“But they are still out of control.”
“There was a big ruckus yesterday. A drunk adventurer tried to rape a girl in the territory. Thankfully, Sir Constantine acted and directly killed him.”
“When those adventurers found out that we had a Legend overseeing the territory, they exercised a lot more restraint.”
Wayne added, “But they are still very troublesome. They defecate and urinate everywhere, it’s very uncivilized.”
Marvin listened and rubbed his temples.
This was within his expectations.
With their explanations, he more or less figured the current situation in the territory.
…
Going to war was really like burning money.
In order to recruit those 2nd rank adventurers, Marvin almost used up the 200 Wizard golds he got from Black Jack’s body.
Not to mention that with so many adventurers converging to White River Valley, if they weren’t supplied with food, there would be an issue.
Marvin had promised to supply food to those adventurers he recruited, but apart from them, if the others wanted to buy food, White River Valley needed to have the production ability to meet the demand.
Fortunately, River Shore City’s goods arrived at that time.
Under Anna’s arrangements, these hundreds of adventurers’ needs were considered barely met.
With Hathaway as a witness, Marvin and Madeline’s deal was completed. River Shore City would be part of Marvin’s forces in the future, so receiving supplies didn’t bother Marvin at all.
‘Madeline is heartless enough. What wouldn’t she give up to become a Legend?’
‘But after she becomes a Legend… Hard to say…’
Marvin knew that woman’s character.
Once she became a Legend, the command contract would become ineffective. Who knew if she would hand over River Shore City to Marvin at that time.
But her delivering supplies at that time actually made Marvin quite pleased.
These supplies not only included food and drinks, which White River Valley needed at the moment, but also included simple clothes and second hand weapons of River Shore City’s guards.
These weapons shouldn’t be looked down upon, as they were army weapons.
After a bit of maintenance, their sharpness would be a lot better than what most ordinary adventurers used.
Apart from this, she also delivered fresh vegetables and fruits. These were a free gift to Marvin.
And this was only the first batch of supplies, with the second batch still on the road.
Madeline promised that River Shore City would become White River Valley’s strongest support when opening up new territories.
This also made Marvin very satisfied.
At least that page of the Book of Nalu wasn’t useless.
Marvin himself didn’t dare to read the 3rd page for now. Before becoming a Legend he wouldn’t touch it.
The [Destruction] chapter could twist people’s natures and make them lose their minds.
The Lich resting in the Scarlet Monastery was a good example.
Thus, he wasn’t too bothered about Madeline right now. He was worried about Hathaway.
Even though the Seers were wise, many people since ancient times had turned crazy from the Book of Nalu, and even a god died!
It showed that this book was very frightening!
Hathaway had relied on the 6th page of the Book of Nalu, [Rebirth], to advance to Legend rank. Marvin was afraid she would become dependent on the Book of Nalu.
But according to that 2nd rank Wizard’s message, Hathaway was recently developing a new spell and was too busy to bother with other things.
This made Marvin a bit more relieved.
Marvin was unable to see through that strong-willed woman. At that time, he also prayed she had enough Intelligence when reading the Book of Nalu.
…
“Oh right, the adventurers are constantly bored these days. They keep asking when we would start clearing the wilderness,” Anna reported. “I’m afraid that if this continues, a riot might happen in the territory.”
“Despite Constantine being here, there might be people injured.”
Marvin nodded.
He thought for a bit, before deciding, “Since these people have nothing to do, get them to prepare.”
“Since they want war, they will have war.”
…
In the blistering hot afternoon, half-naked adventurers were diving in the White River.
But at that time, major news suddenly spread through White River Valley.
A war mobilization order signed by Lord Marvin himself was released!
A knight from the guard read Lord Marvin’s mobilization order out loud at the location where adventurers from all over gathered.
From now on, they would begin preparing for the war!
East of White River Valley was a temporary gathering location, where a temporary camp would be built.
A week later, the army would be gathered there, and all who wanted to participate in this fight and have a share of the loot had to participate in building the temporary camp.
The camp’s construction was under the responsibility of Lady Anna and everyone must be registered.
In an instant, those adventurers were completely excited!
Why did they rush over to White River Valley from distant locations? It was for that war!
Furthermore, there would be countless valuables in the Ogre’s den, as well as the rumored gold mine!
…
Sunset, after the war mobilization order was initiated, most of the adventurers had already shifted locations.
They left for the area between the forests and the hills chosen by Marvin and started building the temporary camps under the orders of Gru, the Vice-Leader of the guard.
And in White River castle, there was a somewhat different dinner from the usual.
“Birthday?”
Marvin was looking at Anna and Wayne in shock. Furthermore, Constantine, the old blacksmith Sean and his daughter Jane, the Necromancer Fidel and the Alchemist who had lost his memory were also present, along with some other people.
