Shortly after, he looked toward the mother-daughter duo. “You two, if you trust me, follow me.”
“This place has clearly already been exposed. It won’t be long before more Dark Side Vampires arrive.”
Barbara looked at Marvin in a daze, before glancing at Jo in her arms and ultimately nodding.
…
North of Ruins City, an ordinary ancient castle was towering on a mountain summit.
It was surrounded by a forest and copious amounts of fog.
Underground, in the Ancient Castle.
A Vampire Marquis slowly opened his eyes, muttering, “The Pursuer died.”
“He died while looking for the Holy Blood.”
“Some people are secretly coveting the strength of the Holy Blood. It might be someone from the Bright Side!”
An enchanting woman who also had the strength of a Vampire Marquis was sitting in front of him.
The woman frowned. “Huntson’s strength isn’t inferior to ours… could that Gwyn have made a move? Or a Bright Side Elder? It wouldn’t be that old William right?”
“The Bright Side is getting more and more savage. They actually dared to kill in our domain!”
“Fortunately we at least confirmed the location of the Holy Blood. It’s in Ruins City!”
“Increase the amount of Pursuers!”
“No need!” An aged voice echoed beside their ears, “You don’t need to involve yourself with this matter. Let Stephanie handle it.”
The two Vampires’ faces turned cold, seeming to recall some memories they wanted to forget. “Stephanie?”
“When did she wake up?” the woman asked sharply. “Are you sure that madman won’t eat the carrier of the Holy Blood? And she was someone from the Bright Side in the past!”
Suddenly, a lovable laughter echoed in their ears. “Do you two need to be so afraid of me?”
“I won’t eat that little kid. But you two…”
Two mournful shrieks echoed in the Ancient Castle!
Ten minutes later, a bat flew out from the Ancient Castle towards Ruins City!
‘I’m a bit curious who can finish Huntson like that.’
‘I wonder how it’ll taste.’
Chapter 333: Pale Hand
Chapter 333: Pale Hand
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The power of the Holy Blood was quite frightening. It hadn’t been easy for Jo to suppress it for so many years.
Marvin knew this. Wanting to completely suppress the power of the Holy Blood was impossible, so he had to find a way to guide her stably through the process.
He knew the most suitable master to tutor Jo, but time was pressing, and the Dark Side would be chasing after them soon.
They had to lie low first.
Marvin entrusted the mother-daughter duo to the Wood Elves. They could be considered having some power in Ruins City. By relying on Wood Elven spells, temporarily hiding the aura of the Holy Blood wasn’t difficult.
Although some of those Wood Elves looked at Jo and Barbara with disgust, since it was Marvin’s request, they could only comply.
When Marvin settled the two down, he promised to come back to get them in a few days and then left the area.
…
Next evening, on the eastern side of Ruins City.
A group of people were gathered.
When Marvin got there, a group of people hired by the Wolf Spiders had arrived. The other experts arrived at more or less the same time.
What surprised Marvin was that the Wolf Spider mercenary group truly hired a lot of people this time!
There was one other 4th rank expert. She was a Sorcerer who apparently came from Rocky Mountain.
The rest were 3rd rank powerhouses. For this exploration, the 3rd rank class holders would be the core strength.
The leader of the Wolf Spider mercenary group and two of the vice-leaders were also 4th rank experts. As for Bull, yesterday’s Barbarian, he was the only 3rd rank vice-leader.
The entire Wolf Spider troop was about thirty people, each fully armed. With the hired experts, the amount reached forty. It could be considered a huge force in Ruins City.
“When does it start?”
One hired hand was clearly impatient. His upper body was bare and he had a pretty nice two-handed greatsword at his side.
3rd rank Warrior. Marvin only took a glance and knew who the other side was.
He was like the leader of the Acheron Gang he killed before, Diapheis. But this Herold guy was more powerful.
He was a mass of muscles, his endurance was comparable to that of the Barbarians. But then again, Warriors were originally Human powerhouses studying the Barbarians’ body structure as well as their tempering style to develop their own melee class.
“Still waiting for two more. We will wait another ten minutes,” a vice-leader of the Wolf Spider said gently.
She was a rarely seen female Wizard.
In general, Wizards were very rich in this era, so they would rarely appear among adventurers, instead studying in a Wizard Tower.
The reasons the Wolf Spider mercenaries were rather famous in Ruins City had a lot to do with this Wizard’s contributions.
No one knew where the Wolf Spider Leader Rem found this 4th rank Wizard.
But for Marvin and the other adventurers, having a Wizard in the team, and a Half-Legend at that, meant that the exploration should be safe and easy.
After all, before the Great Calamity, the Wizard class was still the most powerful.
…
‘Looks like they don’t understand Saruha. They didn’t bring a Cleric of the Silver Church.’
‘I guess they think Saruha only has cold constructs?’
Marvin shook his head inwardly.
In Saruha, the most powerful monsters were still the Evil Spirits!
Two Evil Spirit Envoys were occupying the place. However, these two Evil Spirits had no relation to Diggles.
They were subordinates of the 2nd Evil Spirit Plane’s Overlord, [Tidomas]!
