Night Ranger - Full Series - 735 Chapters

by Dark Blue Coconut Milk

  He stayed calm and slowly searched.

  The temple was very vast.

  The underground floors’ height reached ten meters and it was very spacious.

  But for some reason, most of the floor was damp. Marvin was very curious to know where that moisture came from.

  Was there a river passing by the 2nd floor?

  He turned a corner and noticed a shadow.

  Marvin frowned, that shadow was motionless and was looking at a huge statue with interest.

  ‘I really don’t know if I’m supposed to consider myself lucky… Or unlucky…’

  Marvin muttered and quickly walked over.

  With how the teleportation was designed, for him to meet up with Butterfly so soon… Was her Luck Attribute maxed?

  The Wood Elf was holding her chin, staring at that huge statue and reading the characters on top of it.

  Marvin rudely asked, “First, this is a dark area, Wood Elves don’t have Dark Vision, right?”

  “Second, this is Draconic, do you understand Draconic?”

  Butterfly was startled and jumped up. She turned and when she saw it was Marvin, she patted her chest and sighed in relief.

  “I can’t see, thus I put on glasses.”

  She pointed at those lovely glasses on her nose and said, “It can help me see things in the dark, otherwise I wouldn’t dare come to the underground temple.”

  Marvin replied, “You shouldn’t have come.”

  Butterfly ignored that comment and continued, “As for Draconic… Although I didn’t learn it, I found out today that I seem to be innately able to read it!”

  “In any case, I can recognize the characters there.”

  Marvin pondered.

  He looked at that statue, it was a statue of a Dragon spreading his wings, and that Dragon’s head seemed familiar.

  “It says there that this Dragon’s name is [Loyal Tidomas], so, interested in his story?” Butterfly casually asked.

  Chapter 465: Suspicions

  Chapter 465: Suspicions

  Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation

  “Loyal Tidomas? Are you tricking me?”

  Marvin glanced at Butterfly before his eyes focused on the stele below the statue.

  But unfortunately, he couldn’t read Draconic.

  There were several ways to start learning this language.

  First, reaching a high Affinity with a Dragon and have him teach you.

  This method was quite difficult. It was very hard to get high Affinity with a Dragon. In his previous life, another player once tried to, and even though he could quickly increase his Affinity with the most kindhearted Dragon by gifting golds and treasures, in the end it only worked for a short time.

  This was due to Draconic holding some Dragon Magic secrets, thus, regardless if it was Evil Dragons or Good Dragons, they had this uniform rule to not rashly impart Draconic to the other races.

  For those who chose this path, it was bound to be filled with hardships.

  The second method was even more exaggerated: Bloodline inheritance.

  In general, some advanced lifeforms’ descendants might pass Draconic through bloodline. Unfortunately, few people had this identity. Even Draconic Sorcerers’ bloodline might not be pure enough to inherit Draconic.

  The third method was the most feasible, that was to learn it through studying.

  Unfortunately, from what Marvin knew, there were only two places in the world with books related to Draconic.

  One was the Pearl Tower. Draconic was naturally among what could be learned in the City of Knowledge. The other one was the Wizard Alliance’s Comprehensive Library.

  The Comprehensive Library was concealed by the South Wizard Alliance’s higher-ups, its location was endlessly drifting and it was hard to find. Even if Marvin wanted to look for it, without the Alliance’s secret pass and key, he wouldn’t be able to learn much from that place.

  In short, it was hard for lifeforms other than Dragons to master Draconic.

  Therefore Marvin was very suspicious, how did Butterfly learnt Draconic?

  It had to be known that Wood Elves’ innate gifts didn’t include [Draconic Mastery].

  In fact, Marvin wasn’t sure whether Ivan, as an Elven Royalty, was able to learn Draconic.

  …

  But facts were in front of him.

  Facing Marvin’s doubtful attitude, Butterfly quickly translated what was written on the stele.