“Yes? Don’t tell me you forgot?”
Anna felt sorry as she looked at Marvin. “Today’s your birthday.”
Marvin suddenly understood.
14th August, the final day of the Swimming Fish.
This night, the Swimming Fish constellation would be dominating in the center of Feinan’s starry sky.
Marvin was moved. Perhaps only Anna and Wayne in White River Valley remembered his birthday.
Wayne, well it was obvious, and as for Anna, this woman who silently had his back, helping support White River Valley, Marvin was very grateful.
This butler did everything she could, even putting her own strength aside to help Marvin supervise his territory.
She did very well.
“Thank you,” said Marvin sincerely.
A beautiful cake was carried over.
“Jane made it,” Anna softly mentioned.
Jane smiled. “There isn’t much to do in the castle.”
Marvin slightly nodded and expressed his thanks again.
Birthdays were very important in Feinan.
Because the constellations leading your life could respond to one request during that day. Although that request might not display too much effectiveness, they could get some good luck, or obtain their constellation’s blessings.
“Make a wish.” Constantine said with a smile, “With your luck, maybe it’ll be fulfilled.”
Marvin lowered his head, according to Feinan’s custom, and silently made a wish.
His wish was very simple. It was for the people at his side to be happy and safe.
“Well, like the previous years, the Swimming Fish still didn’t respond to me,” Marvin bitterly laughed half a minute later.
Everyone laughed heartily.
This was actually a normal situation. Only a few peopl
e might get an answer.
But suddenly, a bright light suddenly illuminated the dining hall!
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Chapter 197: Resting Warriors
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The bright light kept spinning in the hall, slowly forming a small vortex.
The light emitted from the vortex felt warm.
They heard a low singing voice coming from it.
As it kept whirling, the eye of the vortex kept growing bigger, and under everyone’s shocked gazes, a bright starry sky appeared behind it.
They could clearly see the starry sky through the castle.
The Swimming Fish Constellation.
It was made up of a total of 247 stars.
This kind of existence that only appeared in rumors appeared before their eyes.
The vortex kept spinning, and soon a small light slowly descended before entering Marvin’s forehead.
“What happened?”
They all looked at Marvin, concerned about the changes in his body.
But Marvin helplessly spread out his hands and said, “I didn’t notice anything.”
Constantine clicked his tongue. “You are quite lucky kid… Last time I saw someone’s birthday wish being fulfilled was more than ten years ago.”
The old blacksmith took a deep look at Marvin and didn’t say anything.
Marvin was also confused.
He knew about wish to the constellations.
In the game, each player would have their birthday, and they would receive a three day blessing on that day by making a wish to their constellation.
This blessing might be an increase of a few attribute points, a direct increase of their Attack Power, or simply double experience.
But Feinan’s natives didn’t get this kind of benefit. Instead, a few people might be able to get an answer from their constellation.
Marvin thought that since he transmigrated into a native’s body, he shouldn’t be able to get an answer from the Swimming Fish constellation.
He wasn’t expecting it to really happen.
But the blessing he obtained this time was completely different from the one in the game.
After the light entered Marvin’s body, there was no change in his logs.
There was only another line at the bottom of his character window that said, [Swimming Fish Blessing (inactive)].
He didn’t know how to activate this thing.
But what made him somewhat concerned was that this blessing appeared at the exact location where the Fortune Fairy’s [Luck +1] blessing had appeared last time.
‘Could this need some special conditions to trigger it, like last time?’
Marvin thought it was so.
But regardless, getting the blessing of the Swimming Fish was good.
They all celebrated, and with a lively “Happy Birthday,” Marvin spent his first birthday in Feinan.
Till midnight, apart from chatting with friends and taking a small break, he didn’t do anything else.
He sat on the sofa in the hall for a moment, taking a short rest.
He was truly exhausted this time.
…
In the temporary camp on the coast, a girl wearing a dress was hugging her knees, sitting on a tall rock and looking toward the west.
At that time, she saw the bright light from the Swimming Fish constellation descending in a region not far from there.
‘Swimming Fish.’
‘Turns out today’s your birthday,’ Lola quietly thought.
After today, the Sea King would become the center of the starry sky.
A person quietly walked over and sat next to her.
“It’s rare to see you not speaking.” The Elven Prince was also looking at that light in the distance.
As a Legend, his perception was much higher than the average person’s.
“The Swimming Fish constellation hasn’t blessed anyone in about three years. Marvin is someone very special,” he said.
Lola nodded, seeming somewhat depressed.
“Are you upset that you can’t wish him Happy Birthday personally?”
Ivan took the rare initiative to start a conversation with Lola.
The Elven Prince was disgusted with women, so his attitude toward Lola now would simply shock people.
Even if she was quite a chatterbox, she was a girl that was hard to hate.
