“According to the clan’s rules, the two of you getting married is an unalterable fact. You really want to attack your own fiancé’s castle?”
The girl felt speechless and could only punch the carriage’s cushion.
At that time, a person walked past the carriages and looked at them in curiosity.
The girl yelled moodily, “What are you looking at!?”
Marvin was stunned. “It’s my territory, don’t tell me I can’t look?”
Chapter 201: Dark Knights
Chapter 201: Dark Knights
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Marvin had just roused the warriors slumbering in the Eternal Night Kingdom.
Instead of seeking help from the old blacksmith, he tried to leave the Eternal Night Kingdom through his Eternal Night Imprint.
But it was the first time he used it after all, so there was a bit of a deviation when locating White River Valley.
He brought these warriors out and arrived in the dense forest between River Shore City and White River Valley.
Marvin could only bring them back in.
He didn’t know how long the time spent in the Eternal Night Kingdom lasted in the outside world. It shouldn’t have been too long.
But when he noticed it was noon, he felt something wrong.
There seemed to be a discrepancy with the flow of time. This made him hurry back to the castle.
But surprisingly he once again saw some luxurious carriages at the border of his territory.
They were remaining in place, and actually had an air of nobility.
And Marvin remembered something about that half new moon flag.
But when he looked around, a very fierce girl started shouting a him from inside.
This annoyed Marvin so he immediately answered back.
…
“This is your territory? You are that wandering Marvin?” The girl looked at Marvin with extreme surprise.
“You are in obviously in your territory. You actually deceived me in saying you were out!?”
Marvin was confused. “What are you talking about?”
At that time, a Knight quickly dismounted and hurried in front of Marvin.
He followed standard knight etiquette. “With respect to Lord Marvin, we came from Lavis Dukedom.”
“I am the Head Knight, Oren. Please allow me to make introductions. This young lady in the carriage is the respected Lady Daniela, she is your cousin.”
“At the same time, she is also your fiancée. We came representing the Lavis Kingdom’s Royal Family. When we previously paid a visit to your castle, we were told that you weren’t inside your territory, and thus we waited on the outskirts.”
“It looks like you came back from River Shore City. We didn’t know if it was something routine.”
Oren’s attitude was very friendly and very poised, like a genuine knight.
Daniela sitting on the carriage seemed a bit small-minded compared to him.
Marvin immediately frowned after listening, and rubbed his temples. “Hold on, what did you say?”
“Another fiancée? And a cousin?”
Before the Knight could answer, Dianela couldn’t help but ask in a stern voice, “What do you mean ‘another fiancée?’”
“Do you already have another woman?”
Marvin stayed silent. He felt he wouldn’t be able to communicate with this rude woman.
He looked at Oren.
The latter was a bit troubled, asking, “Lord Marvin, do you need me to confirm our identities?”
Marvin finally noticed what he’d missed.
Now he remembered that the half new moon flag was the flag of Lavis Dukedom’s royal family.
When the fake Bamboo came to his territory she didn’t have any flag, and only said she was paying a private visit.
Marvin carefully checked this group.
Including Oren, these Knights looked well trained.
White River Valley’s guards were definitely not their match.
If it was before, he would still have some apprehensions, but he didn’t need to be so prudent now.
He thought for a bit and then said, “In that case, Ladies and Gentlemen, please go to my castle.”
“I wasn’t in the territory before. If there are matter to discuss, we can take our time.”
Oren nodded, he hesitated before offering, “Do you want to borrow a horse…”
Marvin laughed, thanking him for his kindness. “There is no need for now.”
After saying that, without caring about Daniela’s meaningful glance, he sped up toward the castle.
His speed was frightening, he disappeared up the hill in an instant.
“Amazing ability,” Oren immediately praised.
“What. It’s just an ignorant child,” Daniela said with disdain. “Let’s go, Knight Oren.”
“Yes, Young Miss.”
The carriage slowly moved forward, and the group from Lavis Dukedom finally entered White River Valley.
…
Marvin quickly rushed through his territory on his own.
He intended to go to the castle first to ask Wayne and Anna what was going on.
But at that time, he noticed an incident in the northeast area of White River Valley!
Marvin looked at the large amount of adventurers gathering and the few guards in front of them.
‘What happened? Why are the guards and adventurers fighting?’
Marvin’s heart sank.
Something like that happening at this time was a bit beyond his expectations.
Logically speaking, ever since Constantine kept watch, the adventurers should have known their place.
‘What’s going on today?’
He had no time to think, because there were more than a hundred adventurers gathered!
The guards were heavily outnumbered. There was Gru in the middle, apparently trying to persuade the adventurers, but those rude and unreasonable guys couldn’t listen to reason, and they pushed the guards as a provocation!
Marvin was angry, and immediately rushed over.
