Night Ranger - Full Series - 735 Chapters

by Dark Blue Coconut Milk

  After all, both Daniela and Wayne had left, and he himself wasn’t in his territory either. A Sanctuary without a Powerhouse was very easily targeted.

  As for the Thousand Paper Crane given to him by Shadow Thief Owl, it was only to used for an emergency. As long as he had any other way, Marvin would choose that instead.

  …

  “Here are 20 Blood Essence Stones, I need to send a message and get the reply back.”

  Marvin directly handed the Blood Essence Stones to the old man, who quietly passed him back a sheet of yellow paper and a pen while nodding in agreement.

  Marvin took the pen and started writing without any hesitation.

  He wanted to ask about the current situation in White River Valley and Feinan. As for himself, he only said a few sentences. After all, he had already informed White River Valley about his situation before leaving for the Crimson Wasteland.

  “Write down the plane’s specific coordinates at the end of the letter,” the old man reminded him, “or else, how can my swans find the way?”

  Hearing this, Marvin frowned. “I don’t know the exact coordinates of my plane.”

  He had some coordinates for White River Valley from within Feinan, but as for the plane itself… He wasn’t wasn’t a caster who had learnt planar knowledge, so he was unable to correctly write the plane’s coordinates.

  The old man casually asked, “Where do you come from?”

  “Feinan.”

  The old man’s body suddenly shook.

  He looked at Marvin as if he had seen a wonder. He recovered after a moment and laughed heartily before musing, “I didn’t expect to still be able to meet someone from the Prime Material Plane after so many years.”

  “This Universe… Hehe.”

  …

  Marvin was somewhat curious about what he meant, but the old man didn’t give Marvin the opportunity to ask as he grabbed the pen and paper and drew out some very complex coordinates at the end of the letter.

  His movements were very fast and the letter flew out with a “woosh”. A Black Swan suddenly flew out of the lake and swallowed the letter before flying toward the endless void.

  “Five minutes,” the old man said. “You can go out in the meantime and I’ll receive the next guest.”

  Marvin shook his head. “I still need your help with something,” he said, before bringing out the treasures he got from Balkh.

  His intuition told him that this mysterious old man wasn’t the greedy kind of person.

  He was supporting the forces of Black Swan Hill by himself. There must be an interesting story behind it.

  It was a pity that Marvin didn’t have time to look into it, as he had to quickly find Minsk. The earlier he found Minsk, the more time he would have to plan out the rest of his time in the Crimson Wasteland.

  This place not only had countless dangers, but also had countless opportunities.

  Such as how the Cold Light’s Grasp daggers were about to appear in Holy Light City. This was the kind of opportunity that would be very difficult to get in Feinan.

  There were truly too many Gods, Demon, Devils and other lifeforms that had met their ends in the Crimson Wasteland.

  …

  “My appraisal fees are very high,” the old man warned as he looked at the three items Marvin took out.

  Marvin shrugged, hinting for him to name his price.

  “Greyhawk Staff.”

  The old man pointed at the green staff, and suddenly, a great amount of Nature Power surged out of the staff like a fountain. It faintly looked like a fairy dancing with transparent wings.

  “30 Blood Essence Stones.”

  Marvin’s eyes twitched.

  Appraisal was so expensive?

  He had inquired about the value of Blood Essence Stones. Thirty would be enough to buy a pretty good weapon. Although it wouldn’t be enough for a Legend Weapon, it would definitely be a Magic Weapon.

  But appraising that Greyhawk Staff was actually worth the price of a Magic Weapon?

  However, Marvin wouldn’t be stingy at this time. With a wave of his hand, he signalled for the old man to go ahead and appraise it.

  The old man’s finger quickly swung to the staff.

  Some faint runes jumped out of his finger and felt like an illusion to Marvin. It was as if that man was related to of the Greyhawk Staff somehow.