  Although he still doubted the credibility of her words, after hearing her translation, Marvin sank into contemplation.

  He looked at that mighty and fierce statue of Tidomas and frowned.

  If Butterfly’s words were right, then this matter was a bit strange.

  This stele was crafted by an artisan of the Dragon Race, and based on what was written on it, Tidomas was the closest guard of the Dragon God Hartson. He was born in the Chromatic Dragons’ nest, but wasn’t tolerant towards Chromatic Dragons.

  Indeed, he was an abandoned hybrid, the Two Headed Dragon. One of his parents was a Blue Dragon and the other was a barbaric beast from the Wilderness.

  In short, the hybrid Tidomas was a pitiful creature abandoned in the dragon’s nest.

  Hartson took him in, yet despite this, Tidomas was still rejected and bullied by others.

  Around the time he reached adulthood, Tidomas personally ripped off his additional head that distinguished him as a partial wilderness monster and become a Dragon Tomb Guardian.

  Although he suffered bullying, and although the work of Dragon Tomb Guardians was loathed by all Dragons, Tidomas was still grateful to Hartson and was loyal till the end.

  In the long years of guarding the Dragon Tomb, he stopped Evil Spirits, Devils and other Magic Races’ invasions many times. He always fought at the front by himself, and because of his existence, the Dragon Souls residing in the Dragon Tomb enjoyed their eternal rest for years without being disturbed once.

  This particular statue was crafted after a frightening battle when Tidomas once again stopped a plot from the Evil Spirits and received an award.

  Dragon God Hartson not only erected his statue inside the temple, he also transferred him at his side to become the closest Dragon God Guardian. It was said that he planned for his body to be guarded by Tidomas after his death.

  …

  This was the content of the stele’s inscription.

  The superfluous words of praise were completely ignored by Marvin.

  The rest was the important information.

  The stele was clearly not written by the Dragon God, but by a craftsman of the Dragon Race tasked with it at the time.

  From the way it was written, it was obvious the craftsman held a lot of respect for Tidomas.

  He was the most loyal Guardian of the Dragon Tomb, Dragon God Hartson’s closest Guardian.

  Why did he degenerate into the Negative Energy Plane’s 2nd Overlord?

  ‘Could Tidomas only have had feeling toward the Dragon God, and defected after he fell?’

  Marvin inwardly analyzed.

  He fell something amiss.

  Because this reasoning didn’t make sense.

  Becoming corrupt wasn’t enough to become an Evil Spirit Overlord.

  According to the rumors, Tidomas relied on the Dragon God’s corpse to obtain the Evil Spirit Sea’s approval, thus becoming powerful and turning into a newly advanced Evil Spirit Overlord.

  If Tidomas was truly loyal to the Dragon God, he wouldn’t go so far as to profane his benefactor’s body, right?

  Along with the name of the new instance, [Dragon God’s Wrath], Marvin had a feeling that things weren’t as simple as they appeared.

  …

  “What are you thinking about?” After translating the inscriptions for Marvin, Butterfly seemed to have nothing to do.

  “I’m thinking of your true identity.”

  Marvin curiously watched Butterfly, “There aren’t many Wood Elves proficient in Draconic.
”

  From Marvin’s Perception, Butterfly was a common Wood Elf.

  The other Legends also seemed to had had that feeling.

  Marvin never doubted this before.

  But Professor’s attitude today made him start doubting it.

  Professor’s wisdom was outstanding. He could see things others couldn’t. He wasn’t the kind of person who didn’t care about others’ lives. On the opposite, he actually cared about lives more than anyone else.

  In such a dangerous situation he still allowed Butterfly to enter the temple with them, this in itself raised a lot of questions.

  Either Professor believed he would be able to quickly find and protect her, which wouldn’t make sense because it would waste his energy, or Professor believed that in such a frightening underground temple, nothing could harm Butterfly.

