…
The five Dragons were forming a group in the shrine.
As they continued muttering, halos floated down from the God’s statue and covered them.
It felt like an ancient soul awakened.
A glittering halo then blossomed from the statue.
Green Dragon Modana waved a heart-shaped pendant.
The pendant blended in the halo, and Modana followed up with some chanting.
Draconic began to echo in the hall.
As for that soul, it seemed to be awakening more thoroughly and it seemed like something was trying to burst out from the halo!
After two minutes, under the joint efforts of the Chromatic Dragons, an explosion echoed!
Dragon God Hartson’s statue actually cracked!
Pieces of rock filled with Divine Power dispersed around, and the whole hall began to shake.
Thankfully, this hall had already been reinforced by Divine Power and wasn’t destroyed by the event.
The five Dragons near the statue didn’t think that the opening of the Nightmare Boundary would create such a strong reaction.
A few people were smashed by the rocks. Modana and the White Dragon were sent flying.
Fortunately, they were Ancient Dragons and had powerful bodies. Even if their strength was reduced after shapeshifting, they just stood up and patted their clothes after that impact.
Marvin clearly saw that when the explosion occurred, there seemed to be a soul being freed from the statue.
As for the one who received the biggest attack, it was actually the Ancient Red Dragon Ell!
At least four rocks filled with Divine Power flew toward him, but they were all reduced to fine powder before they struck.
The Ancient Red Dragon was clearly stronger than his peers.
‘Even if he’s not at a Plane Guardian’s level, he should be close.’
‘That guy is overpowered… If not for the Wizard Alliance having a Legend Wizard who’d mastered [Dragon Killer Sword], the South’s Six Pearl Harbors might have been unable to stop him!’
Marvin looked apprehensive.
At the same time, he dispelled his intent to deal with Ell.
Ell had the most resources. His underwater lair, the [Lava Palace], was Feinan’s first Legend level instance.
The so-called Legend level instance required a group of at least 20 Legends to clear it.
There were countless treasures in the Lava Palace and they would appear randomly.
Marvin didn’t know what the real Lava Palace will be like, but it definitely had more treasures than in the game.
After all, this was the place where the Ancient Red Dragon kept all the treasures gathered over the course of his life.
And the Lava Palace’s Guardians weren’t easy to take care of.
The most powerful Guardian was naturally the last Boss, Ell. Apart from him, there were also two female Dragons, a Sword Saint who had been mind controlled for a millennium, a lair filled with Wyrmlings… In short, clearing the Lava Palace was very troublesome.
But there was also another way to clear it.
That was to take advantage of Ell going out to kill him.
It was a way to gain the key to pass through most of the Lava Palace.
This key would allow one to skip many troubles, leaving the two female Dragons as the only obstacles.
At the start, Marvin had wanted to get the key off Ell.
But now, he dispelled that thought.
He reckoned that he needed Ruler of the Night to reach at least level 4 before thinking of killing the Red Dragon.
With his current strength, he could only bully the magic-less Black Dragons.
…
The only thing that made Marvin feel slightly amused was that during the explosion, the gecko also had a hard time.
A few rocks flew toward the ceiling and if she hadn’t deftly dodged them, she might have been forced to show herself.
As for Marvin, because he was hiding in the distance, he simply wasn’t affected.
After the explosion, the statue had been replaced by a huge halo that started slowly dwindling.
Gradually, the halo retreated and a hollow Teleportation Gate appeared on the pile of crushed rock.
‘This Teleportation Gate is a bit too… complicated.’
Marvin only had a bit of knowledge about planes.
But because of the previous conquest of Arborea, he had learnt some relevant knowledge.
This Teleportation gate clearly wasn’t leading to a Demi-Plane!
This was the entrance to a whole new world!
…
The Chromatic Dragons had happy expressions. They all glanced at each other for a few moments before unhesitantly rushing through the Teleportation Gate and disappearing from the hall.
Louise and Marvin simultaneously appeared in front of the Gate.
“Interplanar Teleportation Gate.”
“No embedded structure, it’s actually suspended in midair…”
“Nightmare Boundary… Just like in the Legends. The Dragon Race’s final sanctuary… A new world?”
Louise had a grave expression as she looked at the Teleportation Gate while muttering to herself.
Her words confirmed Marvin’s thoughts.
The Nightmare Boundary wasn’t a Demi-Plane; it was possibly a Material Plane like Feinan!
At worst, it was a Secondary Plane!
‘The Nightmare Boundary was created by Dragon God Hartson…’
‘Did he have the ability to create an entire world?’
Marvin was shocked.
From what he knew, the current Gods residing in the Astral Sea didn’t have this kind of ability.
They conquered Secondary Planes and could create their own God Realms, but they couldn’t create a Material Plane.
Based on this, Dragon God Hartson seemed more powerful.
But even if he was a powerful Dragon God, he still was unable to avoid his destined fall. At the same time, he wasn’t Lance’s opponent.
It could clearly be seen how powerful Wizard God Lance was.
