Night Ranger - Full Series - 735 Chapters
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Ikarina was in front of a dark entrance, while Marvin was hiding in the shadows on the side, silently pondering.
Ikarina glanced at him before slowly proceeding into the entrance.
This place was another hall. It was only two hallways away from the one they were chatting in earlier.
The number of Biting Books increased exponentially, making Marvin’s head tingle.
If not for Ikarina making a move, he might have been bitten quite a bit.
Unless he turned into the Fierce Asuran Bear.
But that would create too big of a commotion, and would have definitely alerted Librarian Fati.
Marvin learnt some things from Ikarina while they were progressing.
She extinguished those flames earlier because of the other powerful Monster on the 2nd floor. The flames were [Warrior Roger]‘s monitoring eyes.
The entire 2nd floor was under the control of Warrior Roger.
If Librarian Fati was the type that wouldn’t do anything unless you tried to break into the library, then Warrior Roger was one that would act against any intruders on the 2nd floor.
The Chromatic Dragons clearly had more information. Professor didn’t mention this at all. Most likely, he didn’t know about it.
Marvin wanted to learn more from Ikarina. Unfortunately, the Black Dragon only casually mentioned that Warrior Roger was a pet kept by Dragon God Hartson.
It was a very deceitful Salamander with formidable strength. No one knew where it came from, and no one knew what it wanted.
In any case, after learning that Warrior Roger could use the braziers to survey the areas around them, Marvin couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat.
He had seen so many braziers beforehand. He was lucky nothing happened.
This underground temple was filled with danger.
Yet, the Dragon Soul didn’t remind him about Warrior Roger… Did he really not know?
Or did that Dragon Soul have another motive?
Marvin had his suspicions.
This underground temple was full of surprises, and these kinds of uncertain things would greatly influence his decisions.
Right now, he could only slowly walk forward.
…
Ikarina knew the direction of the library.
However, Black Dragons weren’t too interested in libraries. Unlike Humans, they didn’t crave for knowledge.
So when Marvin asked whether he could trade for the pages falling from the Biting Books, the Black Dragon magnanimously gave him everything.
Marvin was in disbelief.
He counted the number of pages he had. After adding Ikarina’s pages, he was only a few pages short of completing a whole book.
The name of the book was –Bireger’s Theory of Barriers–.
Apparently, in ancient times, a Wizard named Bireger wrote down his experiences concerning Barriers, force fields and similar spells.
Because it was a Wizard Book, Marvin was unable to understand it, but he still gathered the pages. If he wanted to read it, he would need foundational Wizard abilities like [Spellbook Deciphering], [Rune Knowledge], and so on…
As someone who depended on his ice-cold daggers, there was no difference between him and someone illiterate in front of these books.
…
Marvin waited calmly.
Soon after, an angry shout came from the dark entrance.
That shout was followed by a shadow sweeping past, apparently fleeing.
That was naturally Ikarina.
Chasing behind her was a red-colored shadow whose speed was faster than Ikarina’s!
Marvin’s eyelids twitched. Was that Librarian Fati’s real speed?
He could only see a shadow even with his current level of ability?
This meant that the other side was faster than him when buffed!
‘Time is tight! I don’t know how long Ikarina can hold on!’
Marvin knew that he had to be quick.
He didn’t hesitate; after the tiger was lured away from its mountain, Marvin sneaked in.
He rushed into the darkness.
Behind the entrance was a huge space.
Countless bookshelves filled the area.
These bookshelves seemed to spread endlessly.
But the books on the shelves were only there to confuse people.
If not for the Dragon Soul’s reminder, Marvin would have still checked the bookshelves, only to find a pile of useless books.
He might have come across a pitfall or triggered an alarm, or maybe even died to a trap!
Indeed, this space with bookshelves was fake.
This definitely wasn’t the real library of the Dragon Race.
‘Entrance!’
‘Entrance…’
Marvin quickly rushed by the bookshelves while mumbling, “39th row, 39th row…”
“72nd bookshelf…”
…
Two dark shadows were quickly running away from the entrance.
Ikarina suddenly stopped.
“This should be good enough.”
The Black Dragon sneered as she looked at Fati, “Is your mind that simple? You think I’m really interested in those books?”
Librarian Fati was a very ugly woman.
She was very fat and looked like a balloon, and had warts covering her face.
She said in a deep voice, “Traitor, you’re still trying to trick me?”
“The entire Black Dragon Clan are degenerated betrayers. Even if you have no interest in the library, I will still kill you.”
The Black Dragon smilingly jeered, “Oh? And what if I tell you that there is a youth secretly entering the library right now?”
Fati’s expression changed. “You are lying!”
Ikarina unhurriedly took out a mirror. The scene of Marvin rushing between the bookshelves appeared on it.
“He is very interested in the library. If you wish to do your job, you should kill him.”
The Black Dragon arrogantly raised her head, “But sadly, he is a lot craftier than you imagine. I even doubt whether you could catch him in the library.”
