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“Not only the five points of Divinity, but even the Shadow Prince’s Divine Source!”
“Glynos must be mad as hell right now, right?” Marvin thought as he laughed.
But suddenly, pain flared out in his chest.
‘Shit, the curse!’
The next second, he grew incredibly dizzy and only felt endless darkness in front of him.
Chapter 318: Underworld’s Grim Reaper
Chapter 318: Underworld’s Grim Reaper
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
T/N: previous Underworld -> Negative Energy Plane.
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In the endless darkness.
Marvin’s consciousness was sometimes fuzzy, sometimes clear.
He could feel his body being attacked by the curse.
His nebulous soul was drifting, apparently wanting to struggle free from the bindings of his physical body and leave this world.
‘This… Is it death?’
Marvin was unwilling.
Pain came like a flood as an even more powerful force tried to pull his soul away from his body!
It was a call from the Underworld!
Marvin’s body was truly on the brink of death.
His soul was gradually floating and rising into the empty air, looking at his body with reluctance.
“Ba-dumb! Ba-dumb!”
Marvin’s clothes burst and a black dot was growing on his heart.
Gradually, an extremely thin line spread out.
The Black Death Curse!
‘I won’t be able to beat this curse after all…’
Marvin’s soul sighed inwardly.
Cold wrapped around him as his consciousness gradually became fuzzy.
But he was startled by a sound at that time.
“Woof!”
The Hellhound.
The eyes of Marvin’s soul were wide open as he saw the Hellhound looking at him anxiously.
He could see Marvin!
The Hellhound had the ability to see souls. He could sense that Marvin was dying.
Dying by this Death curse was a gradual process.
Marvin only felt light as a feather, but this feeling was extremely uncomfortable.
He grew very weary.
After transmigrating, he had always been busy. He had never rested properly.
Maybe it was time to rest.
He had already done so much in this world.
He deserved to rest.
His eyelids gradually closed, falling into a slumber.
But at that time, a mournful howl roused Marvin!
Following this howl, the Hellhound’s scarlet eyes stared intensely at him!
Marvin felt as if his face had been doused with water.
He completely shook free from his muddleheaded state and felt alert again!
‘How could I die like this?’
‘I still have many unfulfilled wishes.’
‘I still have many things to protect.’
Marvin’s willpower gradually strengthened.
But as his soul was still floating around, a white shadow slid over.
That was the Underworld’s Grim Reaper!
Marvin didn’t believe in any god. After his death, his soul would inevitably fall to the Underworld.
The Underworld was endlessly cold. Marvin had only gone there once in the past, after ascending to Godhood.
That kind of desolate feeling was something that others who hadn’t experienced it were unable to imagine.
He didn’t want to die!
The desire to survive suddenly surged, and Marvin’s misty soul became richer.
But that expressionless white shadow had already arrived in front of Marvin.
He threw an invisible soul shackle and tied Marvin up firmly.
Marvin couldn’t speak as he was pulled by the shackles.
He went all-out, but couldn’t resist.
‘What can I do?’
‘Even if my soul is powerful enough, if I go to the Underworld, it might be hard to avoid being enslaved by a Spirit World’s Sovereign.’
‘I can’t die!’
He fiercely resisted and the soul shackles surprisingly began to tremble.
At that moment, the Hellhound, who had devoured the Shadow Prince’s avatar, suddenly grew larger!
From a puppy, he reached the size of a person. Even if he was still a lot less impressive than his previous form, he had clearly recovered a lot of power!
He suddenly rushed toward the white shadow while barking furiously!
That white shadow froze.
“Hellhound?” The white shadow mumbled, “Hell and the Underworld have boundaries. This is a mortal soul, so it should be under the Underworld’s responsibility.”
“Roar!”
The Hellhound bared his fangs as an ominous glint appeared in his eyes.
In an instant, Marvin’s soul broke away from the shackles, and before Marvin could understand what was happening, his soul was swallowed whole by the Hellhound!
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On the cold floor, the white shadow was silent.
His aura gradually became frosty. “You stupid Insignificant pup… you actually dare to challenge the Underworld’ prestige?”
‘“I gave you a chance. Do you think I won’t drag you to the Underworld too?”
The next second, the soul shackles appeared in his hand once again!
But this time, the soul shackles became a lot more solid and locked onto the Hellhound’s soul!
The souls of Hell’s lifeforms had never been harvested by the Underworld.
But the Underworld Sovereign never feared Archdevils. If that Hellhound was determined to fight over this soul, then he would obviously be disposed of.
The Hellhound felt a powerful pressure.
This was a soul attack.
The young Hellhound’s soul wasn’t powerful. He was a bit slow-witted after all.
But he only had one goal.
And that was to protect Marvin’s soul!
In this magical world, as long as the soul didn’t expire, there would inevitably be a chance to reincarnate. But if it went down to the Underworld, who knew what end awaited Marvin.
“Woof! Woof! Woof!”
