn’t do anything to harm Marvin there. But the inside of the tomb was another place.
…
The steps were dark and steep. Even though they were two very agile rogues, the ground still felt slippery.
Marvin didn’t know how far Sangore had gotten, but they tried to proceed quickly.
Speedy was still dutifully carrying out his tasks, as always.
He walked over, displaying his remarkable ability to find traps and other things.
There were many hidden mechanisms that he managed to detect from far away.
This was his specialty.
Marvin, who was also a rogue Legend, was far from his level when it came to this. Although Marvin could have avoided those mechanisms and traps on his own, it wouldn’t have been as easy.
Thinking of this, Marvin took a deep look at Speedy.
‘Having a Tomb Raider in the territory seems like it would be… good?’
…
“These footprints and traces were left four minutes ago, they shouldn’t be too far away now.”
“There are three people.”
At the end of the flight of stairs was a narrow stone room.
There were three doors in the stone room. They could be opened easily, and behind each door was a pitch-black tunnel.
Speedy inspected the ground and told Marvin, “They walked down that path without any hesitation.”
He pointed at the tunnel on the right.
“That is a trick,” Marvin said.
Speedy froze, but Marvin didn’t wait for him to say any more before going through the tunnel on the left.
Most of the discussion with Blackhand hadn’t been hidden from the Tomb Raider, except two things that Blackhand had stealthily told Marvin.
One of them was about this stone room.
There was a path that forked into three different directions. But only one of the paths led to the tyrant’s Tomb.
Compared to the “clues” that the Black Knight deliberately left for him, Marvin believed more in the path suggested by Blackhand.
On the whole way so far, the Black Knight hadn’t left any obvious traces, so why would there be such clear footprints at this fork?
With such an obvious ruse, it might have been thought up by idiots who’d had their souls taken by Devils.
As for whether Blackhand’s information was right or wrong… If Diross really wanted to harm Marvin, Marvin would have died countless times already.
The two rushed through the left tunnel.
Contrary to Marvin’s expectations, the Bloody Emperor’s Tomb wasn’t as luxurious as he imagined.
This was simply a common underground place.
Whether it was the construction or the architecture, it was all simple and rather disappointing.
The deeper they went, the less they encountered any traps.
‘Was that Bloody Emperor so confident?’
‘He didn’t even put any monsters or constructs here to guard his tomb?’
Marvin felt strange. He had visited a few monarchs’ tombs before, and they were very dangerous areas. Moreover, they were filled with monsters and guardians, and the paths were extremely complex.
But the Bloody Emperor’s Tomb was clearly not like that.
They soon reached the end of the tunnel.
They could faintly hear the sound of a fierce battle underway.
The Tomb Raider’s expression changed into one of fear.
“Hey, this is the first time I’ve seen a Legend like this,” Marvin laughed. “Being able to become a Legend despite being so averse to combat could be considered quite exceptional.”
The Tomb Raider scratched his head awkwardly before sincerely muttering, “In fact, I didn’t dare to stay with those two Devils.”
“I’m interested in this tomb, of course, but Black Knight Sangore is my nightmare. I don’t want to get close to him.”
Marvin asked with a strange expression, “Then why did you dare to stay at my side?”
The Tomb Raider honestly answered, “I was listening, they called you Mister Marvin.”
“Your disguise is quite amazing, and you look completely like a Drow Fighter, but those two Devils wouldn’t acknowledge the wrong person.”
“There is currently no other well-known Marvin in Feinan, right?”
“If you really are White River Valley’s Overlord, then I can definitely trust you.”
It hadn’t really occurred to Marvin that he might be able to gain the Tomb Raider’s trust just because of his identity.
But he felt that having a Tomb Raider’s help would be fairly useful.
White River Valley was currently thriving, but it needed all kinds of talents.
But now wasn’t the time to use his reputation to try to recruit someone.
Black Knight Sangore was the biggest problem at the moment.
“You can stay there, or you can try to look for a place to hide. I’ll go on ahead.”
After saying those words, he quickly used Stealth and ran into the room.
…
At the end of the tunnel was a room that wasn’t very wide.
Shadows were intertwining in the room, which made Marvin frown.
Just as expected, Black Knight Sangore was still a step ahead. But he had met a powerful obstacle there.
It was a green Nine-Headed Hydra!
The Hydra’s body was fused with a huge stone gate, and each of the nine heads was coming out of its own emplacement on the wall.
The stone gate was tightly secured, and it seemed like they would have to get rid of the monster to reach the other side.
‘Blackhand said that the Bloody Emperor’s corpse is behind that gate.’