…
North of a few farmhouses was a wide field.
That field was filled with pumpkins, but those adventurers were actually wantonly destroying everything. A few startled inhabitants were looking at these boorish barbarians running wild in the pumpkin field, but they didn’t dare to stop them.
They didn’t stop until they were blocked by a group of guards.
“Stop! What are you doing!”
A strict voice echoed as Marvin immediately appeared at the scene.
He stared at this group of more than a hundred adventurers. They clearly had malicious intentions!
“I am White River Valley’s Overlord, Marvin. What the hell are you doing!”
Facing this many adventurers, Marvin wasn’t afraid. He looked straight at a few adventurers who were clearly leading this group and asked strictly.
When Gru saw Marvin, he said in a low voice, “Lord Marvin, I also just arrived. These people are new. They seemed to have deliberately came here to cause troubles… Want me to notify Sir Constantine?”
“No need.”
Marvin waved his hand and took a step forward.
“I clearly explained in this wilderness clearing order.”
“I won’t be lenient if any adventurer dares to break my territory’s laws.”
“I’ll give you one chance to explain.”
He stood alone, but it felt as if he had an army behind him.
Those few adventurers glanced at each other as disdain flashed through their eyes. “You are Marvin?”
“We aren’t doing anything. We only want to get some pumpkins, that’s all.”
“We aren’t on your recruitment list, we came but we had nothing to eat. Naturally we had no other choice but to help ourselves.”
After saying that, that group of adventurers immediately roared with laughter.
Marvin shook
his head. “I already gave you a chance.”
Then, killing intent flashed through his eyes.
“Dark Knights, leave no one behind.”
Nineteen tall people suddenly appeared behind him!
Each of them was expressionless and held a greatsword. They suddenly charged toward those adventurers.
Chapter 202: Crimson Cross
Chapter 202: Crimson Cross
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The carriage slowly moved up the hill.
A knight pulled on the reins and the first rate steed immediately stopped.
“Oren, what happened over there?”
Daniela who was bored to death was trying to see what happened to White River Valley’s pumpkin fields from her open window.
The Head Knight Oren said with a serious expression, “Looks like an adventurer riot.”
“On our way, we heard that Baron Marvin issued a wilderness clearing order and recruited many adventurers.”
“But this kind of situation would usually attract too many adventurers, and they aren’t the type of people to stay calm.”
Daniela excitedly asked, “You mean, people are looking for trouble?”
Oren helplessly said, “It is indeed like that.”
“Baron Marvin seemed to be short on manpower, the guards behind him are lacking. Even if he pretty skilled, he is alone.”
“Young Miss, how about…”
Daniela coldly snorted, “He made me wait outside his territory for so long and there wasn’t even a grand welcoming ceremony. I’ve yet to forgive him! You actually want to go help him?”
“You are family after all,” Oren firmly said. “Could you have forgotten Cridland family precepts?”
Daniela’s expression changed. “Oren, you are almost as annoying as my dad.”
Oren laughed, reassuring, “I wouldn’t dare, everything is for Young Miss to decide.”
Daniela squinted, looking in the distance.
Marvin was only one man on that pumpkin field, apparently scolding the adventurers.
Those adventurers didn’t retreat, and from their vantage point, they could see that some adventurers hidden behind others had already taken out their weapons.
“They want to harm Baron Marvin,” Oren solemnly observed.
“Young Miss, please give the order and we will hurry over. There should still be enough time.”
They were first grade Knights from the North. Oren was certain they could scatter that group of adventurers with a charge.
Daniela also realized that point.
She bit her lip and muttered in dissatisfaction, “Well, it would be annoying if he truly died to these adventurers.”
“That would make me a widow.”
“Oren, take ten men and charge. Scatter these adventurers.”
Oren nodded and was about to pick the men.
He hadn’t expected a frightening killing intent to be emitted from the pumpkin field!
“Clang!”
All the Knights couldn’t help but draw their swords!
This was an instinctive reaction to danger that had been drilled into them!
“What’s going on? Oren?”
Daniela was shocked.
Oren was startled. “These people… Who are they?”
The nineteen Dark Knights appeared out of nowhere.
They were each carrying a two handed greatsword. Their movements were identical as they charged toward the adventurers!
They had appeared in a split second. An indescribable pressure affected everyone in the surroundings.
Even the Knights on the hill were affected, causing their reaction.
But in reality, the power of these warriors wasn’t targeting them.
The Dark Knights’ pressure was targeting those reckless adventurers!
“Even the incidental killing intent is so heavy…” Oren dazedly looked at those Dark Knights who were like sharp blades piercing through the group of adventures, casually slaughtering them. He mumbled, “This kind of killing intent… How many people did they kill!”
As for Daniela, she was dumbstruck.
Marvin obviously only had nineteen people, but it looked like an army.