  The second possibility felt unlikely at first, but after she translated the inscriptions on the stele, Marvin felt it was suddenly more likely.

  Thus he wanted to figure it out.

  But Butterfly was at a loss, “Me? I’m just Thousand Leaves Forest’s Messenger?”

  Her expression was naturally not fake.

  ‘There it is again.’

  ‘Flawless expression.’

  Marvin had a headache.

  He changed his method of inquiring, “For how many years have you been Thousand Leaves Forest’s Messenger?”

  Butterfly opened her eyes wide.

  It seemed like the question baffled her.

  She began to think hard.

  Marvin shook his head and left Tidomas’ statue, dragging Butterfly to walk toward the darkness.

  He couldn’t waste too much time on a random statue.

  There weren’t other monsters apart from the Darkness Worms in this floor.

  It seemed that this place was their domain.

  The current Marvin was well equipped, he had all kinds of tools in hands.

  To deal with a Darkness Worm, a Molotov cocktail and a staff equipped with a Sun spell would be enough to crush it.

  It’s just that the gains from Darkness Worm were too pitiful.

  After dealing with three Darkness Worms’ Nests, Marvin only obtained 1 point of Divinity.

  He turned to Butterfly.

  The latter was still immersed in her thoughts ever since he asked that question.

  If not for Marvin pulling her, she might still be rooted in front of the statue.

  Thus, he cautiously took out the Book of Nalu and let it absorb that Divinity.

  The Book of Nalu seemed especially satisfied after obtaining that Divinity.

  Marvin quickly used his finger to write on it:

  –1 Divinity for 1 question?–

  –Ask…. As long as I know the answer.– These characters quickly appeared on top of the page.

  –The Path to the Nightmare Boundary.– Marvin quickly wrote.

  The reason he so readily participated in this operation was due to the Book of Nalu. Thanks to it, he might even be able to obtain the Crystal Statue or the Rainbow Spring.

  Although the Rainbow Spring would only work for Chromatic Dragons, as long as it was in his hands, Marvin might be able to give it another purpose. As for the Crystal Statue, Marvin wasn’t sure whether a human could become the statue’s owner.

  If that was the case… The scene would be magnificent!

  Marvin in control of twelve Shadow Dragons was already an awe-inspiring scene.

  Just imagine if Marvin could order forty to fifty Chromatic Dragons with a wave of his hand…

  Wouldn’t he be able to crush a Demon Lord’s territory or some layer of the Nine Hells?

  …

  But the answer of the Book of Nalu made him helpless:

  –1 Divinity, 1 question. If you ask me the path to the next level, I’ll truthfully answer.–

  –But trying to trick me into getting the path to the Nightmare Boundary… Do you think I’m dumb?–

  Marvin rolled his eyes.

  The Book of Nalu was actually negotiating.

  This book definitely had a soul. Even if he was the master of that page, his position might be overturned anytime. He felt a headache just thinking about it.

  He definitely wouldn’t give too much Divinity to the Book of Nalu, that would be walking to his own doom.

  Since that was the case, the question had to be asked at the crucial time.

  He quickly put away the Book of Nalu.

  He would have to rely on himself to find the entrance to the 2nd floor.

  At that time, an explosion suddenly echoed in the darkness!

  Because the underground temple was very spacious and empty, the sound could echo from pretty far.

  Marvin’s heart tightened.

  ‘Could it be that a Chromatic Dragon found one of his teammates?’

  “Let’s go! We have to check!”

  Marvin urgently said in a low voice. But he didn’t hear any footsteps behind him.

  He turned around and froze on the spot!

  There was no one in sight!

  Butterfly had silently disappeared.

  Marvin began to feel the coldness of the underground temple.

  The explosions in the distance grew even louder.

  Marvin took a deep breath and sat down on the damp floor.

  He used the lotus position that the Monks commonly sat in and started using [Earth Perception]!