‘It’s even been said that the tyrant didn’t use a coffin or other things to bury his body. There should be only a corpse and the Bloody Throne.’
Marvin calmly analyzed the situation in front of him while remaining in Stealth.
Sangore held his spear out and a dark power kept bursting from his hands.
The Temple Raider was only cheering… The room was too narrow and wasn’t suitable for him to join the fight.
But Marvin was somewhat surprised that the Legend Wizard wasn’t really participating either, only standing in a safe corner and occasionally sending a few negative spells at the Hydra.
‘This isn’t normal… Even if a Hydra has a Legend Template, it doesn’t necessarily have high resistance to magic.
It was a monster with a thick skin and cutting it was definitely hard, so it would be a lot easier with the aid of a caster.
Before Marvin decided what else to do, he used [Earth Perception].
He instantly understood.
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Marvin sneered as he looked at the Legend Wizard and Sangore. After making sure it wasn’t a trap, he made a move.
But his target wasn’t the Black Knight. It was the stone gate!
The Hydra’s nine heads were entangled with Sangore, so they weren’t able to react to Marvin’s sneaky attempt to reach the gate.
Just before Marvin reached the stone gate, his silhouette became fully visible.
As the Black Knight roared angrily, Marvin leapt at the seemingly closed stone gate and was about to crash right into it!
But the shocking part was that the door seemed non-existent and Marvin went right through!
Everything happened so suddenly that even the Hydra didn’t have time to react, let alone the Black Knight, who was stuck in a ferocious fight with the Hydra’s heads!
“How could it be!?”
“That door was just an illusion?”
The Black Knight waved his spear and charged straight at the gate while letting out a roar.
…
On the other side of the stone gate, Marvin was still keeping his guard up.
It seemed that the guide from the forum wasn’t entirely useless in the end.
At least that guy had written about the link between the gate mechanism and the Hydra.
The stone gate was just a trick. With enough Dexterity, one could just charge in after using a pet to attract the Hydra’s attention.
But behind the stone gate was a truly severe test.
With a heavy expression on his face, Marvin glanced at the Bloody Throne, which was standing atop a pile of bones not too far away.
Chapter 590: Spirit
Chapter 590: Spirit
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In fact, after Marvin passed through the gate, the first thing he looked at was that throne.
It felt like it was the most attractive treasure in the world, and even though the throne only looked like a lump of iron covered in thorns, it had a mysterious aura.
A large pile of bones could be seen under the throne.
Marvin took a step forward, stepping on one of the bones.
“Crack!”
The sound of the bone shattering echoed in the room.
These skeletons had remained here for who knew how many years. It was already a miracle that they hadn’t crumbled away, so they easily shattered when Marvin stepped on them.
In fact, Marvin wasn’t purposefully shattering the bones.
The floor of the entire room was covered in a thick layer of bones!
There was no place for anyone to walk around.
That tyrant had no intention of letting others disturb his rest.
And after crossing through the gate Marvin noticed that everything happening on the other side seemed to have nothing to do with the room he was in.
At least, Marvin couldn’t hear any sounds of fighting.
The Black Knight wouldn’t catch up for a bit.
In the entire room, only the sounds of Marvin’s feet shattering the bones could be heard.
Otherwise, everything was so quiet that it felt eerie.
Some might hesitate at this, but with Marvin’s willpower and courage, he would hardly be bothered.
Marvin’s goal was very simple. He wanted Sodom’s Blades.
And to get them, he would have to find the Bloody Emperor’s corpse.
But Marvin was wondering, ‘So where is the Bloody Emperor’s corpse?’
He saw too many skeletons in this place and saw weapons that were covered in dust, but nothing special entered his eyes.
The Monk skill, [Earth Perception], seemed to be extremely restricted in this space. Marvin could only rely on his own eyes to check everything.
That forum post hadn’t explained how to obtain Sodom’s Blades and had only mentioned that the Bloody Throne was the key.
Thus, Marvin approached the Bloody Throne.
The back of the Bloody Throne was facing Marvin, and as he looked at it, a strange thought appeared in his mind. ‘Wasn’t it said that the Bloody Emperor’s corpse was in the same place as the Bloody Throne?’
‘Why can’t I see him?’
He had an idea about this as he went past a pile of bones and curved around to the throne’s side.
A shallow path through the bones was left in his wake.
A path of bone fragments.
Suddenly, Marvin stopped!
His eyes focused on the throne!
His expression became somewhat amazed.
‘This… is the Bloody Emperor?’
He really saw a corpse on the throne!
But that corpse was a little too unusual.
It was outside Marvin’s expectations.
It simply had never occurred to him that the only tyrant to unify the Underdark might actually be a very short man.
