When he didn’t wake up on the first day, although Anna and the others were surprised, they only looked for a doctor and Madeline to check.
No one could see anything wrong with Marvin.
He just seemed to be sleeping, and there was no other sign that anything was wrong. Thus, they could only wait and see for the time being.
But when he was still asleep the next day, Anna and the others became quite sure that something was indeed wrong.
Madeline’s soul was still connected to Marvin due to the book of Nalu.
She could sense some movement in Marvin’s state of mind and his soul. She noticed some very intense fluctuations, as if he was actively experiencing something.
This situation put her on guard. She began consulting relevant information, but nothing that she found was of any help.
Marvin was more or less the only mighty pillar supporting the current White River Valley.
Although Madeline was a Legend, she was among the weakest of Legends.
If not for the existence of the Sanctuary, White River Valley would have already been eaten up by another force.
After Constantine and O’Brien left, White River Valley was still lacking power.
As for Black Dragon Izaka, if he knew that Marvin had lost consciousness, it would already be a good outcome if he just decided not to cause any trouble. He had been forced to sign an unfair contract under the threat of the Dragon Slaying Spear. Without Marvin as a restriction, he was a huge unstable element.
Similarly, their other most powerful allies weren’t in White River Valley.
Ultimately, for lack of a better option, Anna and the others had to request external help.
Currently, White River Valley had some powerful allies. Thousand Leaves Forest, Rocky Mountain, and the Supreme Jungle were very formidable powers.
Although Thousand Leaves Forest was closest, Madeline felt that the Elves might not necessarily be able to help with Marvin’s issue.
Regarding this matter, she was leaning toward Rocky Mountain.
Fate Sorcerers had unimaginable knowledge and power. Perhaps they could find a way.
Thus, the following day, Jessica and Lorie arrived together.
Of course, accompanying them was the Fortune Fairy, Ding. She had been brought back to life by Marvin. Since Marvin had a problem this time, she naturally would come to help.
“There is clearly the aura of Divine Power… Can’t you tell?”
The Fortune Fairy sounded quite prideful as she addressed the higher-ups of White River Valley, while the latter all looked at each other in dismay.
Madeline, Anna, Lola, and the others all excelled at administrative matters, but they weren’t as experienced with battles. When it came to knowledge of matters related to the Gods, they were no different from commoners.
But when they heard that Marvin’s condition had something to do with the Gods, they felt their hearts being crushed.
Since the rise of White River Valley, Marvin had always set himself against the Gods to protect Feinan, so they had been afraid that something would happen to him because of it.
But Ding’s expression was still calm. She circled around Marvin, like an adorable pup sniffing someone, before suddenly saying, “It’s the aura of the Dream God…”
“Someone must have entered Marvin’s consciousness!”
Jessica coldly muttered, “The Dream God? Isn’t he still outside the Universe Magic Pool?”
“Maybe it’s a Divine Servant,” Ding suggested noncommittally, “but the Dream God probably personally helped. With the strength of White River Valley’s Sanctuary, it would be very difficult for a Divine Servant to enter.”
It was quite disconcerting to find out that a Divine Servant had managed to sneak into the Sanctuary and enter Marvin’s consciousness.
This meant that their defenses were far from enough.
But regardless of anything else, the most important matter now was to rescue Marvin from the dream.
Fortunately, this was something the Fate Sorceresses could do.
Ding revealed a strange smile as her gaze settled on Lorie.
…
Dream space.
Ambella was looking fearfully at Lance, who was still approaching at a leisurely pace.
She had planned to leave this space shortly after Marvin noticed her. In fact, if not for Lance’s appearance, she would have already successfully escaped!
But now, an indescribable power was blocking her magic and all her tricks!
She was frantically praying in her mind, using the power of her position as the 1st Divine Servant to ask for the help of the Dream God.
But it was all in vain.
A powerful force was blocking her prayers, and she simply wasn’t able to let the Dream God know what was happening to her in Marvin’s consciousness.
“Why, why…”
“Why are you doing this?”
Ambella looked at Lance with shock.
She had an ominous premonition.
Marvin was actually related to the Great Wizard God! This was a startling piece of information!
Everyone believed that the Wizard God had already died, or at least left Feinan indefinitely, and thus the three Great Gods dared to attack the Universe Magic Pool.
But for any God or Divine Servant, the name Lance was supreme.
Now that Lance himself actually appeared in front of her, her entire body was close to collapsing.
Maybe it was because of guilt. After all, the Dream God and the other Gods were attacking the Universe Magic Pool, which had been personally established by Lance.
Lance only looked at her with a bit of pity. “You didn’t do anything wrong. But sometimes, right and wrong don’t dictate your life and death.”
“Sorry.”
Then, Ambella disappeared.
Marvin watched the exchange while in a daze.
This version of Lance was definitely just a fragment of his memory.
