Night Ranger - Full Series - 735 Chapters
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“With me here, let me see who dares to kill her!”
The entire square went quiet after those words.
Everyone knew that the Prince was truly enraged this time.
But this wasn’t the Prince’s country, it wasn’t even the King’s country!
This was God’s country.
“Hehehe…”
Dina’s pleasant laughter echoed from the luxurious carriage, but her tone was in fact ice cold. “I have an order from the Shrine’s High Priestess. The dismissed Crown Prince Aragon has ties to the rebels and violated God’s desires. He is to be striped of his position as Lord over White Elephant City.”
“He has to be brought to the King to undergo a trial.”
“Oh right, I have here an arrest warrant personally written by the King, do you want to take a look? Dear Prince Aragon?”
Standing on the platform, the Prince suddenly felt a chill!
Everyone was silent. Sadness filled their eyes as they looked at the Prince.
Even if they were already numb to the Shrine’s rule, they sincerely respected this Prince.
Seeing the Prince become a prisoner, they couldn’t bear it.
“Father personally signed it?” Aragon’s voice was quivering.
As they talked, the twelve Knights arrived under the platform. The one in front shouted, “Your Highness, don’t fall for this woman’s evil schemes.”
But how could this change anything?
Dina lightly threw a scroll.
“Just written from the king’s hands, check it yourself. It cost Priest Ronan quite a bit of Divine Power.”
Dina leisurely came down from the carriage.
She was incredibly beautiful, her body extremely alluring.
But in Aragon’s eyes, this woman was poisonous like a snake!
“Take her away!”
In an instant, Aragon threw the girl to the Knight under the platform!
“Your Highness!” The Knight caught the girl and entreated, “Come with us!”
Aragon shouted back, “Leave! This is an order.”
The Knight ground his teeth and carried the little girl with him as the twelve people left!
“Stop them!” Dina ordered coldly.
The Shrine Paladins waiting in ambush intercepted them.
These twelve Knights followed the Prince in every campaign and, even though they were very powerful, there were more than a hundred Paladins!
This was all calculated.
Dina sneered as she looked at the Prince being handcuffed by the Shrine’s bailiff.
He wasn’t resisting. He never went against his father’s orders.
A happy expression appeared on her face.
“Truly a refined person.”
“Bullying this kind of refined person is such a happy matter.”
“What do you say? Ronan?”
That low Priest at her side quickly bowed his head. “Lady Dina is the greatest one. We serve God, and capturing heathens is our duty. Prince Aragon went against God’s desires, so he is a heathen, the filthiest existence. He should be punished.”
Dina smiled even more happily. “Your words are correct. It’s a pity… such a strong man, do you think he can last more than a few minutes in bed?”
Cold sweat immediately appeared on Ronan’s back.
Dina glanced at him. “You deceitful waste. You wanted to climb on this Lady last night. Luckily you look good, but I didn’t expect you to be useless. Ahhh… If it wasn’t for the High Priestess’ firm order, I would really want to taste this Prince…”
“Eh? Why is it getting dark?”
In an instant, the area near the carriage plunged into darkness!
Dina was stunned. She could even see the starry sky.
An ice-cold voice echoed beside her ear:
“Sorry, I can’t bear it anymore.”
“Seeing a slut like you really makes me itch… and it will keep itching if I don’t kill you.”
The next second, ice-cold daggers cut across Dina’s neck!
Chapter 299: Tumor
Chapter 299: Tumor
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The square was in a mess.
The darkness had suddenly shrouded everything. After the dust settled, a screech could be heard from the citizens.
Aragon and the Shrine Paladins looked at that scene in a daze!
Dina’s head fell to the ground, her eyes wide open.
And her attendant Ronan was also decapitated!
Such a scene never happened in White Elephant City, never happened in Arborea.
That was a Senior Priestess!
Such a high existence was killed before everyone’s eyes?
And the killer didn’t leave any traces behind!
The Paladins and the bailiff looked at the bodies with disbelief filling their eyes.
The Paladins rushed over recklessly, their horses even stomping on many innocent people!
And taking advantage of this situation, the Prince’s twelve Knights broke through the encirclement and escaped White Elephant City.
The entire square fell into chaos.
Marvin, under the cover of Eternal Night, quietly retreated.
With Eriksson’s Brooch, even if those Paladins used [Truesight], it wouldn’t do anything!
His Stealth was too high!
Saving everyone and leaving was impossible for him. Probably only a Legend like Ivan could pull off something like that.
But killing a Priest wasn’t too much of an issue!
Dina might be troublesome, but she was only a Priest around level 16. Furthermore, she was completely unguarded!
High Stealth + Eternal Night was just a perfect combination.
‘Would the Shrine be able to sit still after one of their Priestesses died like that?’
‘In the next few days, the Shrine’s sight might be focused on White Elephant City,’ Marvin sneered in his heart.
He already reached his goal and quickly disappeared in the crowd.