…
“Don’t stare blankly, kid,” Louise called out. “Kangen and Professor are still on the way, so we will go first.”
Marvin shrugged. “Let’s go.”
He was a bit surprised when Louise suddenly said, “Hold on… I think I should still warn you before you go through the gate.”
“If you go in, you might not be able to come back.”
“It’s rumored that the Dragon God foresaw the destruction of Feinan and created this new world to protect his offspring.”
“Unlike Dwarven and Elven Sanctuaries, this is a whole new world. You aren’t a caster and you don’t have the ability to travel across planes. Once you go through that gate, you might get lost in the Nightmare Boundary.”
Chapter 477: Ancient Well
Chapter 477: Ancient Well
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
Louise’s warning wasn’t unreasonable, but Marvin wasn’t completely unprepared.
Because of his plight in Arborea and his experience in the Secret Garden, Marvin paid attention to interplanar battles.
Before leaving White River Valley a while back, he made Madeline spend a lot to create a temporary Teleportation Gate.
Even non-Legend Wizard could use this item.
The portal made by that item could transfer Marvin back to White River Valley from any plane.
Thus, Marvin only smiled and thanked Louise for her good intentions before taking the lead to enter the gate.
They would be randomly teleported after passing through the Nightmare Boundary, even if they were to hold hands.
…
Interplanar Teleportation felt a lot different from long distance teleportation.
It felt like a long time, but only a few seconds passed.
When Marvin opened his eyes, he only saw a desolate desert.
This was the
area of the Ancient Blue Dragons, one of the five areas of the Nightmare Boundary.
Deserts were the favorite environment of the Blue Dragons and they would have an advantage when fighting there, thanks in part to their expertise in using Dragon Magic for camouflage.
The Nightmare Boundary was very vast, and so was this desert.
This was a place for the Dragons to live in, after all. For a human like Marvin, it really was too vast.
After looking around, besides sand dunes, there were no landmarks to use to find his location.
Thankfully, Professor had told him about all kinds of situations that might occur in the Nightmare Boundary so he wouldn’t lose his mind.
‘There are four areas which might conceal the Rainbow Spring or Crystal Statue…’
‘Excluding the Black Dragon’s swamps, there are only the deserts, mountains, forest, and hills left.’
‘There should be an ancient well in the desert.’
‘It was said to be very conspicuous. A well for the Dragons… Wouldn’t that be a large hole for humans?’ Marvin thought.
Marvin took out a Shapechange scroll.
This was given to him by Professor when he chose to join the expedition.
It was quite useful.
[Fixed Shapechange Scroll (Draconic)]
[Effect: Can turn the target into a hawk]
[Duration: 60 minutes]
[Effect can be dismissed by using the incantation]
…
After using this Shapechange scroll, Marvin turned into a hawk and began to soar in the desert.
Dragon Magic was too powerful. Even if a Legend Wizard was proficient in making scrolls, his Fixed Shapechange Scrolls would last 30 minutes at most. Professor’s scroll was twice as effective.
The feeling of soaring in the sky felt wonderful. This made Marvin want to get a similar Shapechange.
After swallowing the Dense Blood Nucleus, he obtained the Vampires’ Low Flight ability, but it couldn’t allow him to fly high in the sky.
He also lacked a flying mount, or else he would have had no troubles on his travels.
But Shapechange wasn’t that easy to learn.
Among the advanced Ranger classes, there were actually some that could learn Shapechange, but they were mostly used for small lifeforms.
Shapechanging into a crow, otter, squirrel, or another similar creature was already very difficult.
They weren’t specialized Druid classes after all.
For Marvin, who already chose Night Walker as his advanced class and became a Ruler of the Night, there was only one way to learn Shapechange.
That was… A Nature Leaf, one of the leaves on the branch of the World Tree in Feinan.
When Marvin learnt [Basilisk Shapeshift] and [Vine Metamorphosis], it was through the Nature Leaves.
And most of the Nature Leaves were in the hands of the Migratory Bird Council.
After all, they were guarding Feinan’s World Tree, and the young Druids also needed Nature Leaves to learn Shapechange or to increase the level of their Shapechange.
‘Seems like this trip to the Supreme Jungle won’t only be to deal Endless Ocean’s matter. I’ll also need to get some Shapechange spells.’
A thief does not leave empty-handed. Although Marvin wasn’t a Thief, he still had his gamer attitude. He hadn’t reached the Supreme Jungle, but had already started plotting against it. Who knew how those Druids would react if they knew what he was thinking?
…
Flying in the desert was quite dull.
Besides flapping his wings from time to time, Marvin had basically nothing to do.
After using Shapechange, his attributes substantially changed. He more or less had a common hawk’s attributes.
Only his Stamina became endless due to the support of the Scroll’s magic.
In other words, before the Shapechange’s effects disappeared, he would be able to keep flying.
At the same time, he obtained a special passive, [Hawk Eye].
[Hawk Eye: You are able to clearly see any small details]
This passive allowed Marvin to not miss any part of the desert that might have an ancient well.
He didn’t even need to actively observe. He could see everything through Hawk Eye and it kept sending back information to Marvin’s mind.