“Thus, I intended to help you. Of course, this will be a deal.”
“You tell me where the entrance to the 3rd floor is and I’ll let you keep this mirror. Don’t be too suspicious, Fati. This mirror is merely a common Alchemy Item. I left something on him, and thus it can track him.”
Librarian Fati coldly said, “You think your plan is quite good?”
“I could kill you first before going for that human. I don’t believe that a human will so quickly find…”
Her expression suddenly became unsightly!
As the Librarian, she could feel the reaction of the library entrance in her mind.
When Marvin found the secret door mentioned by the Dragon Soul and used the secret code to open it, Fati noticed.
She then shouted, “Give me the mirror!”
If Marvin entered the interior of the library and she couldn’t find him fast enough, she might suffer the greatest penalty!
Although the entire library was under her control…she still had blind spots.
If Marvin entered those places… she didn’t dare imagine the consequences.
The Black Dragon beamingly said, “Lead me to the next floor’s entrance.”
“You must be aware of it.”
…
Library.
Behind the secret door was a desolate world.
When Marvin opened his eyes, he was stunned.
Turned out the Dragon Race’s library was actually like this.
It was an island.
There was a tall mountain peak on the island and the surroundings were split into four different terrains: Desert, Lake, Forest, and Mountains.
Marvin was currently standing on the peak, overlooking everything.
The island was surrounded by endless blue ocean.
‘This is… an external plane?’
Marvin nearly choked.
It this really was an external plane then this place might be far more dangerous than he had thought.
And the Dragon Soul’s [Book of Forgiveness] and the [Wisdom Chapter] that was said to be able to suppress the Book of Nalu were hidden in some secret place on this island.
‘How could this be considered a library? This is clearly a book island,’ Marvin couldn’t help but quip.
He then got on the move.
First, he checked if the mountain peak also contained books.
He saw many caves on his way down. The caves were densely packed and sealed with Divine Power.
Through the transparent Barriers, Marvin could see some lights continuously impacting the seal.
These were books dating from who knows when. They had absorbed some Divinity and gained some wisdom.
If he had time, Marvin would like to take some books back with him.
No matter which books he picked, even though they weren’t as fearsome as the Book of Nalu, they were still treasures.
Unfortunately, Librarian Fati wouldn’t let him do as he wished.
He could only quickly search for what he needed.
From the Dragon Soul’s explanations, the Book of Forgiveness and the Wisdom Chapter were buried east and west of the library.
But Marvin already lost his sense of direction in this space, so he could only casually choose a direction and quickly run that way.
…
After leaving the tall mountain, he went through the mountainous area.
These few mountains were very interesting. There were many stone tables there with some books scattered on them.
This book collection seemed messy, but it actually secretly followed a certain pattern.
Each book had annotations next to it in Draconic, Elven and Common.
It was fortunate that there was Common, allowing Marvin to identify them.
He quickly swept past the tables but didn’t rashly touch the books.
If he touched a book, he would trigger an alarm.
Marvin didn’t know that the Black Dragon had betrayed him and that Librarian Fati was already on the way.
Chapter 473: Throwing Knives Formation
Chapter 473: Throwing Knives Formation
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
As he walked through the mountainous area, Marvin gradually found more book collections.
In the hilly area, every low ground was equivalent to a bookshelf, consisting of a table covered with books.
Most of the books were ancient and Marvin could only make out their names. He couldn’t understand the contents.
His goal was the Book of Forgiveness.
After all, this was his part of the agreement with the Dragon Soul.
This island was vast and the mountainous area was quite wide in itself.
Luckily Marvin wasn’t slow, he sped through the mountainous area like lightning and finally found the Book of Forgiveness on one table.
Compared to the other books, this one was a lot thinner.
Like the other ancient books, the Book of Forgiveness was covered in a faint layer of light.
This was a simple alarm spell. If someone touched the Book of Forgiveness, it would trigger the library’s alarm.
But the Dragon Soul told Marvin a way to get a hold of the Book of Forgiveness without triggering the alarm.
He took out a pair of gloves and put them on.
This pair of gloves was given by the Dragon Soul and he was told that they could avoid the library’s detection.
Sure enough, when he put on the gloves and grabbed the Book of Forgiveness, that faint light scattered.
In Marvin’s hand was a book with only a few pages.
Information pertaining to the Book of Forgiveness appeared in his logs.
[Book of Forgiveness (Book – Tool)]
[Soul Bind: Loyal Tidomas]
[Effect: Remove the Evil Dragon Teeth’s seal]
…
Seeing these logs, Marvin froze.
The target of the soul bind was shockingly Tidomas!
Hold on, wasn’t this guy in the Negative Energy Plane?
Is his soul split?
The Dragon Soul who had been sealed for so long was the Loyal Tidomas?
Marvin smelled a hint of conspiracy.
Unfortunately, as he didn’t know Draconic, he gained nothing by flipping this book.
