He would hide in the dark and reap the profits.
He walked through the shadows and soon arrived at the chaotic prayer hall.
There, a huge battle was about to break out.
The Hellhound’s claws suddenly came from below, directly piercing through the large hall’s floor. A few Paladins shrieked miserably as they fell down.
“Everyone retreat!” Capella floated in the air as she loudly shouted.
…
‘It’s about time to get ready.’
Marvin was in the darkness, watching as the Hellhound and the Zealot Warriors were about to start their battle. He temporarily shifted his attention to his own body.
In fact, his experience gained from slaughtering a Dragon was enough to level up again, but he chose to not do so. Because if he reached level 18, he would reach the upper limit of the plane.
Someone proficient in the plane’s laws would easily notice Marvin’s existence then.
Previously, the High Priestess had used a doubtful tone to inquire about Marvin’s baffling strength.
If he wasn’t a peak Assassin, how could he sneak in the Shrine?
But if he was a level 18 Assassin, she should have already noticed him!
This plane’s peak powerhouses could be counted on her fingers, and the High Priestess had Truesight bestowed by God, so she could easily see through anything with one glance.
Thus, she was puzzled.
Marvin didn’t level up more and was still level 17 when he entered Arborea.
This one level difference was to conceal his aura. If he reached level 18, the Shadow Prince would have been able to find traces of him anytime, anywhere.
It was his Secondary Plane after all.
This was a secret that the High Priestess and her people didn’t know.
However, Marvin knew.
But this wasn’t important anymore.
Aragon and Nana were influenced by him and the Nottingheim family’s fate was already tied to his actions.
They had no way out. And the northern rebels even more so.
The Royal City’s nobles were already contained by Nana, and the Shrine didn’t have much reinforcement.
Marvin wouldn’t be able to single-handedly topple the Shadow God Palace.
But with the Hellhound as a partner, if he couldn’t kill the High Priestess, he wouldn’t be worthy of being a Ruler of the Night!
“It’s time to start the war!”
The next second, he spent all his battle experience and a part of his general experience on the Night Walker class!
Afterwards, he distributed his skill points.
Level 6 Night Walker!
Level 18!
A peak powerhouse of the plane!
“Roar!”
Following the Hellhound’s roar, Marvin’s silhouette disappeared from where he stood.
In his God Realm, the Shadow Prince suddenly opened his eyes.
He shouted crazily in his heart:
“Capella!”
Chapter 305: Night Beheading
Chapter 305: Night Beheading
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Capella didn’t need the Shadow Prince’s warning as she had noticed Marvin’s presence just as he reached level 18!
“He is there!” Capella shouted as she pointed at a shadow behind a huge pillar.
Six of the Shrine’s Zealot Warriors rushed to surround that place!
But it was already too late.
Night Boundary!
Marvin’s body moved through a spatial distortion and instantly appeared behind the High Priestess!
“Careful! High Priestess!” an elder let out in alarm.
The High Priestess grasped her scepter in her hands, turning around while ruthlessly lashing out with it!
If one thought that Clerics had no melee fighting power, then one would be gravely mistaken!
A complacent expression flashed in her eyes.
Did that Assassin really think he could ignore her Divine Armor?
The Radiance of a Divine Spell flickered on the scepter. If Marvin was hit, he would be stunned!
Just as he was about to get hit, Marvin shifted his body and firmly grabbed the High Priestess’ waist before ducking in close.
His body did a 180° turn as he cleverly avoided the High Priestess’ scepter.
Under everyone’s angry gazes, the two seemed to be in intimate contact… their positions were rather indecent.
“Fuck off!” the High Priestess shouted, full of rage.
That man dared to defile her?!
This was simply blasphemous!
After her shout, a powerful force repelled Marvin, throwing him into the air.
‘This Capella’s power and reaction time are stronger than I thought.’
While still in midair, Marvin was attacked by a few Priests, so he immediately used Shadow Escape and disappeared from the sky.
‘Looks like I have to use something stronger!’
In the shadows, Marvin quietly gathered power.
…
That first move was only a probe. The goal was to understand Capella’s strength.
His eyes couldn’t help but glance to that new skill that appeared on the Night Walker information panel!
Level 6 Night Walkers didn’t receive a new specialty, but it still gave Marvin 134 HP, as well as 36 skill points!
These 36 skill points were put in the new skill he just unlocked.
[Night Beheading]
As a Night Walker, Marvin had always used the Phantom Assassin’s Cutthroat as a certain kill skill. But as he was obstructed by the class restriction, Cutthroat was gradually becoming less and less powerful.
For a while, Marvin had been using other methods to finish his enemies. Both his Battle Gunner and Shapeshift Sorcerer classes had seen a lot of action.
But those two classes were Marvin’s sub-classes after all.
His main class was still a rogue class. He was proficient in all aspects of assassination, but he lacked assassination skills themselves.