These two Evil Spirit Envoys were considerably powerful and should have strength comparable to that of Half-Legends. They had been trying to control that place’s construct. But with their Intelligence, it was simply impossible to control the constructs created by the Ancient Gnomes. Both sides were at war.
In short, Saruha was a chaotic place.
There were Evil Spirits and constructs, each occupying half of the territory.
…
As there was nothing around, Marvin began to recall his memories of Saruha.
Marvin faintly remembered that Saruha was an oval-shaped underground space. The oval was separated into five parts with a huge pillar in the middle. The pillar was covered in countless twisting chains, slowly revolving day and night.
Inside the pillar was the crystallization of the highest wisdom of the Ancient Gnomes.
It was a small firing silo. Below was a compressed air bag and explosive gunpowder.
In the past, the crazy Ancient Gnomes weren’t satisfied with the flying altitude of their hot air balloons. They tried to go even higher in the sky, to surge to the Astral Sea. And Saruha was only one of their experimental bases.
At the start, this place was similar to one of those rocket launching sites from Marvin’s world. Those constructs were mostly guard constructs or manufacturing constructs, and not battle constructs.
After the fall of the Gnome Empire, this place became deserted and was occupied by the Evil Spirits.
Saruha had a lot of pieces of knowledge of the Gnome civilization. The Mechanical Gargoyle blueprint he got before was relatively insignificant compared to what was in Saruha.
This was the reason he chose to explore place when he heard it was discovered.
If he could find the way to manufacture and control constructs, White River Valley would be even more resilient.
Constructs were powerful soldiers, and would be very suitable for defending the terr
itory.
…
While Marvin was thinking, a shadow slowly walked over from the distance.
He wore a cloak and seemed steady and calm as he approached.
‘It’s him?’
Marvin stared blankly.
Although the cloak was a different color, a lush green, Marvin still recognized the other party.
Vampire Gwyn!
They first came into contact back at the Scarlet Monastery, and then Marvin had “robbed” him of a Dense Blood Nucleus while leaving Ancient Castle Tulip.
The relationship between them was a bit complicated.
They weren’t enemies, but they weren’t friends.
The Bright Side had always been a relatively awkward existence. It was the Dark Side with their anti-human policy that Marvin had no issues killing.
As for Gwyn’s appearance, Marvin actually didn’t know how to handle this.
He also looked exceptionally beautiful. Killing him would be a pity.
Obviously, this was only Marvin mocking himself. When he glanced at Gwyn, he started thinking about how to use this guy to get a meeting with Great Duke William.
…
“Good. Sir Gwyn also arrived, so we are only missing one right now.
The Wizard Lilia confirmed Gwyn’s identity and smiled.
But when the last one was mentioned, Marvin noticed the Wolf Spider’s few leaders showing an uneasy expression.
‘Who is the last one?’ Marvin wondered.
…
In the twilight of the setting sun.
“Woosh!” A shadow appeared in front of everyone.
“Sorry Ladies and Gentlemen, I was delayed by a petty matter, making me arrive late.”
“Let’s start.”
That man had a slight smile.
Marvin sharply inhaled. “Pale Hand!”
One of the Thief Legend classes!
Chapter 334: Devil Tongue
Chapter 334: Devil Tongue
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The Pale Hand’s appearance startled everyone!
Marvin noticed that a few leaders of the Wolf Spider mercenaries had unpleasant expressions.
It seemed they weren’t happy about a Legend joining.
‘Worried about dividing Saruha’s treasures? Why should they be? Since the Wolf Spider mercenaries dared to hire outsiders, they should be satisfied with someone so powerful joining.’
Marvin was a bit curious.
That Pale Hand looked like an ordinary person, but Marvin could feel that his body contained terrifying burst power.
That guy had definitely also reached the Godly Dexterity realm, and surely had first class slaughtering abilities.
After all, Pale Hand was an authentic Legend class, far superior to the basic Legend Thief or Legend Assassin classes.
Back when the South Wizard Alliance withstood the Ancient Red Dragon Ell’s attack, they had dispatched Shadow Thief Owl and another Legend Assassin to deal with him. That man was a Pale Hand!
That Pale Hand wasn’t the same person as the one here. In fact, because of the existence of the [Pale War Banner], Pale Hand was the advanced Legend class the most frequently seen in Feinan.
The Pale War Banner organization had a complete method to advance to Pale Hand. There were various qualifications needed to join them, but as long you voluntarily joined the Pale War Banner and obeyed the organization’s rules, you could get the Pale Hand Advancement Manual.
Compared to the overall more powerful and well-rounded Ruler of the Night class, Pale Hands could be considered specialized killers.
They used more aggressive long daggers and were more adept with various killing techniques.
In short, this was a group of peak Assassins not to be trifled with.
…
The appearance of a Legend class naturally added a few variables to this adventure.
But the Wolf Spider Leader still remained calm and just introduced this Legend to everyone.
His name was simple, Sky. But just like Marvin’s [Kerry], who knew if it was real or fake.