  His finished appraising the staff very quickly, and it didn’t take long before the Greyhawk Staff’s attributes appeared in front of Marvin.

  Marvin looked dazed as he went ahead and had the old man complete the appraisal of the last two items.

  After a few minutes, the Black Swan returned and a letter was thrown into Marvin’s hand. The old man also finished the three appraisal booklets.

  Each booklet had a detailed description. This was the ability of a Grandmaster Appraiser. He could uncover all of the properties of an item to the fullest.

  After obtaining the three appraisal booklet and the letter from Feinan, Marvin’s wallet had been half-emptied.

  And he was now even more curious about the mysterious old man’s origins and identity.

  Because these three items were from three totally different fields of knowledge.

  In fact, Marvin should have needed to find three different Grandmaster Appraisers to appraise those three items for him, but the mysterious old man was able to do it alone.

  This kind of knowledge was truly too frightening.

  Marvin looked at the old man’s peaceful face and suddenly thought of something and asked with curiosity:

  “Do you know [Minsk]?”

  The old man’s eyebrow rose as he apparently thought about something, but in the end he demurred.

  “I don’t know. The planar communication and appraisal services have been completed. Do you need anything else?” he softly asked.

  Marvin frowned.

  The old man’s reaction was pretty normal, but Marvin felt something wrong.

  The other side’s expression must have been covered by his disguise. Marvin’s Earth Perception was also greatly limited here.

  He had no choice but leave the small house after saying thanks.

  …

  The letter coming from Feinan was written by Anna.

  It was concise, and described the current situation in the Sanctuary.

  Marvin was pleased to find out that the Sanctuary was currently thriving.

  Anna was an outstanding supervisor, and with her supporting him from behind, Marvin felt at peace.

  The Monsters around the Sanctuary were kept under control and White River Valley’s strength was also continuously increasing. It was due to the Black Dragon Izaka and the Mechanical Titan guarding the territory. Nothing seemed to have come to trouble White River Valley recently.

  The Gods were still stuck attacking the Universe Magic Pool, and although more Chaos Magic Power was pouring into Feinan, it didn’t affect the people in the Sanctuary.

  As for the other areas, Anna said that it was like before, Constantine and O’Brien were still in the North, while Endless Ocean was still in the Green Sea Paradise. The current Feinan was like the calm before the storm.

  As for Wayne, after he went into the wilderness that day, he didn’t return.

  Although Marvin was worried about him, he also knew that his younger brother wasn’t a very extraordinary. Since he had reacted to the power within the wilderness, he definitely was fated.

  The only thing he could do was to practice in the Crimson Wasteland, find Minsk, and quickly increase his strength.

  And after reading through those three booklets, Marvin felt that the Blood Essence Stones he had spent were worth it.

  Two of the three items were Legendary Items!

  [Greyhawk Staff (Nature)]

  [Quality: Legendary]

  [Property: Nature Magic proficiency]

  This looked like an unremarkable effect, but those who knew about it would be startled!

  This was an effect that
could transform an ordinary person into a Nature Wizard.

  Nature Magic proficiency meant that all Nature Spells under Legend level could be used.

  How much one could use it was related to the user’s constitution.

  Even without Magic Power, the user could utilize other items like scrolls, magic powder and other things to refill it and to activate the staff’s spells.

  In other words, even if Marvin didn’t have any Nature Spells himself, he could become a Wizard proficient in Nature Spells as long as he held the staff.

  …

  The next item was called Time Funnel. It was also a Legend Item!

  [Time Funnel (Mysterious)]

  [Quality: Legend]

  [Property: Area Time Freeze for 1 second, or single target Time Freeze for 3 seconds.]

  [Remaining uses: 2]

  Chapter 506: Magic Eye

  Chapter 506: Magic Eye

  Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation

  Anyone that was battle-oriented would be able to tell that this would be amazingly useful in battle just by looking at the properties!

  Because any ability that could stop time would be equivalent to a Legend Spell!

