Perhaps, deep within his bones, his adventurous nature emerged once more.
…
The entrance to Eisengel was hidden deep within the paddy field. Each member of the camp knew the password.
After removing a scarecrow, a weasel would jump out.
This weasel would ask a certain question, and only if it heard the correct answer would it open the door to Eisengel.
That’s right, Eisengel was hidden underground, surrounded by severe spells. This was also why the other forces couldn’t inflict a deep blow to the weakened Humans.
Each time Eisengel changed the password, only the true members of Eisengel would learn about it.
It was said that a spy had once appeared in Eisengel which caused a huge uproar in the camp. It was almost invaded by the Abyss’ Demons. Thus, Eisengel was very strict regarding outsiders.
Marvin entered Eisengel under the lead of Ronan and Red Witch.
After walking down the long tunnel for about ten minutes, Marvin was taken to a place similar to an interrogation room.
There, an old man wearing fancy glasses asked Marvin many questions for about half an hour.
And the whole time, there was a Wizard who was an expert at Divination in charge of testing whether Marvin was lying.
Naturally, Marvin couldn’t give an answer to some questions. After all, everyone had their own secrets. Overall, Eisengel did great in this area.
After guaranteeing that Marvin wouldn’t pose a threat to the camp and was truly standing on the side of mankind, they gave him a small medal.
This medal had Marvin’s name on it and symbolized that Marvin was a new member of Eisengel.
After leaving the dark interrogation room, Marvin was taken to another cave.
There, a disabled person specialized in explaining the rules to newcomers quickly told Marvin the rules once.
Twenty minutes later, Marvin was finally able to walk freely in the underground Eisengel.
…
Eisengel was definitely not the biggest city Marvin had ever seen, but it was certainly the safest.
Regardless of where he went, he could feel the rich arcane energy.
A large number of spell arrays were constantly activated, with Wizards’ Eyes watching all corners.
Maybe it was because the founder was a Legend Wizard, but Eisengel had quite a few Wizards.
Wizards of the Crimson Wasteland mostly came from Secondary Planes. They came here for their own various reasons, and some who weren’t already Legends broke through, ultimately reaching the Legend Realm.
These people might have more willpower and creativity than Feinan’s powerhouses.
Marvin strolled around casually and got a concrete understanding of Eisengel.
The underground city wasn’t big, which could be inferred from the fact that it was described as a “camp”.
This was basically a smaller version of a town. Although the Crimson Wasteland gathered Legends from all corners of the Universe, Legends were few in number and Eisengel wasn’t the only gathering location of Humans.
From what that disabled person said, this place only had about 300-350 people living here all year long.
But one shouldn’t look down on these numbers. Everyone there was a Legend powerhouse. There was hardly anyone without considerable fighting power.
Like the old man who explained the rules to Marvin, for example. He had once been quite formidable, but due to some special reasons, he retired and now worked in the camp’s daily defense.
Everyone still needed to fight.
…
Eisengel could be further divided into five areas:
[Commercial District]: An area located in the northeastern part of the underground city. It encouraged free trade and had no taxes. Most would conduct their transactions by bartering. Although Blood Essence Stones could be used to purchase some things, it was hard to get the good stuff.
[Resting District]: Some residential areas in the southern part of the underground city. The district was enough for most of the people to take a rest, but the conditions weren’t that great.
[Announcement and Accounting District]: The area where the camp released patrolling missions and other assignments. It was also the place to claim the rewards for completing the missions.
[Warehouse]: Eisengel’s warehouse was hidden, and only the camp’s higher-ups could access it.
[Eisengel Square]: A vast area with entertainment facilities as well as restaurants.
Besides those five areas, the others weren’t worth being mentioned.
Marvin noticed that every passerby was on high alert.
Although Eisengel was said to be absolutely safe, it seemed that most people didn’t actually think so.
Marvin’s top priority was to find his own location in the Crimson Wasteland.
He had a map in hand which would be used to find the Half-God Minsk.
But that map was damaged. It only had a few landmarks left on it, which wouldn’t be enough.
This meant that he needed to acquire a map of the Crimson Wasteland.
Fortunately, there was a similar kind of map available in Eisengel.
Unfortunately, it wasn’t free.
Chapter 493: Demon Wizard
Chapter 493: Demon Wizard
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
The cold wind passing through the vast paddy field felt extremely terrifying.
The sky was quite dark, and if one was to look down at the dark soil, they would be able to see a frightening crimson color.
This was the Crimson Wasteland.
Marvin was quickly leaving the edge of the paddy field, alone.
He now had a simple map in his mind. The map included the topography of Eisengel and the area to the northeast.
In Eisengel, no one could get anything without paying the price. If Marvin wanted a complete map as a newcomer, he naturally wouldn’t be able to.
He had to complete a mission.
He thought for a bit and decided that in order to save time, he would undertake a mission that was rather difficult.