Before level 6, Night Walkers had all kinds of offensive skills, powerful specialties, and escape skills. It could be said that it had everything available except a sure-kill skill.
But after level 6, the final shortcoming was complemented.
36 points in Night Beheading. Even if it couldn’t trigger the 50 points hidden effect, it definitely was enough to be used!
The skill could be used three times every twelve hours. It would automatically pair suitably with Night Boundary.
If Marvin locked on a target and used Night Beheading, he would instantly appear behind the target through Night Boundary and launch the sure-kill skill!
Night Beheading was a lot stronger than Cutthroat, moreover, it fitted all kinds of weapons.
Regardless it if was a straight dagger, two daggers, or only one, everything could be used.
Level 6 Night Walkers had no major flaw except for still being more vulnerable during the day.
The current Marvin had gradually evolved his good-for-nothing template to an elite template.
With his skills and strength, he could show strength that was far above his level!
He only needed an opportunity for now.
‘I remember that Capella had a [Divine Spell - Regeneration]. Even if she was beheaded, she would resurrect once.’
‘I need an opportunity to properly take care of her!’
Thinking of this, Marvin’s silhouette flashed to the edge of the Zealot Warriors Corps’ formation!
And there, the frightening Hellhound was crazily wreaking havoc!
…
The fight in the Shadow God Palace had already alarmed the entire Royal City.
The ignorant commoners walked on the street, but what they saw overwhelmed them with horror!
A huge cloud floated above the Eastern Snow Mountain.
The cloud seemed like a mirror and was reflecting everything that ha
ppened in the Shrine.
A frightening Hellhound!
The High Priestess cutting a sorry figure!
The supreme Shadow God Palace was actually being pushed around like this by an existence from another plane!
They were very frenetic.
Some knelt to the ground and prayed for God to protect them.
Some began to think deeply, a glint flashing through their eyes.
The Shrine had always been high and aloof but was suffering today.
Where did the omnipotent god go?
Their budding faith was being destroyed.!
At that time, a sweet voice echoed through the entire Royal City.
It was the voice of Princess Nana!
“A long, long time ago, Arborea had no Shrine.”
“At that time, we humans were already living here. At that time, we didn’t have God’s blessing.”
“But we were free. After being born, the first breath was the breath of freedom.”
“The Shrine’s appearance changed everything. It commands and we obey.”
“God is looking down on us, the Priests are looking down on us. They wanted us to kneel down, and we knelt. Ever since then, we began to carry that shame.”
“Mankind was humiliated.”
“The Shrine took our children, training them into weapons of murder.”
“They snatched our wealth, promising us a peaceful life.”
“They deprived us of our freedom, telling us that this is human nature.”
“However…”
After this word, Princess Nana’s voice suddenly became louder:
“This is false!”
“Everything is a lie!”
“Mankind strives to be free! Not enslaved!”
“Now, I, Nana Camilla Nottingheim officially challenge the Shrine on behalf of the Nottingheim Royal Family.”
“The Royal Iron Guard stands with me.”
“The so-called Rebel Army who has been surviving in the north for more than thirty years also stands with me.”
“Prince Aragon who fought off wave after wave of Demon invasions also stands with me.”
“What you see with your own eyes is a friend from a different world. The shrine claims that he is an evil heathen, but he is taking part in the battle.”
“Regardless of the outcome, we will fight to the last man. We will use blood to level the Shrine.”
“After tonight, the Shrine will be no more.”
Hearing those last words, everyone in Royal City was dumbstruck.
They felt limp and at a loss.
The battle against the Shrine was still ongoing.
…
The Hellhound was fighting against the Zealot Warriors in the prayer hall.
That statue shrouded in shadows slowly opened its eyes.
Its eyes were ice-cold, like those of a god of destruction.
Chapter 306: Staking It All
Chapter 306: Staking It All
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The battle was in full swing in the prayer hall!
Despite the Hellhound facing the attacks of fifty Zealot Warriors alone, at such a great numerical disadvantage, it was still a creature from Hell, and couldn’t be compared to ordinary creatures.
Its fur was as hard as iron. The Zealot Warriors’ heavy scythes were specifically designed to handle huge lifeforms, but even so, they could only leave a shallow wound on the Hellhound after going all out!
They looked like fearless ants attacking an evil dog!
But there wasn’t much of an effect.
The Hellhound’s huge claws swiped forward, crushing six Zealot Warriors into a mass of blood.
Its two heads were crazily pouncing left and right, biting the Zealot Warriors to death.
Those sharp teeth, from a human point of view, were like spears!
Even though the Priests cast Divine Spells at the Hellhound one after the other, helping the Zealot Warriors stabilize the fight, the Zealot Warriors’ numbers were still quickly decreasing!
The fifty from the start turned into just 30 after a few minutes!