  It shouldn’t be underestimated because of its short duration. A one second area freeze or three second single-target freeze was a lot for those that were extremely powerful.

  When Inheim, Hathaway, and Owl worked together against the Shadow Prince, they had relied on the spell Space-Time Bind to give Owl the opportunity to steal Time Molt.

  The only regretful thing was that Time Funnel had clearly been used quite a few times already and there were only two uses left.

  Marvin rejoiced when he saw that item. Fortunately, Balkh didn’t use it against him in the battle.

  Perhaps he didn’t know what it was… or maybe he didn’t have the chance to use it.

  The only chance Marvin had given him was the moment he had been restrained by the Corrupt. Unfortunately for Balkh, he had been greedy and wanted to get Marvin as his subordinate.

  If he had been more decisive, although Marvin might not have necessarily died, he would definitely have paid a huge price.

  For example, he may have been forced to use the Magic Addict Shape. The Magic Addict Shape was very powerful, but Marvin would only use it as a last resort.

  Compared to the Greyhawk Staff, which could turn him into a Nature Wizard any time he wanted, Marvin was more pleased with the unexpected Time Funnel.

  When facing powerful enemies, it could make the critical difference in a deadly battle.

  And the third item was something that Marvin currently couldn’t use at all.

  …

  [Magic Eye (Oddity)]

  [Description: Anzed Witch’s belonging]

  [Property 1: Daily Witchcraft usage +5]

  [Property 2: Able to use a Middle Ranked Witchcraft daily as well as three Lesser Witchcrafts]

  [Property 3: When using (Witchcraft – Search), the user may gain some unexpected harvest]

  Three effects, and every single one of them was very good.

  The unfortunate thing was that this wasn’t a common item, but rather, one with harsh usage conditions.

  Most Oddities were very special. They were very special or even unique, and could be comparable to Artifacts in this respect.

  After all, Legendary Items could be imitated, but Artifacts and Oddities were each one of a kind.

  Marvin actually had the Anzed Bloodline. After all, this was the first group of Humans to reach Feinan, but it was also the first clan to be exterminated. The Anzed people believed in Witchcraft and Witches. Witchcraft was a system of its own and was unrelated to the Universe Magic Pool. It was rumored by some that they were related to an Archdevil, while others said that they had good relations with Demon Lords. Who knew where the power of these Witches came from?

  What Marvin was sure of was that the Anzed Witches were a very mysterious clan, and their unique [Witchcraft] system was quite powerful. A particularly extraordinary Witch had once been a Plane Guardian, and although they had declined overall, it seemed that they had been trying to preserve their strength.

  Among the players of Feinan Continent, a few had become Anzed Witches, but those people never leaked how they had advanced. They were quite powerful.

  Marvin wasn’t unfamiliar with the Anzed Witches in this life.

  Hathaway’s curse actually came from an ancient inheritance, which was something Marvin hadn’t expected. But when he got the Witch Queen’s Tear, he understood everything.

  The tear not only gave him bonus willpower, but also granted him the ability to use the Witchcraft [Flight], as soon as he gathered the mediums needed and prepared it. However, he hadn’t reached the level of being able to use an item on the level of [Magic Eye].

  In short, he temporarily had no use for this Oddity, but it would be good to keep it and perhaps gift it to Hathaway.

  …

  Having completed his appraisal, Marvin had no more reason to stay in Black Swan Hill.

  Marvin felt something wrong about the old man’s reaction concerning Minsk, but he couldn’t just hang around here. Although Black Swan Hill was inhabited by many more ordinary people, it wasn’t large and it didn’t take long for him to explore the whole area. He asked around and didn’t get any information about Minsk, so he went on his way.

  This time, he had to go through two snowy mountains to reach Holy Light City, which was said to have spring all year round.

  In fact, the Crimson Wasteland’s climate really had no set patterns. It was strange and irregular.