Each Dark Knight’s body was carrying the remaining brave souls of their fellow soldiers who had died on the battlefield during those days.
Thus, every time they attacked, the enemy would have to face the pressure from the wills of countless souls.
This pressure might be a lot inferior to a Dragon’s might, but it was enough to make ordinary people lose their ability to resist.
They couldn’t stop.
They were natural killing machines!
…
Dark greatswords were slashing through that crowd, as the warriors were wantonly slaughtering the reckless adventurers.
Gru and the other guards froze.
The Mysterious Lord Marvin, who knew when he had hidden such an army away?
As for those adventurers, 80% of them lost control of their bodies right at the start!
[Brave Souls Pressure]: Enemies will undergo a high willpower test every three minutes. Failing that high willpower test would make them panic and lose control over their bodies.
This was the strength of the Dark Knights!
Marvin coldly looked at the scene.
The adventurers were howling in grief, begging for forgiveness, but the Dark Knights didn’t care about this.
They could only slaughter.
They were born to slaughter!
Even if an adventurer knelt on the ground, discarding his weapon, they still wouldn’t hesitate to slash down.
They were drenched in blood.
They didn’t know what stopping meant.
Because the order Marvin gave them was – Leave no one behind! –
…
This was a completely one sided fight.
Nineteen people against a hundred. But the nineteen didn’t suffer the slightest bit of damage while those hundred people were being slaughtered as they tried to make a run for it.
When the fight between both sides began, the battle was completely one sided!
This was because of the powerful [Brave Souls Pressure].
These nineteen people were clearly only 2nd rank Armored Fighters, but they had dexterity on par with Rangers, the Strength of high level fighters, and the nature of the grimmest murderers.
Their fighting style was very simple and cruel. It was to kill the enemy at all cost.
The adventurers fled in disorder.
Escape was their only choice.
Regardless of what kind of game they were playing before, under this absolute strength, they were already scared witless.
They also couldn’t understand, from where did Marvin get this group of frightening killing machines!
But only Marvin knew that these seemingly 2nd rank warriors were once Legend powerhouses!
They followed the Night Monarch in helping humanity and other livings being to resist the monster powerhouses of the malicious wilderness.
They were a corps at first, personally founded by the Night Monarch.
They were born with a goal, and that was to kill!
Killing all kinds of monsters during the wilderness’ Eternal Night.
At that time, there wasn’t a clear division of planes. There would be frightening Celestial Beasts every few days on Feinan. Beholders and other monsters would also come by!
The Dark Knights were thus born in order to protect Feinan.
But their way of protecting was different. They chose the path of slaughter.
To kill every enemy to protect their own backs. This was the goal of the Dark Knights.
…
At first, the Dark Knights Corps had a total of ten thousand people.
During the endless battles in the Eternal Night, people kept dying.
Their bodies died but their brave souls were everlasting. That was the law created b
y the Night Monarch.
Whenever a Dark Knight died, his soul would be attached to his comrade, on his fellow soldier’s body!
They would keep fighting alongside their comrade-in-arms.
Guarding Feinan together.
As the battles kept happening, the Dark Knights’ numbers kept decreasing.
In the end, when the battles were over, only nineteen of them were left.
These nineteen carried the brave souls of ten thousand martyrs from ancient times.
Thus, they were invincible.
But when the battles ended, the Night Monarch left this world.
The Dark Knights whose sole purpose in existence was to slaughter would lose control over their abilities without the Night Monarch’s control. They would turn into a group of slaughtering monsters!
In order to protect their own families, they sacrificed themselves.
They entered the Eternal Night Kingdom after the battles ended.
They froze themselves in the Sea of Darkness, slumbering for eternity.
They made a pledge. Only if this world faced a true frightening disaster and if the Night Monarch’s heir came to the Sea of Darkness, would they rise up once again.
These remaining nineteen Dark Knights would follow the heir to battle!
They were born to protect Feinan, slumbered in order to save strength, and now, once again awoke with only one purpose.
That was to protect the continent they once protected.
For this purpose, they wouldn’t hesitate to do anything.
Even if their power was restrained quite a bit due to the passage of time.
The former Legends were now merely at the 2nd rank.
But Marvin knew that with time, their power would once again return.
In at most five months, they would have recovered to Half-Legends.
As for whether they could return to being Legends once again, who knew.
He could order them through the Eternal Night Imprint.
With these Dark Knights, his territory had a real foundation!
They could freely travel from the Eternal Night Kingdom to and from Marvin.
Thus he could directly summon them from the void.
…
In a short eight minutes, a bit over a hundred adventurers were cleanly killed.
Rivers of blood flowed on the pumpkin field.
Those few farmer families were thoroughly terrified. Fortunately Marvin was protecting them, because ordinary people would definitely not be able to handle such cruel methods.
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