After the Pale Hand joined the troops, he didn’t say much, merely waiting calmly for the arrangements.
But Marvin felt something odd about him.
This guy’s expression was a bit strange.
Even if he had no evil intent toward Marvin, it would be better to be careful.
“Good, since everyone is here, we can go,” said the head of the Wolf Spider mercenaries.
The group finally went on their way. They rode on young horses and left Ruins City, going eastwards to arrive at an uneven mountainous forest.
At the corner of the road turning to the south, the people dismounted their horses and followed the scout on foot.
The hills there were mostly rather desolate and they often met monsters.
But with such a large party of adventurers, how could they be surprised by any attacks?
The party travelled easily through the hills, meandering until they finally reached a small mountain stream as the moon reached the highest point in the sky.
“Saruha’s entrance, here it is.”
“If not for a random accident, we wouldn’t have found it. We can control the opening and closing of Saruha’s door. After our Wizard opens it, the Wolf Spider’s people will go in, and everyone else would follow, is that fine with you all?” the Wolf Spider leader asked loudly.
No one objected.
…
Under the moonlight, the vice-leader Lilia took out a simple scroll and stood in front of the mountain stream as she started chanting in a low voice.
The mountain stream was flowing against an immovable rock with moss spreading on both sides. The Wizard continued to chant softly.
After a short period of time, the scroll in her hand suddenly cast a light.
The mountain stream stopped flowing, as if time was frozen.
“Quick! We only have three minutes! Everyone going in needs to be careful of the enemies,” Lilia urged.
They rushed quickly toward the door, as if not wanting to be last.
Marvin was neither slow nor swift, and settled at the end of the group.
At that time, a familiar voice could be heard beside his ear. “Long time no see, Mister Marvin.”
“Pardon me, I am Kerry,” Marvin answered to the cloaked figure.
Gwyn coldly snorted back, “Regardless of how you disguise yourself, I’ll always be able to see through it.”
“How is that? And don’t you have any issues walking out in the open as a member of the Bright Side on the western seashore?” Marvin asked sarcastically. “This is the Dark Side’s headquarters. Oh right, how is your younger cousin?”
Gwyn remained silent.
Although Marvin had handed Karnoth to him that time, Karnoth had already turned and gotten [Bloodthirst]. With no other recourse, Gwyn could only put him in custody at the Bright Side’s headquarters to be punished by the Elders.
There was no need to talk about the result. Whether it was the Bright Side or the Dark Side, the fate of traitors was very bitter.
…
“You need to be careful,” Marvin suddenly cautioned.
Gwyn was slightly distracted.
“You are looking for the holder of the Holy Blood?” Marvin whispered, taking advantage of the noise made by everyone as they rushed in. “Great Duke William truly has faith in you, to actually send you alone to the western seashore.”
“I’m not alone…” Gwyn didn’t finish his words as he suddenly realized that he had been tricked by Marvin.
But Marvin’s words had been enough to shock him.
“How do you know so much?” asked Gwyn in surprise.
Marvin laughed mischievously. He was just guessing, yet it managed to draw out such a response from Gwyn.
As expected, this guy had come for the Holy Blood.
The struggle between the Bright side and Dark Side was really desperate.
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br /> However, after Marvin the info out of him, he ignored Gwyn and rushed toward the door.
Gwyn frowned and followed closely behind.
Everyone went through the door one after the other. The Wizard looked at the remaining two people apprehensively.
Pale Hand Sky and the Wolf Spider’s leader.
“Mister Sky, I hope you can do as you promised, to not negatively affect our exploration.”
“After all, we have always respected the Pale War Banner. And we never lowered the amount paid every year,” the Wolf Spider leader reminded cautiously.
He knew that this Pale Hand was quite frightening. Him coming this time was an unwanted disaster!
The originally perfect exploration now had an unwanted variable, so how could he not be anxious?
The Pale Hand sneered, “You are worried about me taking your spoils? This is funny. I only came to kill. I have no interest in that Saruha thing.”
“Don’t hinder me and I might even give you a hand.”
After saying this, he snorted and rushed in.
The Wolf Spider leader and the Wizard glanced at each other. The latter gently consoled, “It’s alright. Even if he is overbearing, his words are still reasonable.”
Rem was silent for a second. “If only… Well, let’s go.”
The two put away the scroll and went in together.
A few minutes later, a crimson-colored bat suddenly dove down!
She approached the mountain stream and flew around it a few times before landing on a stone, slowly transforming into a completely naked woman.
She casually waved a hand and a faintly crimson negligee appeared on her body.
It couldn’t block people’s gazes, but she didn’t care.
‘I arrived late. Eh? How come there is the aura of our people?’
‘Forget it, I’ll wait here. I don’t believe they’ll stay too long in that vestige.’
‘I hope you don’t die in there.’
Stephanie yawned. ‘That would be too boring.’
…
Darkness covered the vestige.
The Wolf Spider mercenaries had explored this area before and thus had some understanding of the place.
They couldn’t start a fire!
They also couldn’t use any lighting equipment.
This was what the Wolf Spider mercenaries requested of the hired experts.
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