That fire was still burning in their eyes and their bodies were naked as they shouted, fearlessly pouncing on the Hellhound.
And the Shrine Paladins also rushed over to surround it.
Although the prayer hall was huge, it wasn’t good for a mounted assault. With their horses, the Paladins were far from equal to the Zealot Warriors!
They weren’t good enough to reach the Hellhound’s knees!
‘This damned Devil!’
Capella glanced at the bitter scene in front of her, frightened and uncertain.
Her attention was still focused on Marvin.
Even if Marvin couldn’t completely escape her senses now, he was truly too fast!
He wandered through the whole battlefield, and then suddenly dashed toward the center!
“Zealots! Kill that heathen!”
Capella instantly locked onto Marvin’s body and cast a spell over!
But in response, Marvin’s figure soared!
Night Jump!
His jumping ability was utterly shocking. He soared onto the Hellhound’s middle head in an instant!
The move left them all speechless. Was that guy human?
…
The Hellhound’s middle head let out a low roar!
It was apparently very dissatisfied with being stepped on.
But Marvin crouched unhurriedly.
“Puppy… I know you might not understand me… But I need your help…”
He gently petted the fur on the Hellhound’s head.
He could smell the smoke irritating his nose.
But Marvin endured it.
A dazzling light flickered on Ancestor’s Mystery.
The Hellhound apparently understood something.
It ignored the Zealot Warriors and abruptly turned before charging toward Capella’s group of Priests!
Marvin was overjoyed with this sudden change, which completely threw off the Shrine’s rhythm!
…
“This guy is actually able to control the Devil!”
“He’s definitely one of the Devils!”
Capella ordered everyone to scatter!
The Priests’ bodies weren’t like those of the Zealots. They would be like paper in front of the Hellhound. One swipe would be enough to kill them all!
The Zealots chased, unwilling to let go!
Marvin suddenly turned and brought out two daggers!
Blazing Fury!
Double [Blazing Fury] spells!
The two spells appeared out of nowhere and blocked their path.
This was extremely high temperature Fire Magic. Even if the Zealots had extremely harsh training and had a high resistance to fire, they still couldn’t ignore it.
Even though they rushed across the sea of flames, they were still hindered.
Marvin then took care of the few Zealots still holding onto the Hellhound’s back legs, and the Hellhound was now completely free.
He began wreaking havoc in the group of Priests!
Marvin gently petted the central head again.
He could feel that this small deformed head was the one taking the decisions.
With the help of Ancestor’s Mystery, he established a wonderful relationship with the Hellhound.
Starting as strangers, they now became faint allies.
“That woman…” Marvin softly directed.
He kept petting the Hellhound’s head while pointing at Capella.
The Hellhound seemed to have understood and the three heads focused on Capella!
The latter felt her blood run cold.
This was a gaze from Hell!
…
In the Imperial Palace, the Royal Iron Guard was still standing watch expressionlessly.
The nobles were worried and impatient, but they didn’t dare to say a word.
They looked at that cloud, clea
rly seeing that it was a magic tool.
This was definitely a premeditated plan!
The Nottingheim Royal Family was truly staking it all.
Their goal was simple. It was to crush the awe-inspiring Shrine under their foot in front of everyone!
Could they really do it?
Everyone had this question in mind.
Even if they could do it, behind the Shrine was still the great God!
Could they want to murder God?
This was impossible!
“Crazy! Crazy!”
The old Finance Minister fell limply to the ground. His previous image had already disappeared.
Nana was still smiling.
But no one knew what this Princess was thinking about.
On King’s Road, a shadow was rushing over like the wind!
There were still some iron chains on his body as he rode over on a horse, but he had a sword in his hand and a powerful presence!
“Brother!” Nana let out, pleasantly surprised.
“Prince Aragon!”
They all looked at the outstanding Prince Aragon with complicated gazes.
This man was originally the one shouldering the future of the Nottingheim Royal Family. But now, his actions seemed to be leading the Nottingheim Royal Family to their downfall!
“Prince!”
The Military Minister rushed over and pointed at his nose. “Do you really want to lead the entire Kingdom to its downfall because of a personal whim?!”
“Look at the sky, what is that?”
“That’s a monster from Hell! You released a monster from hell to suppress the Shrine, do you really think you can succeed…”
His words stopped there as a ray of light flashed!
The Prince dismounted and his sword flashed aggressively, beheading the Military Minister!
Everyone froze!
Was this the Prince who was known for being benevolent?
“Don’t let your descendant suffer from slavery because of your own weakness.”
“Don’t let the so-called God step on our head because of our own cowardice.”
“The Nottingheim aren’t puppets controlled by God, we have our own dignity.”
With a flame flashing in his eyes, Aragon stepped over the Military Minister’s corpse as he declared, “Even if we have to work with the Devils, I’ll shatter the Shrine’s shackles in this realm!”
The nobles and officials were silent.
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