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Sky conceitedly declared, “I’ll let you understand that ordinary people like you can’t even look up to the Legend Realm!”
The Azure Leaf in Marvin’s hand was pointed as Sky as he calmly asked, “How would you know without trying?”
Chapter 364: Legendary Showdown!
Chapter 364: Legendary Showdown!
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
Marvin’s attitude completely infuriated the Pale Hand.
The Legend Realm was something that almost everyone had to look up to.
Even if Marvin had some weird tricks, he still wouldn’t be a match for a Legend.
Because once someone advanced to Legend, they would obtain many incredibly powerful specialties.
These specialties were mostly passives, but they would play a very important role in battle.
For example, when Marvin and Sky previously crossed daggers, Marvin went all-out while Sky merely slashed probingly, but their attacks more or less had the same strength.
But Marvin still felt some pain in his wrist.
This was the strength of those who reached the Legend Realm.
It was something unalterable, practically part of the plane’s laws.
In Feinan there were many known cases where the weak defeated the strong, like a 3rd rank beating a 4th rank. But mere “mortals” wouldn’t challenge a Legend!
Sky was angry, not only because Marvin helped Gwyn escape, but also because Marvin stole the prize he wanted in Saruha… And now he was even provoking him!
And so what if the three Fate Sisters were there?!
Every single Legend was extremely proud. As an expert Vampire of the Dark Side, Sky felt that he could kill Marvin and then easily escape.
Even Fate Sorceresses shouldn’t be able to stop him if he sincerely wanted to escape.
This was Sky’s plan.
Marvin smirked, brandishing his daggers in a taunting manner.
Sky, with his confidence in his strength as a Legend, wouldn’t even need Stealth, attacking skills and other methods. And Pale Hand was the fiercest melee Legendary advancement class for a Thief. Even if the enemy was a Ranger, he wasn’t worried in the least!
In an instant, daggers flashed on the lonely dune!
The two were experts with their daggers and they immediately felt how strong the other side was!
‘That guy certainly has certainly reached at least Master level in his Blade Techniques!’
Marvin was startled.
It seemed that Sky’s confidence wasn’t without reason. He had definitely worked hard on his Blade Techniques.
This actually corrected Marvin’s misconception of the Dark Side. In his mind, the Dark Side was a group that would do anything for more power, always taking shortcuts and rarely training their skills.
But Sky clearly wasn’t one of those.
His Blade Techniques were unusually fierce. It felt like he had broken away from all standard Blade Techniques and made his own.
Vampires originally had greater speed and physical capabilities than Humans. If not for Marvin having Godly Dexterity as a foundation, he likely would have already been slashed to death by Sky!
Despite this, he was still in a troublesome situation.
The Pale Hand’s unpredictable skills were hard to defend against. After merely ten exchanges he was already at a sizeable disadvantage!
He was pressured by every single attack.
This wasn’t due to the difference in attributes, but rather due to the overpowered advantages of the Legend Realm.
Marvin felt the power of the Legend class!
Fortunately, he knew what skills Pale Hands had and responded properly with his Night Walker skills to avoid Sky’s lethal attacks.
But he was hovering on the border between life and death every time.
The other side didn’t seem to have higher Dexterity or Strength, but Marvin was still suppressed by Sky in every way.
This made Marvin feel a bit dejected.
This was the suppression of the Legend Realm. The Pale Hand probably had several more battle specialties than him, so keeping up for this long was already admirable.
Marvin didn’t use his Shapeshift Sorcerer or Battle Gunner abilities. First, these two subclasses wouldn’t be enough against that Legend, but more importantly, he wanted to temper his Blade Techniques!
Marvin’s usual plan would have been to seek the aid of the three sisters, lure the Pale hand over and then gang up on him…
He normally would never have chosen a duel!
He would always use external help when he could!
As long as he fulfilled his purpose, who cared about the process?
This line of thought wasn’t wrong, but after his discussion with Professor, Marvin felt that his strength had been restricted by this tendency.
For example, after his Blade Techniques reached Master level, he didn’t progress much further.
Although he had trained with straight daggers in his previous life, with his natural talent, he shouldn’t stop at this level. He could feel that just as Professor said, his classes still had a lot of potential.
Whether it was as a Ranger or a Night Walker, he still had potential for growth.
Although Shapeshift Sorcerer and Battle Gunner could raise his strength in the short term, they wouldn’t contribute much to his fighting strength’s upper limit once he reached the Legend Realm.
He would ultimately be relying on the Ranger and Night Walker classes, and he would advance to the greatest rogue class, Ruler of the Night!
If he gave up on training his skills because of his sub-classes it might lead to his foundations being unstable.
Even if he had a system, this was a real world, and his tricks might not always work.
Thus he changed his plan this time.
He decided to ask the three sisters to support him and guarantee his safety while he dueled the Pale Hand!
Naturally, a non-Legend challenging a Legend directly was like courting death.
The buff given to him by the Demon’s Hand Fiend Sorcerers would ensure that his Perception would temporarily break through 20 points to get the threshold effect.