The Hellhound barked three times.
He used the most powerful soul attack he had mastered.
But the white shadow was motionless, as if he didn’t even feel it.
“Idiot!” the white shadow sneered.
He then ruthlessly threw his soul shackles.
The target this time was the Hellhound’s soul!
The cold shackles tried to pull on the Hellhound’s soul. But a ray of light suddenly rose up and melted the shackles!
The Hellhound was completely oblivious.
The white shadow was shocked!
‘Divine Source!’
‘What kind of Hellhound is that, for it to have Divine Source?’
The white shadow was both startled and angry.
The Underworld’s Reaper couldn’t stay in a material realm for too long. This was an iron rule. He had acted twice, and been defeated both times… this was simply humiliating!
It would have been fine if it had been a powerful existence.
But it was only a Hellhound!
It was an immature Hellhound with only one head, and from his appearance, he should have been born not too long ago!
‘How could there be such a strange Hellhound? What kind of fucking breed is that?’
The Grim Reaper had doubts. Few Hellhounds would appear in the material planes, and even if they did, they wouldn’t be this baffling and wouldn’t be so intimate with a mortal.
He had learnt something new today.
But he had no intention to stop.
He had sensed the fall of a powerful soul with great difficulty; if he didn’t take it back, how could he be rewarded?
A huge scythe faintly appeared behind him.
The white shadow’s
expression became extremely sinister. ‘So what if he has Divine Source? It looks like he swallowed it ignorantly and doesn’t know how to use it.’
‘I’ll deal with the rest after killing that dog.’
The white shadow slowly moved forward. The Hellhound slowly retreated.
He could feel the other side’s terrifying killing aura.
But at that time, six identical silhouettes appeared around the Hellhound and the white shadow.
“I finally caught up…”
“Fuck! That kid already died?” The six silhouettes shockingly said.
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T/N: another name change, hurray. As I already mentioned before, Hell, Abyss, Underworld, and Negative Energy Plane are basically too similar to be able to differentiate them without context. The most troublesome one is the “Evil Spirit Plane” which was translated as Underworld previously since Underworld is a part of the spirit world. We are switching it to Negative Energy Plane now that the true Underworld appeared… (also fit the negative energy part.)
Anyway, hopefully it should be the last time we change those.
Chapter 319: Price
Chapter 319: Price
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
The six shadows moved in unison, all exactly the same.
The Underworld’s Grim Reaper frowned. Why was it so troublesome to harvest this soul?
The Hellhound didn’t matter, but what was going on with those six guys?
Why couldn’t he sense any soul from them?
The six people didn’t even care about the white shadow. They gathered around Marvin’s body.
Soon, their expressions changed. “What about his soul? Could it already have been taken to the Underworld?”
The six people suddenly raised their heads, and each of them took out a milky white gem!
The Grim Reaper saw that gem and his heart shook.
It was actually a Gem of Seeing!
And six of them!
What was going on with these people? Are such precious treasures so easy to gather?
The Grim Reaper was disconcerted.
He would definitely become visible to them with the Gem of Seeing.
Just as expected, after the gems burst with light, the six people turned and focused on the Grim Reaper.
“Hehe…”
“Seems like it’s not too late.”
The six glared sharply at the Underworld’s Reaper and maliciously demanded, “Hand it over.”
The white shadow angrily retorted, “Who are you? You dare to go against the Underworld?”
He noticed that the six people’s faces were extremely pale. Their movements were nimble but they seemed soulless like puppets!
It was such a strange sight.
“Who am I?” the six said simultaneously, “What does this have to do with you?”
“Quickly hand over the kid’s soul!”
“Or don’t even think of returning to the Underworld!”
They sure talked big!
The Grim Reaper felt that today was a depressing day!
He originally had happily come to harvest a soul but a Hellpuppy stole it at the last moment. When he was about to teach it a lesson, six arrogant weirdos appeared.
Why were the material planes so unfathomable nowadays?
No wonder his old boss was under the weather… It was so troublesome to collect a soul in these times!
He looked at them solemnly, the soul shackle and heavy scythe still faintly visible at his back.
“If you really want to challenge the Underworld’s might, I’ll naturally keep you company.”
How could he have expected the six people to just roll their eyes, simply not taking him seriously? The other side remarked disdainfully, “The Underworld’s might? I already challenged it in the past. I have no interest in your chatter, quickly hand over that kid’s soul.”
The Grim Reaper’s rage soared and he was about to erupt, but the Hellhound on the side suddenly barked!
The six guys looked back to Marvin’s body. There was actually a Hellhound crouching next to it!
As they watched in bemusement, the Hellhound spit out a ball of mist.
That drifting mist was Marvin’s soul!
They revealed a joyful expression. “He can still be saved!”
But the Grim Reaper clearly felt otherwise, and rushed forward to attack!
He wouldn’t allow a soul he fancied to be taken away by others.