The reason this particular mission was rated at a high degree of difficulty was because it had been hanging on the announcement board for two weeks, but after all that time, no one completed it.
Moreover, few people were interested in this assignment even though the reward reached 30 Blood Essence Stones.
After Marvin discussed with the manager in charge of the missions, he managed to negotiate a standard Eisengel beginner toolbag as a bonus.
Usually, the newcomers would have some advantages when completing their first tasks, to help them along.
Marvin only needed to complete a beginner patrol mission in order to get a complete beginner toolbag.
The toolbag consisted of three different things: A set of two maps, which consisted of a Crimson Wasteland map and a map of Eisengel’s surroundings. An instant teleportation scroll that could send the user back to Eisengel if they were within a radius of one kilometer. And lastly, a small cloak that was said to be able to hide the user’s aura.
As for the newcomers’ patrols, they were relatively simple. They only had to patrol within Eisengel, but the time was quite long, as the typical stint was two weeks.
Marvin was prepared to stay at most twelve weeks in the Crimson Wasteland, so why would he waste two weeks on a patrol mission?
Thus, he chose the fastest way.
Even if that mission was truly a bit problematic.
…
The northern part of Eisengel’s paddy field was a rough, mountainous area.
The rugged area was covered in a great number of spatial cracks and void whirlpools. If someone flew over the mountainous area, they would likely fall into a spatial crack or a void whirlpool and end up in some random corner of the Universe.
Thus, the Crimson Wasteland’s people established a path.
This path was called the [Withered Leaf Promenade].
But recently, some monsters appeared there.
These monsters were native to the Crimson Wasteland.
The people here were familiar with the indigenous monsters. They included shriveled zombies, blood puppets, trolls, and other such creatures.
But this time, some Abominations and Trappers appeared within that group of monsters.
A patrol first discovered this abnormality and recorded it down before reporting back to the camp.
Then, a mission was posted, calling for an in-depth investigation.
The camp sent two of the most powerful scouts to investigate the matter of the Abominations and Trappers behind this.
The answer was soon obtained.
A third of the way down the Withered Leaf Promenade, there was a small canyon.
The canyon was originally empty, but now, there was an altar set up in the canyon.
The altar’s owner was known as Balkh. This wasn’t a given name, but rather a family name.
If Marvin wasn’t wrong, the [Tyran Lord], who had the family name Balkh, was one of the most powerful lords of the Abyss.
As for the owner of the altar, Balkh, even if he wasn’t his son, he was still related to the Tyran Lord.
Otherwise, he wouldn’t dare to use Balkh as his own family name.
The scouts investigated and understand that the Abominations and Trappers wandering along the Withered Leaf Promenade were all summoned by that Balkh from the altar.
He was apparently experimenting with some mysterious magic.
As a Demon Lord, Balkh had extreme magic power. He was a caster from the Abyss and he was much more powerful than common Legend Wizards.
It was well known that because of their constitutions, when Demons studied magic, it would be much simpler than for other lifeforms.
Because Chaos Magic Power originated from the Abyss, Demons and Magic Power were interrelated.
Both were in line with the law of [Chaos and Madness].
But due to the Demons generally having low intelligence, they were mostly used to causing destruction and using power to solve their issues.
This led to most Demons relying on their innate skills to cast some spells.
Genuine Demon Wizards were rare.
And Balkh was one of them.
…
‘The camp once sent two peak Assassins to eliminate Balkh, and I heard that one of them was a Level 4 Legend Ace Assassin…’
‘But they failed. This shows that Balkh was on guard. That’s quite normal, since even a Demon Wizard wouldn’t dare to relax on the Crimson Wasteland.’
‘The intel also said that Balkh raised a Magic Dragon. This Magic Dragon remained invisible while protecting him, and could absorb his injuries.’
‘The two previous Assassins failed because of the obstruction of Balkh’s Magic Dragon. And once the Assassins’ first attack was blocked by the Wizard, he was able to rain down countless instant spells as a counterattack.’
Marvin continued moving along while calmly thinking of possible countermeasures.
Demon Wizard Balkh wasn’t an easy target. Marvin was clear about this point from the moment he took over the mission.
But the bold and skilled Marvin wanted to try it.
This time, he chose a different method than the other Assassins.
The others chose to quietly hide and ignore all the monsters, going in a beeline toward Balkh.
But Marvin chose to kill his way over!
He didn’t want let those monsters on the Withered Leaf Promenade go.
A wobbly shadow appeared in front of him.
It was covered in a black fog, with shattered cuffs around its legs and wrists.
The cuffs were imbued with powerful magic. Who knows how it could have destroyed them?
It was an Abomination.
One of the things Balkh summoned.
Marvin took a deep breath before silently entering Stealth.
With deft steps, he quickly moved around it, without the Abomination noticing Marvin’s existence.
Marvin then glanced at a line on his interface and instantly used a skill.