…
God Realms. The Shadow Prince squinted.
He had been paying attention to Arborea ever since Marvin entered.
So naturally, he noticed the purple-gowned Senior Priestess’ death.
These Senior Priests had a two-way connection with the Shadow Prince.
The Priests’ devout conviction would give him a steady supply of Faith.
A Senior Priest would usually give ten times more Faith.
The relation between gods and followers could be represented by a thread. Some were thicker, and some were thinner.
If it looked like there wasn’t one, then that follower was merely an opportunist.
As a god, the Shadow Prince was fond of those crazy followers who gave him a large amount of Faith. But the way crazy followers handled matters was simply too cruel, and wasn’t suited for supervising other followers. The kinds of pious followers with good brains like the Senior Priests were the most beneficial existences.
Thus, he would bestow Divine Spells and Divine Power to those followers, and occasionally he would answer them.
When Marvin killed Dina, the Shadow Prince felt a thick thread snap.
He followed that thread and hovered above Arborea.
In an instant, his sight focused on that city!
‘White Elephant City…’
‘Hehe…’
The Shadow Prince closed his eyes and began to connect to his most powerful apostle in Arborea!
…
Night, in White Elephant City’s prison.
Aragon was silently sitting cross-legged, wearing prisoner clothes.
A candle’s flame flickered in the distance. That was from the Shrine’s Paladin guarding him.
What happened during the day shocked everyone in White Elephant City. An Intermediate Priest temporarily took charge of the situation and connected to the Shadow God Palace.
It was said that at least two Senior Priests wo
uld rush over to White Elephant City.
The High Priestess attached a lot of importance to this matter. Apparently, if they didn’t find the murderer of Senior Priestess Dina, half of White Elephant City would be sacrificed.
The previous jailer told him this information. Unfortunately, the jailer couldn’t stay for long as he was switched by the Intermediate Priest for a Paladin.
‘They actually don’t need to do so,’ Aragon sneered.
If he wanted to escape, how could these people keep him there?
Even the Shrine’s [Prison Shackles] on his wrists could easily be broken with his level 18 Storm Swordsman’s strength.
Especially with no Senior Priest watching him.
But he wasn’t willing to do so.
He remembered asking a question to his father in the past:
– What is the Shrine? –
At that time, Nottingheim the 13th was in the prime of his life. He was ambitious and prepared a series of moves to weaken the Shrine’s power.
He answered, “The Shrine is a tumor.”
“Soon, it will be eradicated.”
The young Prince nodded, confused. After a few months, he heard about the three northern Overlords’ rebellion.
At that time he thought it was quite inconceivable as the three northern Overlords were his father’s brothers; how could they rebel?
Then, the kingdom’s army retreated little by little.
Ultimately, the Shrine was forced to make a move and deal with the rebels.
But after the victorious news of two of the three Overlords dying in the final battle, he saw his own father stagger and fall to the ground.
He seemed to have aged ten years.
Aragon suddenly understood.
The Shrine was a tumor.
They tried to eradicate it, but the Nottingheim royal family ended up paying the price.
But there would always be people sacrificing their lives, trying to remove it.
…
Today, thirty years later.
Nottingheim the 13th, who had once said he would personally remove this tumor, was already old.
He lost the courage to fight with the Shrine. He even began to genuinely compel Aragon to suppress these “rebels”.
Now, in order to gain favor from the shrine, he was even ready to let go of his own son.
Aragon’s heart seemed to have died.
He could feel that this was a dying world. Everyone was apathetic.
They were raised like livestock, unwilling to raise their heads, unwilling to strive forward.
Because the Shrine said they couldn’t.
God said they couldn’t.
“Fuck God!”
In the dusky prison, the refined Prince swore for the first time.
Unfortunately, besides a rat crawling around, no one heard him.
Tomorrow he would be delivered to the king. The outcome of the trial was already decided. Life imprisonment was the lightest possible sentence.
“Is giving up my only option?”
He was unwilling.
At that time, an indifferent voice echoed from the darkness. “Your Highness Aragon, do you really intend to give up?
Aragon was startled!
He could see the Paladin in the distance, but he couldn’t see the owner of this voice close to him.
“It’s you!” he said in a low voice, shock flashing through his eyes.
It was the person who killed Dina earlier in the day!
It definitely was him, as only a powerhouse like him could easily go in and out of the prison!
“I have a plan that can help you eradicate the Shrine. We have a common enemy.”
“But I also need your help.”
Marvin’s voice slowly echoed beside his ears, “Tell me, in the king’s entourage, who is the person closest to you, and the most trustworthy?”
Chapter 300: Miracle
Chapter 300: Miracle
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The Prince remained silent for a long time in the prison.
He glanced at the guard and then whispered, “I need to know who you are or I won’t be able to trust you.”
“I killed that Priest, I can never be on the same side as the Shrine. That’s all you need to know,” Marvin quickly replied.