This long and boring flight lasted no less than twenty minutes.
Some mountains could faintly be seen in the distance.
Marvin knew that he might have already flown out of the desert area.
‘Is that the wrong direction?’ Marvin thought.
He had to decide whether he should turn around or just enter the mountain range to try his luck there instead.
The mountainous area was the Black Dragons’ domain. This was one of the places that might hide the Rainbow Spring.
But finding a spring in this mountainous area would be very annoying. Marvin hesitated for a moment when he suddenly heard a thunderous sound, one that he was very familiar with!
‘It’s the sound of a Dragon flying at high speed!’
Marvin understood and immediately changed his bearing and started to descend before landing on a mountain peak.
In the distance, a shadow was quickly rushing forward!
‘It’s a small world…’
Marvin sneered.
Black Dragon Ikarina.
She was on her own.
If he didn’t act in such a situation, it wouldn’t be Marvin’s style!
The Hawk stared blankly at the Black Dragon flying past the boundary between the two areas, seemingly going toward the desert.
‘Does she know the location of the ancient well?’
Marvin immediately followed.
A hawk naturally couldn’t keep up with a Dragon’s flying speed, but Marvin was still able to track her as the Black Dragon didn’t hide her aura. Marvin followed her back into the depths of the desert.
…
After 15 minutes, Marvin caught up to Ikarina.
Sure enough, following the Black Dragon was a good idea, because there was a strange area ahead of them.
The Black Dragon was flapping her wings frantically, sending a great amount of sand flying everywhere.
That area gradually exposed its previously hidden appearance.
It was a huge hole!
From the Dragons’ point of view, this might be considered a well.
It was said that this well had never run dry and was the drinking water of the Blue Wyrmlings.
The water in the well contained enlightening wisdom and could let the Wyrmlings learn quickly.
But the huge hole had been buried in sand. A layer of light spilled on top of it, and it was now pitch-black with no sand covering it.
Marvin could faintly feel a heavy power coming from that hole.
‘Is it really in this well?’
Marvin looked at the huge hole as if it was a monster with bloody teeth. It gave him a bad feeling and made him want to shrink back.
But he suddenly felt danger, a powerful strength locking onto him.
He unhesitantly flapped his wings and left his spot.
A flaming hot Dragon Breath brushed past Marvin!
He hadn’t noticed the Black Dragon looking at him!
“I flew from the south to the north and didn’t notice any hawks in the Nightmare Boundary.”
“Modana, there is no point in playing useless tricks on me,” Ikarina sneered while looking at Marvin. “If you’re thinking about fighting over the Crystal Statue with me, then you should reconsider your strength.”
Modana?
Marvin froze. Ikarina actually thought he was a Green Dragon?
What was going on?
However, even if Ikarina discovered him, Marvin wasn’t afraid.
She was just an Ancient Black Dragon. How could Marvin be worried about her?
He had already killed a handful of Black Dragons!
The next second, Marvin inwardly chanted the inc
antation and turned back to his normal form.
Ikarina clearly became startled.
Marvin fell on the sand and without saying anything, rushed straight for the well!
The Black Dragon similarly didn’t say anything and pounced down.
Marvin sneered in his mind, ‘I’m not afraid of you rushing down, I’m afraid you would run away!’
Reacting to the Black Dragon’s aura behind him, Marvin suddenly turned!
[Eternal Night]!
With his Shadow Domain bonuses, the surroundings suddenly turned dark!
The Black Dragon had a bad feeling, but her momentum was too strong, she couldn’t escape.
Night Boundary!
Marvin instantly appeared on the Black Dragon’s head.
“In fact, for the sake of Izaka, I should keep you alive.”
“After all, there are only the two of you left in Feinan. Killing you would be rather unreasonable. However…”
“Those who scheme against me are already dead!”
Weeping Sky abruptly appeared and Marvin ruthlessly stabbed it down!
The Black Dragon’s neck suddenly rose. In this life and death situation, she stimulated her most frightening potential.
The Black Dragon spread her wings to the extreme, and all the scales contracted!
The next moment, her body unexpectedly did a 180° flip!
The Dragon’s body was frantically falling.
Such an unforeseen event actually made Marvin’s attack miss.
Weeping Sky had been stabbing toward her head, but it only managed to take out some scales!
Marvin forcibly regained his balance.
The Black Dragon suddenly twisted her neck and threw out a Dragon Breath in desperation!
A last-minute Dragon Breath naturally wasn’t as powerful as a prepared one.
But even a powerful Legend Barbarian would turn to ashes when facing it!
Marvin didn’t dare to take it head-on.
Although he couldn’t fly, relying on Eternal Night and Night Boundary, he could freely appear anywhere in the surroundings.
He dodged.
The desperate Dragon Breath went past Marvin’s original location and hit her own body since Marvin was way too close to her. The resplendent scales emitted a burnt smell!
But in any case, Ikarina managed to escape.
Her mind was filled with fear!
If she hadn’t dodged Marvin’s spear, she might have already died!
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