“Woosh!”
A cold light flashed from his daggers, as the sneak attack was quietly launched…
Chapter 494: Dream Guardian
Chapter 494: Dream Guardian
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
An Abominations wasn’t really a lifeform of the Abyss, but rather an Astral monster.
The appearance of Abominations was quite similar to that of Humans, but their bodies were quite hideous because they had gone through some kind of mystical radiation.
This left their bodies as strong as diamond, and the cuffs on their limbs were the tools used by Balkh to control them.
Killing Abominations would definitely alert Balkh that someone was intruding into his territory.
Few people would do this because it would make their enemies more vigilant.
But Marvin decided to do the very opposite.
The two Assassins failing their task showed that Balkh had a lot of experience dealing with assassinations.
Although Ruler of the Night was a Legend rogue class, it didn’t have the specialized assassination abilities of Ace Assassins. Marvin’s power lay in melee battles. Whether it was a duel or a group battle, Ruler of the Night’s characteristics would give him a huge helping hand.
Since ordinary assassination methods didn’t work on Balkh, Marvin thought he might as well force him out into a direct confrontation to kill him.
He instinctively didn’t want to approach the Demonic Altar.
Who knew whether the altar was linked to the Abyss Plane… Carelessly getting dragged into the Abyss would be too laughable.
This time, Ding and Jessica weren’t there to bring him back.
…
Azure Leaf flashed and before the Abomination could let out a sound, its head fell to the ground!
But Marvin didn’t relax.
He didn’t receive any experience, which meant that the Abomination wasn’t dead!
Sure enough, the headless Abomination suddenly turned around, its cuffed hands striking toward Marvin!
Marvin frowned and used Shadow Step to move out of the path of his opponent’s attack. Shortly after, he ruthlessly slashed down with the dagger in his left hand, cutting off the Abomination’s arm!
The Great Elven King’s daggers were definitely a huge boost to Marvin’s fighting strength.
If it had been another person from the Camp, that person might have needed several slashes to sever the Abomination’s arm.
But the bonuses of his daggers had triggered when striking the Legendary Monster.
These bonuses made fighting more fast and convenient for Marvin.
He casually approached and the Abomination’s powerful defense buckled under his attacks. Before long, it was cut into pieces by Marvin.
Although the process wasn’t quite what he had expected, he still killed an Abomination, as planned.
The Abomination gave a great amount of experience to Marvin, but he wasn’t concerned about that.
He checked his [Night Kill] passive.
Under that was a secondary ability called [Spirit Orb].
Spirit Orb was a very powerful special ability that had already been activated by Marvin in Saruha. Before now, he hadn’t been able to figure out how to use it.
But he accidentally found out recently that Spirit Orb wasn’t a passive skill.
If he wanted to absorb the soul of the dead, he would have to activate the Spirit Orb ability. During the process, Marvin’s stamina would be spent twice as fast.
Marvin just used that skill before killing the Abomination.
Afterwards, the data shown for Spirit Orb changed to [6/200].
It was 0 just before.
If he accumulated 200, Marvin would be able to get a single-use soul ability.
Marvin didn’t know about the specific skill, but since he knew about the ability’s usefulness, he wouldn’t mind stocking up on soul points, just in case he needed it.
Fortunately for him, there were many monsters on the Withered Leaf Promenade. These monsters were all Legend Monsters and the quality of their souls shouldn’t be too bad. He might even be able to fill up the Spirit Orb before meeting Balkh.
He was looking forward to what kind of ability he would learn from the Spirit Orb.
In Feinan, soul-related abilities weren’t weak.
After getting rid of the Abomination, Marvin kept going forward.
There were many monsters wandering on the Withered Leaf Promenade. Besides Abominations, Trappers and Trolls were also troublesome enemies.
These two lifeforms had powerful concealment abilities, especially the wicked Trappers. If not for Marvin carrying dozens of Sun Spheres, he might also have had a huge headache.
But regardless, just with his overpowering strength, Marvin kept speeding through the Withered Leaf Promenade while clearing it of monsters.
…
On the other side of the Crimson Wasteland.
A rainbow appeared through the space and stably landed on the desolate ground.
Three shadows appeared above the rainbow, walking down from it before landing on the Crimson Wasteland.
“Crimson Wasteland… It’s been many years…” A male voice could be heard sighing among them.
Another man expressionlessly turned around and asked, “Is it necessary? Chasing a brat that just became a Legend?”
A delicate woman was behind them. If Marvin had been there, he would have recognized her.
Surprisingly, this was the Dream God’s Divine Servant, Ambella.
Ambella solemnly insisted, “He is a threat.”
“Swift, don’t think that you are unequalled after defeating Kedra. Before God assigns you as the 2nd Divine Servant, you still need to listen to my orders.”
Swift snorted, dissatisfaction apparent in his eyes.
“To me, the real threat is in Feinan!”
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