That way, he could defend himself from the sneak attacks of the unpredictable Pale Hand, helping to make the fight fairer.
He was using Sky as his own whetstone.
He hoped that his Blade Techniques would break through after this fight.
The previous breakthrough was because of the confrontation with the Heavenly Sword Saint.
He needed a true expert to “help” him, even if the other side was unwilling.
…
“Clang!”
Under the light of the full moon, a shadow quickly streaked across the sky over a sandy dune, splitting into six shadows.
Sky rushed at Marvin from six different directions, a sinister expression on his face. “Drop dead!”
For him, not being able to kill Marvin in ten exchanges was a disgrace.
At that time, he no longer held back and went all-out with his battle skills!
The six shadows were extremely fast. Even though Marvin used Shadow Escape and Night Boundary, they still chased after!
‘Those are not just shadows!’
‘They’re real doppelgangers, and all of them have considerable strength!’
Marvin was in a pitiful state as he was chased down, covered in minor wounds with blood flowing continuously.
Fortunately, Rangers had a lot more Constitution than Thieves, and Marvin even had the [Endurance] specialty. That specialty made it so that his combat effectiveness wouldn’t be inhibited by the pain.
He could still react at the fastest speed. With Godly Dexterity, Marvin could still resist!
One versus six!
But Marvin fought back! At an opportune moment, he used Shadow Step out of nowhere and swung behind him.
“Slash!”
His dagger slashed an empty spot, instantly splitting Sky’s dopp
elganger in half!
At that time, Marvin seemed to have understood something.
Up until now, his fighting techniques purely consisted of killing techniques. He rarely used linked blade techniques. He almost always focused on honing his ability to get that one fatal blow.
But this was the Thief’s path.
His experience as a player was a big help to Marvin, but this time he was a Ranger and a Night Walker.
His Blade Techniques seemed to be flawed. Besides killing skills, he didn’t have anything to combo together. His basic movements, even the way he blocked, were all done in the posture of using straight daggers, which came from the game’s basic training camp for the Thief class.
It could be said that he was a Master in Blade Techniques, but in another sense, it could be said that he wasn’t using curved daggers properly.
‘I understand!’ Marvin realized.
He suddenly understood why Professor gave him the letter and made him deliver it to the Dead Area’s [Xunshun Monastery]!
Because Professor had noticed these issues!
…
Marvin had cut down a shadow, but this was a battle to death!
Sky’s original fury went through the roof after one of his doppelgangers died, but how could he let go of the ensuing opportunity?
He noticed Marvin’s distraction and almost cut his throat!
Fortunately, Marvin’s battle instinct was outstanding. He used Night Boundary once again and escaped from the five doppelgangers!
However, this was his last use of Night Boundary tonight!
This specialty had a usage limit!
Sky encircled Marvin again, so that he was facing the joint attack of five skilled Pale Hands.
…
Not far, the three sisters had worried expressions on their faces.
Although Marvin promised them it would be fine, that was still a Legend!
Despite Marvin’ continuously creating miracles, it was very difficult to believe that he could kill a Legend in a direct fight!
Yes, Marvin lured Sky here simply to use him for training.
He wanted to personally eliminate that Dark Side Vampire Legend.
Otherwise, even if he left for the Dead Area, Jo wouldn’t be safe in Hope City because of her Holy Blood.
“You should just help him.” Ding came out from some corner, looking disdainfully at Marvin. “Men… Do they only care about their reputation?”
“He obviously isn’t his match, but he still wants to show off.”
Lorie blinked repeatedly and said with a serious face, “Ding, you are wrong. Marvin is definitely able to kill that Vampire.”
Ding paled. “I must have slept for a long time. When did you stop calling him [Sir Marvin] and start calling him just [Marvin]?” She then pouted, “I already knew that Marvin guy wasn’t any good…”
Lorie’s face reddened. “Hey, can you focus on the important part?!”
Ding looked as if she hadn’t heard her. “I shouldn’t have given him that Luck…”
The three sisters felt speechless.
…
On the sandy dune, the besieged Marvin took a deep breath.
‘Legends are really powerful.’
He firmly held onto his daggers before letting out a smile. ‘But this won’t change the outcome!’
The next second, a strange aura burst forth from Marvin.
A faint halo spread out from his forehead, emitting gray rays of light.
Chapter 365: Beheaded!
Chapter 365: Beheaded!
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
On the sandy dune in the cold night, the five doppelgangers had a change of expression when they were touched by the dull gray light.
“What is this ability…” Sky muttered in a heavy tone.
He originally thought he could handle a 4th rank class holder very easily.
But he sensed danger from the aura suddenly emitted by Marvin.
He discovered that all his Legend specialties were suppressed!
He sized up Marvin carefully, studying his body’s changes.
Suddenly, he couldn’t help but exclaim, “How could it be?”
“Half-Legend!?”
…
Sky wasn’t startled for no reason. When he first met Marvin, he had seen through his real strength.