He was definitely a Human from the Underdark, but he was extremely short, not even reaching 150cm.
This shock lasted a few seconds before Marvin laughed to himself shortly after, ‘Who said the Bloody Emperor was a tall man?’
‘Who decided that a short person couldn’t become the tyrant over an empire?’
He was certain that the short corpse half-leaning on the throne was the Bloody Emperor.
Because he noticed not only that pair of dark and dusty curved daggers, but also a blood jade.
[Ruler’s Blood Jade]. This was the item used to prove the inheritance of the ruler’s status. It was said that a frightening secret was hidden inside.
Unfortunately, the Underdark had always been chaotic, and after the Bloody Emperor’s death, the empire immediately collapsed. The Underdark once again sank into unrest and became divided.
Without thinking any further, Marvin reached out and grabbed Sodom’s Blades.
He had some respect for the tyrant’s might, but time was pressing so he couldn’t dawdle.
Black Knight Sangore shouldn’t be far behind.
His hand grasped the handle of a dagger, but when he was about to pull it back… a withered hand grabbed Marvin’s wrist.
Marvin was startled!
‘There was still something else?’
…
“The Scorched Hell is a wonderful place.”
Outside the Tomb’s entrance, Saydis was casually saying, “I heard that your master’s head had been cut off by someone many years ago and that he has now retrieved it.”
Blackhand frowned.
Saydis may have still been just probing before, but that line was naked provocation.
Archdevil Diross was one of the nine Ancient Angels who founded the Nine Hells. His strength couldn’t be underestimated. But that scandal was the taboo of the Scorched Hell.
In this world, few people knew that Diross’ head had been captured and used by a clan on Feinan.
In those years, the Nine Hells had allied together. Otherwise, during the years with no Archdevils being born, they would have already been conquered.
Now, Diross had returned.
But very few knew that the current Diross wasn’t the powerful Angel that had been the founder of the Scorched Hell.
Saydis knew of this, of course.
He already found out this secret of the Scorched Hell from his father’s mouth and rarely showed respect to the Scorched Hell’s Devils. As for this lowly Devil before him, he disdained even looking at him.
Part of it was his impatience due to not being able to enter the tomb. That damn liar had made preparations against Devils, so if he rashly entered, he might end up remaining inside forever.
Thus, he could only wait outside with that lowly Devil.
And furthermore, he couldn’t even harm this minion because they were in Devil Town. Saydis was in a very bad mood, so he spoke words of ridicule and scorn.
Compared to Saydis, Blackhand seemed a lot calmer. “Sir Saydis’ opinion will be passed on to my Lord.”
Saydis glared at him. “Using Diross to threate
n me? Who do you think you are!”
Blackhand indifferently said, “I wouldn’t dare.”
Saydis sneered, “Although I don’t know what you are planning, not many people know that cheat as well as I do!”
“Are Sodom’s Blades that good? You think he just died and left nothing behind to protect them?”
Blackhand was silent. The other side wasn’t wrong. If there was someone in this world who understood the Bloody Emperor the most, it was definitely Saydis.
“What did he leave behind?” Blackhand asked somewhat stiffly.
Saydis paused before mischievously laughing, “His spirit.”
…
‘His spirit? Or is it something else!?’
In fact, when this idea popped into Marvin’s mind, he immediately felt that it was impossible!
The spirit wasn’t something that one could leave behind.
In the long rivers of history, some powerful ones were able to obtain the Plane Will’s approval and be qualified to request for their spirit to be able to keep living in another way, letting it escape the grasp of the Underworld. But this was a very challenging matter.
Marvin’s body had a spirit inheritance attached to him!
But that was the mighty Night Monarch!
That was the one who led mankind and other races to leave the Wilderness and establish order in the ancient times. That was a true monarch.
The Bloody Emperor was very powerful, but he hadn’t been strong enough to leave his spirit behind. There was no doubt about it.
However, Marvin saw the corpse starting to swell, and some dark flesh began appearing out of nowhere, slowly filling the spaces between the bones.
The grip of the hand that had caught Marvin was gradually strengthening. He had no choice but to accept this!
This wasn’t just a corpse becoming animated!
But it was an even more terrifying spirit!
At this split second, apart from torrents of curses toward the one who wrote the post in the forum, all kinds of speculations as to how the Bloody Emperor had left his spirit behind appeared in his mind.
Because it was already a reality!
He pulled his hand away and his silhouette flickered among the piles of bones!
His instincts told him to stay as far as possible from the throne!
Although his Perception seemed to be weakened substantially inside this room, that feeling of danger was like a tide rising up and threatening his mind.
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