  Black Swan Hill was a typical temperate mountain range, while Holy Light City was a warm city built upon grasslands, but there were snowy mountains surrounding one side.

  If not for these mountains having gaps to facilitate people’s travels, Holy Light City might not have been able to develop to this stage and become the core power of mankind in the Southern Wasteland.

  According to the description on the map, from Black Swan Hill, he needed to keep progressing along the Lost Path before reaching the foot of the snowy mountain and finding [Torch Valley]. After smoothly continuing through this fairly calm road, he would be able to see Holy Light City.

  But Marvin also got additional information on Black Swan Hill.

  He didn’t know whether it was related to the appearance of the Cold Light’s Grasp daggers, but the mountain seemed to have become quite dangerous.

  Many travelers left the Lost Path and were unable to find the entrance to Torch Valley because it was buried behind crazy snowstorms.

  They could only climb the snow mountain instead, thus increasing the danger.

  There were many hidden dangers in the snow, all kinds of Legend lifeforms: Snow Woman, Immortal Snow Soul, Undead Dragons and others. Many of them were too powerful even for common Legend powerhouses to face.

  Someone guessed that the snow storms were man-made. The cause might be a powerful Wizard manipulating the weather because he didn’t want more people to come to fight for the [Cold Light’s Grasp]s.

  Many people recently tried to go from Black Swan Hill to Holy Light City, but were stopped by the snowstorms and had to return.

  It just so happened that a group of adventurers was setting off for Holy Light City when Marvin left. They apparently tried to climb the snow mountain three days before, but had unluckily met a half-awakened Immortal Snow Soul in an avalanche.

  An Immortal Snow Soul was a mass of Snow Souls, but its fighting strength far exceeded that of a regular Snow Soul, making it quite difficult to defeat one, even for a team of Legends, and they might die to it in a war of attrition. Thus, most people who met a slumbering Immortal Snow Soul would immediately retreat. It wasn’t a wise move to face one in the midst of a blizzard on a snowy mountain.

  Since they were going the same way anyways, the team invited Marvin to join them when he was gathering information. Marvin accepted their invitation and joined their ranks.


  Following some veterans was better than going alone.

  Chapter 507: Ice Worm

  Chapter 507: Ice Worm

  Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation

  Crimson Wasteland, Lost Path.

  A group of seven was marching along the rough mountain path.

  This area’s climate was quite lukewarm, but they could already see a few snowy mountains in the distance.

  The people in the team were already familiar with the Lost Path, so they wouldn’t go the wrong way.

  For an important road like the Withered Leaf Promenade, Human forces would always clear away monsters at fixed times, and thus there weren’t many monsters on the path. Those few monsters wouldn’t dare to provoke a group with six Legends in it.

  Among the seven people, there was a team of four that seemed to have come from the same place and had adventured together for a while.

  As for the other three, they consisted of Marvin, a Paladin, and a seemingly weak girl.

  The Paladin class was usually very sensitive in the Crimson Wasteland.

  Because a Paladin’s strength originated from their belief in a God, they mostly needed the support of their God’s Divine Spells, although they could also improve their strength to some extent through training. The Gods’ goals were something that numerous forces paid attention to in the Crimson Wasteland.

  Thus, before inviting this Paladin to join to the ranks, the four original members already investigated the Paladin’s background.

  They were shocked by what they found out about him after asking around.

  This was a follower of the God of Truth!

  It had to be known that after the God of Truth’s fall, most of his Priests, Clerics, and Paladins were unable to obtain any information about it. Even though the God of Truth left behind the [Eternal Scale] as his Divine Vessel before his fall and placed his Divine Fire in it, most people no longer followed the God of Truth.

  After all, the Gods were sure that the Ancient God of Truth had already truly died. What his followers now believed in was only a mechanical law, nothing more.

  Paladins that still believed in the God of Truth were very rare.

  What was even more shocking was that he still managed to become a Legend and come to the Crimson Wasteland.