Without a doubt, back when he snuck into the Wolf Spider mercenaries’ group, Marvin was at Level 18.
In the Pale Hand’s mind, Marvin should still be at that level.
But after cautiously using Inspect again, he was shocked to find that Marvin was already standing at the gateway to Legend rank!
Level 20 Half-Legend!
Marvin smirked.
Thanks to the fight with the Evil Spirits in Saruha he reached Level 19, and for killing the Theater Spirit he received another chunk of experience.
The three tragically dying Black Dragons gave him an additional 60000 battle exp.
All that together with a bit of general exp was enough for Marvin to level up his Night Walker class again!
Thus, before leaving Hope City, his Night Walker class reached level 8, giving him the following levels: Level 9 Ranger – Level 8 Night Walker – Level 6 Shapeshift Sorcerer!
His total level was 20. One more step and he would become a true Legend.
With Marvin improving so quickly, no wonder it startled the Pale Hand.
The natives of this world didn’t know about his [Essence Absorption System], with Mark 47 being the only exception.
He was shocked by Marvin’s progress, but what unnerved him even more was that halo Marvin used.
Level 8 Night Walker skill, [Dark Halo].
…
Marvin took the time to carefully study the Night Walker skill list after reaching Level 7.
Level 7 Night Walkers didn’t have any particularly strong skills to unlock, but at least he could still check his next level’s skills and see if there was a good one waiting for him.
He found out that upon becoming a Level 8 Night Walker he would gain access to a very powerful skill, Dark Halo.
And since he still had 36 SP untouched from before, he directly spent 50SP on that skill once his Night Walker class reached level 8.
[Dark Halo (50)]
[Requirements: Night]
[Duration: 10 minutes. Usable once per day]
[Effect: Weaken enemies’ passive battle specialties to a certain extent.]
[Hidden effect – Legend Weakening (50 SP): When facing a Legend, weakening effect increased by 10%]
…
In a battle, weakening enemies was as useful as buffing oneself.
When Marvin saw this skill’s description, he immediately decided to upgrade this halo ability.
This was an AoE (Area of Effect) skill that would weaken every enemy in the Dark Halo’s range.
This was what Marvin had prepared to win despite being at a disadvantage, and it was one of his most important cards to beat a Legend as a Half-Legend!
One of the biggest issues when facing a Legend was overcoming their powerful passive specialties.
Now, in the Dark Halo, Sky’s powerful specialties would be weakened to a certain extent, and the gap between the two was not that big anymore.
Moreover, when it came to attributes, Marvin was actually a cut above him.
He had the 30 points Godly Dexterity!
In the previous exchange, Marvin felt that Sky’s Dexterity was around 28 and had yet to touch the bottleneck!
It was very difficult for a native to increase an attribute to the Godly Domain.
This was one of Marvin’s biggest advantages.
With the Dark Halo active, Marvin’s superiority could finally be displayed!
The next second, he rushed toward a Doppelganger, striking out!
Sky sneered, “You think that halo is enough to beat me?”
“Truly naive.”
The Dark Halo could only decreas
e the gap between both sides and wouldn’t let Marvin win. In Sky’s eyes, this wouldn’t change the outcome of the fight.
But the next exchange made the Pale Hand frown.
He previously had his overpowered specialties at full effect, so Marvin’s moves and blade techniques didn’t seem so fierce.
Now that his specialties were being suppressed, Marvin’s strong points could finally stand out.
His speed was incomparable, and his daggers were like lightning.
Sky was careless and lost another Doppelganger to Marvin!
He was fighting one versus four and didn’t seem to be in a difficult situation like before. Although he still seemed to be at a disadvantage, he had a lot more opportunities to counter attack instead of only being on the defensive.
This made Sky’s heart sink.
That guy was a Half-Legend and was already able to contend with him…
If he advanced to Legend, Sky might not be able to handle him at all!
His felt cold, looking toward Marvin with an even more murderous gaze.
At that time, he decided that regardless of the relationship between Marvin and the three sisters, he definitely needed to get rid of that dangerous guy while he was still a Half-Legend.
“Woosh!”
The four shadows merged as Sky said with a gloomy face, “I won’t play with you, kid.”
“Drop dead!”
His right foot kicked the ground as he rushed forward, slashing toward Marvin!
That move was not only strangely fast, but its power was also extremely fierce!
Sky’s true strength could be seen after merging with the doppelgangers that he created.
He didn’t intend to give Marvin any chance. Marvin simply couldn’t dodge that attack!
Even with the Dark Halo weakening the enemy!
Sky smiled cruelly.
He looked completely sure that Marvin would end up as a corpse on the sandy dune.
But Marvin was still incomparably calm.
Facing the Pale Hand’s powerful attack, he chose to receive it, aiming his [Azure Leaf]s at Sky!
Burst!
He thrust his daggers forward like bullets.
He looked as if he was disregarding his own life!
Marvin didn’t use any defensive moves at all, his daggers rushing toward Sky’s vitals!
“Want me to die with you?!”