“In fact, what I told those sailors was fake. I was deceiving them.”
Lola turned her face, a bit uncomfortable with the topic. “I’m not something like the person in charge of White River Valley’s business activities. I’m only a swindler, that’s all.
“I’m probably just one of those insignificant characters to Lord Marvin.”
“He chose to believe in me just because he thought everyone deserves a second chance.”
“I always mess up. I even messed up with the food situation. I am worthless.”
Ivan was silent for a while.
He gently patted Lola’s shoulder. “You are wrong.”
“There are things you can’t do, not because you are worthless, but because people or circumstances can’t help you show your worth.”
“Moreover, Marvin chose to trust you not only for that reason. I believe it’s even more important. It was because he believed you were a kindhearted girl.”
“This world is very chaotic, and strong people can’t protect everyone. Thus, for all those weak people, lying became a must-have skill.”
“To survive, you have to lie, isn’t it so?”
Before Ivan finished his words, the girl at his side already started shedding tears in silence.
“You are right. In reality, I also didn’t want to become a swindler…”
“When I was younger, my father had already passed away…”
“When my mother was at death’s door, she made me promise to keep on living. But what could I do? I was a rural girl without any skills… An older girl, my childhood friend, sold me to a brothel. I did my best to escape.”
“Then I stopped trusting people. I began to learn how to scam others. I was only able to survive then.”
“I’m not like you or Lord Marvin, fighting so fiercely. I can’t protect myself…”
“You said people like us have it so much harder to live in this world. Then what is the meaning of living?” Lola asked, choking with sobs.
The Elven Prince shook his head before firmly saying, “In this world, every life has its meaning as long as you are alive.”
“This was what my father told me when I was young. He is the most powerful man in this world.”
“Thus, you should believe his words.”
Lola nodded, slightly confused, her eyes filled with tears.
She might not even know what “Ivan’s father” meant.
But this sentence was already the greatest comfort to her.
“Thank you, Mister Ivan.”
She cautiously asked, “But… why did you take the initiative to talk to me today?”
“Aren’t you annoyed by women?”
Ivan noticed that Lola’s eyes suddenly emitted a hint of wariness and was amused.
He chuckled as loneliness flashed through his eyes. “Because I feel very bored sometimes. I also wonder why I am alive.”
Lola seriously said, “But you are so strong, and you have a father good to you.”
Ivan was silent for a moment before saying, “Once I turned ten, he stopped acknowledging me.”
Lola looked at Ivan in a daze and suddenly patted his shoulder.
“Don’t be so sad, at least you are handsome.”
“Do you know the story of the Swimming Fish constellation? If you don’t know I can tell you.”
“It’s rumored that early on, this world didn’t have any constellations. It wasn’t until after God Lance arrived that there were constellations. As for the Swimming Fish, he casually…”
The sea breeze was very str
ong, as the girl’s voice slowly scattered in the wind.
The night gradually darkened, and the Swimming Fish constellation gave out its final burst of light before the center of the starry sky was ultimately replaced by the Sea King constellation.
Summer would soon be over.
…
Late at night. Marvin, lying on his bed, slowly opened his eyes.
This feeling… He had a good sleep.
He might have really been too tired this time. He didn’t even feel people carrying him from the the dining hall to the bedroom.
Marvin massaged his temples, trying to wake himself up.
He dressed up and left the bedroom, quickly arriving at the old blacksmith’s place.
That was naturally a blacksmith’s workshop.
Late in the night, the old blacksmith was still forging, the “Clang!”, “Clang!” sounds confined inside the workshop, unable to affect other people’s rest.
“You arrived?” He apparently already knew Marvin would come.
“Do you know what I want?” Marvin smiled.
“Of course. This group of noisy adventurers looks powerful with those numbers, and should be able to overthrow an Ogre Tribe.”
“But in real battle, their morale and cohesion is something to doubt. If a few people die, they might scatter.”
“In any case, you can’t win this war by relying on the Silver Church or other external powers, right?”
The old blacksmith frowned. “Even if you weren’t here tonight, you could have come tomorrow night. But you should have rested a day.”
“I am already rested.”
Marvin took a deep breath. “Help me open the [Eternal Night Kingdom].”
“I need their help.”
Sean nodded. “Indeed, they have been resting for far too long.”
“This world has had too many changes since they started their rest. I heard news from a lot of my friends, including Lady Hathaway.”
“There will soon be many shocking changes in this world.”
“Awaken them if you have the power to do so.”
“They are real warriors.”
…
The next morning, a group of luxurious carriages stopped at the boundary of White River Valley.
It consisted of three carriages, over twenty high level knights, and even more squires.
They had a military banner with half of a new moon on it.
Soon, a messenger walked over to White River Valley’s castle.
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