  Chapter 466: Dragon Soul

  Chapter 466: Dragon Soul

  Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation

  Due to the effect of the Slow Halo, Marvin’s Perception was decreased quite a bit.

  But that didn’t necessarily mean that he had no way to feel this space.

  Earth Perception, imparted to him by Blade Master Kangen would be the most effective method at this time.

  This skill was based on the user’s mind’s understanding and connexion to the world, not on cold hard data.

  Marvin’s understanding was pretty good, he had received this ability after mastering Desperation.

  Under the effect of Earth Perception, he began to comprehend this space’s peculiarities.

  The entire underground temple seemed to be composed of a paste-like substance, thus it felt especially damp.

  Some data appeared on his interface as a result of his Perception.

  And Marvin’s mind reacted to the corresponding data.

  He entered a fantastic realm, it was the first time he didn’t need to be looking at his interface but could directly feel the data received.

  The underground temple’s bricks were brownish white.

  The texture wasn’t clear.

  But in a place not far, there was a floor tile that turned black.

  It seemed to have been burnt.

  And Marvin knew that this wasn’t caused by a Dragon Breath or a Dragon’s spell.

  That floor tile wasn’t black before.

  Because he clearly remembered that a moment ago, Butterfly was standing on that same floor tile.

  He began thinking hard to remember that floor tile’s original color before his mind jumped up again!

  ‘Reddish brown!’

  ‘Yes, it was reddish brown!’

  Marvin didn’t really care about the color of the temple, but under the effect of Earth Perception, he could feel a few clues.

  Clearly, Butterfly didn’t disappear without a reason.

  She had previously been standing on that floor tile.

  And now, that floor tile turned black.

  The rest of the floor hadn’t changed and was completely white.

  The exploding sounds were still echoing in the distance.

  ‘Could it be that the red floor tile was the passage to the 2nd floor?’ This thought flashed in Marvin’s mind.

  This was a very likely idea.

  Although Butterfly was unreliable, she still wouldn’t decamp without leaving a word or clue.

  She most likely triggered a mechanism
unintentionally and left involuntarily.

  And this was the Dragon God’s temple, if there was such mechanism, it was most likely leading to the next floor.

  Marvin recovered from his immersion in Earth Perception and experimented with the black floor tile for a bit, with no results.

  After some time, the black floor tile turned white and blended with the other bricks, visually no different from them.

  ‘Was it a one time use kind of thing?’ Marvin looked at it pensively.

  But in any case, this path was clearly blocked.

  He hesitated for a bit before quickly rushing toward the explosions!

  He already knew that something happened, he might have a better chance by going over to try his luck.

  …

  Marvin’s footsteps were completely silent in the dark temple.

  He carefully observed the floor on his way.

  But although this long corridor was filled with floor tiles, they were all completely white.

  He didn’t glance upon a single reddish brown floor tile.

  This annoyed Marvin a bit.

  After passing through this dull corridor, a light blue glow shined ahead of him.

  There was a ruthlessly dazzling light, and the exploding sounds came from there.

  In fact, rather than an explosion, it would be more accurate to say that it was some repressed Dragon’s roars.

  Marvin’s footsteps stopped outside the blue light, looking at its center with apparent pity.

  Seemingly sensing someone approaching, that light shrinked, before angrily moving forward, showing the appearance it had held before its death.

  But Dragon Souls were mostly incorporeal, the form it appeared at was also very vague.

  Marvin clearly understood that this was a Dragon Soul, but anything further, he didn’t know.

  This pitiful Dragon Soul wouldn’t be able to injure Marvin.

  It was trapped.

  Marvin cautiously sized up the Dragon Soul’s state. Despite the outward violence, it was severely weakened.

  In the middle of the blue light, a total of six huge Dragon teeth seemed to have appeared out of nowhere and nailed the Dragon Soul to the ground.

  These Dragon teeth were light yellow, marked with runes carrying a great amount of Divine Power.

  They were absorbing the Dragon Soul’s power.