The six men snorted in contempt. One of them took out a scroll and ripped it apart.
A black hole suddenly took shape, exerting an extremely strong pull. The target was the Grim Reaper!
‘Shit! A Greater Banish scroll!’
As the thought flashed through the shadow’s mind, he was sucked into the black hole before anything could come of his attack!
In an instant, he was sent back to the Underworld from Arborea!
‘Damnit…’
‘Who were those six guys in the end?’
‘Casually taking out Gems of Seeing, a Greater Banish Scroll… it would be enough to banish someone on the level of an Underworld Overlord. And they actually used it on me?’
The Grim Reaper smiled bitterly.
Even if he didn’t catch that soul, he wasn’t too depressed now. Instead he felt a bit honored.
Hey! That was a Greater Banish scroll!
In this situation, he could only admit defeat.
But what made him somewhat curious was that soul… what kind of person was it, to have someone unhesitantly use a Legendary scroll for him!
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Arborea.
Marvin slowly woke up.
He felt dryness in his mouth, and a throbbing pain in his head. He opened his eyes and saw a thick cotton screen.
This was a bedroom in the inner court of the Nottingheim Palace.
“You woke up?”
A cold voice echoed beside his ears. Marvin saw a familiar face.
Shadow Thief Owl!
But the current Owl seemed very pale.
“Origami?” Marvin asked hoarsely.
Owl slowly nodded. He continued with a grave expression, “You woke up pretty quickly. But the troubles have just started”
Marvin subconsciously wanted to sit up, but he found that he couldn’t.
The Hellhound at the bedside let out a pitiful bark.
And not far away, two Dark Knights were standing guard. He also noticed Nana, who looked deeply worried, being blocked outside by the Dark Knights.
Marvin stopped looking around and checked his interface.
Indeed, a state of severe weakness, but this time it was more serious than when he transmigrated.
Because not only were his attributes weakened by 80 percent, but there was also a scarlet line under his status:
[Curse - Nightfall: 10 outbursts remaining]
The curse wasn’t over yet. Marvin was still in danger.
“I’m not already dead?” he asked doubtfully.
“Thanks to your devoted Hellhound.” Owl glanced at the Hellhound on the bedside. “When I arrived, the Grim Reaper was already there. Your buddy saved your soul and then we transferred the curse to my clone to take it in your stead.”
Marvin suddenly realized with Owl’s explanations.
He really was close to dying because of the Black Death Curse, but because Owl made it on time and was prepared to transfer the curse to one of his paper clones, it died for Marvin.
“Listen kid, you are in a very dangerous situation right now,” Owl solemnly explained. “I only could send six paper clones this time and one has already been used. We can have them die instead of you, but we can’t directly remove your curse.”
“In other words, you can still afford to die five more times.”
Five chances to die?
Marvin smiled bitterly. Hearing this was so strange.
But he understood what Owl meant.
The origin of Nightfall
’s curse was on his own body. The paper clones could only substitute when the curse flared up, saving Marvin’s life.
But as long as the curse wasn’t removed, Marvin would still be in danger.
Removing Nightfall’s curse was very difficult!
Even Inheim, that mighty Legend Monk, was still being treated by the Mother of Creation because the full power of Nightfall’s curse was too frightening!
“The only way is to return to Feinan.” Owl looked coldly at Marvin. “But the skill of this plane’s Great Wizard is no good. The Planar Lighthouse is being constructed too slowly. It will take at least another day.”
“You can’t afford it.”
Marvin remained silent.
He had really underestimated Glynos’ craziness this time.
Marvin slowly shook his head. “So we’ll run out of time?”
Owl’s expression was a bit complicated. “Not necessarily.”
Marvin froze.
“Kid, your ability to cause trouble is truly at the peak. The scene of you dying in the fall of the Decaying Plateau last time frightened us to death, and this time you went to conquer a Secondary Plane without even telling us.”
“Do you think gods are that weak?” Owl questioned seriously.
Marvin remained speechless.
Since he transmigrated, he’d always had good sailing. He had crossed many tightropes and narrowly dodged the edge of countless blades, but in the end, he had always been the ultimate victor.
This made him a bit too confident.
Along with his gradual increase in power, he began to grow unsatisfied with his original plan.
Before the Great Calamity, he attacked Arborea and provoked a god.
He wasn’t cautious enough and actually was tricked by the Shadow Prince, and now his life was in danger.
…
Marvin met Owl’s question with silence.
He truly had been a bit too crazy there.
But this was Marvin’s temperament.
If someone else had transmigrated, they would definitely stay cautious as if they were walking on thin ice.
But Marvin was different.
He had the arrogance of an expert, and the boldness to change history. Taking risks was in his bones!
He thirsted for the stimulating feeling of walking on the border of life and death.
He was addicted to it.
In other words, although Marvin appeared calm and steady, he was incredibly adventurous inside. Especially after several crazy plans were successful, his adventurous side grew restless once again.