The Book of Forgiveness didn’t have many pages, and each page only contained a few characters in Draconic. It would be barely enough to form a few sentences.
But Marvin could feel that the true key to undoing the Dragon Teeth’s seal was the powerful force hidden in this book.
After getting the Book of Forgiveness, Marvin sighed in relief.
The Dragon Soul had mentioned that the Book of Forgiveness was in the east while the Wisdom Chapter was in the west.
He found the Book of Forgiveness in the mountainous area, thus the Wisdom Chapter should be in the lake area on the opposite side.
Although Marvin was not a great swimmer, underwater breathing potions were basic things he always had in his storage.
He soon rushed toward the west.
He was careful not to touch any book on his way.
Although these books were very precious, they were still a lot less important than the Wisdom Chapter.
But Marvin’s cautiousness was meaningless.
Because there was still an ugly woman suddenly appearing on the mountain peak in front of him.
Librarian Fati!
Marvin frowned, ‘Ikarina only stalled for so long?’
Marvin came to the conclusion that with the Black Dragon’s strength, stalling a Draconic Sorcerer for a few minutes shouldn’t be too hard!
With the Librarian appearing here, he had a bad premonition.
Sure enough, Fati coldly laughed, “Humans really are the stupidest lifeforms. You actually chose to believe a Race’s Clan that was widely known as betrayers.”
“Even if I don’t know what kind of contract there is between you two, she definitely sold you out.”
She waved the mirror in her hand as she said that.
Marvin’s silhouette shockingly appeared in the mirror.
Marvin took a deep breath and secretly used [Earth Perception]!
However, this time, he used it toward those pages in his storage!
He quickly realised, these must have clearly been the vector of the locating spell.
Ikarina set him up. This much was clear.
He soon found a special page among the pages.
This page was blank with a basic camouflage skill on top.
It’s just that when Marvin received the pile of pages from Ikarina, he didn’t inspect them carefully and was tricked by the Black Dragon.
“She is killing with a borrowed knife.”
Marvin shook his head with a chuckle.
“In any case, you’ll die.” A sinister expression appeared on Librarian Fati’s ugly face, “Because of your greed, I’ll most likely face punishment!”
“Thus you won’t have an easy death.”
Marvin shrugged, “You might have misunderstood me.”
“I only said that she was killing with a borrowed knife. I never said who was the knife and who was the target.”
“Regardless, although I didn’t really plan to make a move against you, since you came to me in your own, I might as well get rid of you.”
“As for the Black Dragon, she will clearly understand what is the result of betraying me.”
Marvin’s tone was very dispassionate at the start, but it slowly became filled with killing intent.
He directly activated his Domain, [Slaughter]!
Legend Powerhouses’ Domains had some very subtle effects.
Because they hadn’t reached Gods’ level, they couldn’t use the rules of the Domains for their own purposes. But the Domains would slightly raise the battle efficiency of the Legend Powerhouses.
This wouldn’t reflect on their attributes. If one really had to interpret their effects in terms of data, it would be somewhat of an advantage to the checks happening instantaneously in battle.
Taking Marvin’s Slaughter and Shadow Domain for example, in the split second when he attacked, his skills would have a slight bonus advantage.
This was one of the reasons he could keep killing Dark Phoenix.
Even if an ordinary Legend had his pair of elven daggers, they wouldn’t necessarily be able to trigger the Divine Restraint effect.
Marvin didn’t want to fight against Fati, but if the two met, he wouldn’t be afraid either.
In battle, the stronger one would win!
And he wasn’t weak anymore.
Clever people will think of way to avoid unnecessary battles, and true powerhouses won’t avoid inevitable battles.
Cold light flashed as daggers appeared in his hands.
Librarian Fati turned to nothingness, her voice echoing, “Hehe…”
“Arrogant youth, you think Legends are the most powerful?”
“Let me show you my Dragon spells!”
Next second, the space turned chaotic.
A large amount of energy shrouded their surroundings and countless throwing knives appeared around Marvin!
These throwing knives were made of pure energy and their sharp blades made Marvin feel threatened!
[Dragon Spell – Throwing Knives Formation]!
…
In an instant, these throwing knives flew over from all directions!
Marvin let out a breath and turned partly intangible!
This island’s space was very unstable, it might be some external plane and Marvin didn’t dare to rashly enter the Shadow Plane from here.
But facing these frightening throwing knives, he had no other choice.
Shapeshift Sorcerer – Shadow Shape!
He turned into a shadow, as the throwing knives travelled back and forth.
Marvin did his best to dodge the throwing knives with the help of his Godly Dexterity, but there was still a large amount that pierced through his body or brushed past him.
This Dragon Spell was too formidable.
Even with Marvin’s Shadow Shape’s physical resistance, he was still hit quite unbearably!
In an instant, his body was riddled with holes!
His HP sharply dropped down, but fortunately, he wasn’t critically wounded. Besides a fierce pain, everything else was bearable.