“What is your goal? To overthrow the Shrine? There isn’t such an expert in the rebel army!”
Aragon grew more and more doubtful.
The man in the shadow seemed to have popped out of nowhere. He had never heard of someone like him in the whole plane.
“If you really want to know, you have to show some good faith,” Marvin said. “If you are willing to cooperate with me, there is no harm in telling you my identity.”
“Cooperation?” Aragon smiled bitterly. “Do you really think you can overthrow the Shadow Prince with the help of just a few experts?
“Why not?” Marvin asked.
“The Shrine’s power is deeply rooted. The Nottingheims had already planned to reduce the Shrine’s power from the time of my grandfather. My father also had this wish once.”
After saying this, he stopped talking.
Marvin thought of something, understanding what had happened. “The rebel army.”
Aragon nodded. “To be honest, with the years of preparations, it isn’t impossible to stake it all against the Shrine.”
“But the Shrine isn’t just a Shrine.”
“There is a god behind the Shrine.”
“Although the Shadow Prince hasn’t displayed any miracle for a long time, he is still present. This plane’s future was foreordained. We are the god’s people, we can’t disobey his will.”
Marvin looked at Prince Aragon for a moment.
Even if this Prince was older than 30 years old, he still looked young and handsome.
As one of the strongest of this plane, he clearly had looked further ahead than ordinary people.
“There is a secret library in Nottingheim Palace,” Aragon muttered. “I checked it when I was young.”
“Thus, I know that the world isn’t as small as what the Shrine claimed. This world is very large, and Arborea is merely a fragment of the boundless world.
“The god we worship is only a more powerful existence. I already know this, many people know this. So we rebelled.”
“But once a miracle happened, the Shadow Shrine would be unstoppable.”
“We don’t have any hope.”
The Prince’s words were dispirited.
But then, that voice echoed once again, full of confidence. “What if I said I can kill your so-called God in this world?”
…
Eastern Snow Mountain, in the Shadow God Palace.
The daily prayers were still underway.
Capella mutedly read the God’s creed out loud, but she felt somewhat ill at ease.
It might be due to yesterday’s matter.
A Senior Priest was actually assassinated in White Elephant City!
She knew clearly about Dina’s strength: if Prince Aragon didn’t personally act, no one could kill her.
Even the dregs of the rebel army didn’t have this kind of power.
Who was it?
Doubt clouded her mind.
Suddenly, a dark shadow descended on the ice-cold statue!
Capella’s eyes were wide open with disbelief. She piously raised her head as she called God’s name!
At that instant, Shadow Holy Power appeared out of nowhere and covered the entire Eastern Snow Mountain.
In the Royal Capital under the Snow Mountain, everyone froze for a second as they saw this scene.
Finally, someone pointed and sharply shouted, “Miracle!”
Everyone knelt in worship.
Some were crying from excitement.
Some froze, at a loss.
A lot more simply knelt down apathetically and prayed for the deity’s blessing.
In the Imperial Palace, the old k
ing was helped by a refined girl as they left the court step by step.
He looked at the shadow on the Snow Mountain and fell down with tears.
Everyone at his side knelt down. Only the King and that girl didn’t kneel.
“Nana, I wronged your older brother,” the King lamented tearfully.
The girl remained silent.
The shadows stayed for a very long time before slowly scattering.
A rain of darkness fell from the sky as everyone around the king felt a powerful force condensing!
In the slums, an elderly man with a serious illness came in contact with the rain and suddenly recovered some strength.
Under the bathing of this dark rain, everyone’s mind and body would obtain a slight improvement.
In the Shadow God Palace, a shout echoed through everyone’s soul:
“Father God!”
“Father God!” most people loudly shouted in the Royal Capital.
In the Imperial Palace, the old King awkwardly threw himself to the ground while that girl kept standing.
She looked coldly at the sky and said in a low voice, “If he truly was a father, how could he squeeze his own children?”
This sentence didn’t originate from her.
Rather, when she was young, she read a book. That book was a hidden treasure of the Royal Family that her older brother stole for her to see.
The book was at least a century old and the author’s name and title were very strange.
It was still fresh in her memory at this moment.
Plane Traveler, Teigan.
…
The miracle in the Royal City caused a sensation throughout Nottingheim Kingdom.
People were gradually swayed and their beliefs became firmer.
And following this miracle, the Shadow God Palace’s High Priestess claimed to have received Father God’s oracle!
This oracle quickly spread through the entire kingdom through every church and priest to arrive at everyone’s ears.
The content of the oracle stated: Heathens from a different plane had arrived in Arborea.
These heathens intended to destroy this world.
And the place they descended was shockingly the White Elephant City in the north!
The Shrine had to capture these heathens and kill them!
White Elephant City was once again put in the spotlight.
In addition to the two previous Senior Priests, High Priestess Capella sent five hundred 3rd rank Paladins and two more Senior Priests to White Elephant City.