But even so, he possessed such frightening power.
‘What is going on in the end?’
‘What did he do?’
“She is already dead. Even the Dream God won’t be able to know what happened.” Lance still had a peaceful expression as he reassured Marvin. “You also don’t have to worry too much. I’m just a piece of your memories, I’m unable to harm you.”
Marvin frowned as he asked, “If you are just a piece of my memory, why are you so powerful?”
Lance was a bit embarrassed as he said, “This is very difficult to explain… Let’s use an analogy. On Earth, would you be able to help an ant understand astrophysics?”
Marvin was speechless.
That comparison was simply humiliating. Lance’s meaning was quite simple: they were on completely different levels of existence.
Even if Lance explained it for him, Marvin wouldn’t be able to understand it…
This kind of truth was really hard to hear.
Fortunately, Marvin wasn’t someone who would remain stuck on something that he couldn’t do anything about. He quickly recovered and thought of the questions that had been on his mind.
“Was it you who made me leave Earth and transmigrate to Feinan?”
“The game, did it come about through your arrangements?”
“In the end, who are you? Is Feinan real?”
“And the last question…”
“Why me?”
He stared at Lance.
The latter opened his mouth and began to speak.
Chapter 562: Hero’s Heart
Chapter 562: Hero’s Heart
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
Facing Marvin’s questions, Lance thought for a while before slowly replying, “You have too many questions… Let me answer them one by one.”
“First, let me tell you that I’m merely a fragment of one of your memories. Even if I know many things, I am still not Lance himself. My body, my will, everything is tinged by your
perceptions of me. As for the real Lance, I cannot tell exactly what he is thinking.”
Lance’s words were very strange. Marvin felt that this wasn’t the sort of conversation any sane person would have.
A person chatting with his own memory… That was quite exaggerated.
But the memory clearly had its own sentience. Lance began to answer to Marvin’s questions.
“First question.”
“Your transmigration was definitely arranged by me, just like the game which was brought to Earth.”
“Don’t ask why so fast,” he quickly added before Marvin could cut in. Lance apparently noticed Marvin’s eagerness and smiled. “I’ll keep answering the rest of your questions first.”
“Feinan Continent is very real. It is a world I created, one very closely related to me, and it will live and die with me.”
“As for who I am? This question is very complicated. In short, I am Feinan’s God of Creation, and at the same time, I am also someone from Earth. But of course, not someone from your era.”
“And the last question. Why you? A good question to ask.”
Lance quickly explained, “I spread to Earth as a game in order to correct a mistake. A mistake that I cannot correct myself, because I created that mistake in the first place. Because of this, no matter what efforts I put in to ameliorate the situation, it was all in vain. I needed an external variable to change the course of what would happen in this world, and thus I thought of Earth.”
“This is very simple logic. Anyone who meets challenges they cannot overcome and end up with lots of time to ponder would think of their homeland, wouldn’t they?”
Marvin nodded.
After confirming that Lance was someone from Earth, he felt a bit weird.
In Feinan, everyone regarded him as the greatest God. Hearing the name, mortals would shake and Gods would kneel.
But that person actually originated from Earth?!
It had to be known that there was still no person or technology powerful enough to create an entire world!
Earth had already stepped into the Galactic Era, and it was also the Era of Superheroes.
But from what Marvin knew, even these A-level and S-level Superheroes were far from the Gods of Feinan, let alone Wizard God Lance.
However, he didn’t ask more about that. Most of all, he was thirsting to know why Lance chose him from among the innumerable players.
He’d had countless guesses before about whether his transmigration was related to Lance, but he now finally had the confirmation.
Only the question of “why” remained.
“Why me?!”
Marvin stared fixedly at Lance.
Lance was silent for a long time before slowly opening his mouth, “Because you are the one with the most ‘thirst’, aren’t you?”
Marvin opened his mouth, his lips quivering, but he didn’t let out any sound.
Lance wasn’t wrong; he had been thirsting for change.
He didn’t want to become a God Slayer, a Hero, or even an actual God in just a video game!
Regardless of how much pride, money, or attention it could bring him, in his heart, Marvin only considered the game as a way to support himself.
Ever since he was a child, he would always go all-out in everything he did.
His incredible memory and battle awareness were fully displayed in the game. This was why he was able to become one of the players that could create storms everywhere he went.
But his talents could have been used to do many more things!
He should have become a Hero!
Actually, he had succeeded in becoming one.
Before that disaster befell him, he and his best friend Xu Qing successfully passed the Heaven Shield examination, the test of the Federation’s highest administrative bureau, and became registered as Heroes under assessment.
He was the gifted among the gifted.
He had boundless future prospects.
But, misfortune soon struck.
During a disastrous mission, Marvin managed to cling to life by relying on his ingenuity and his thirst for survival, but he lost his Superhero abilities, and far more beyond that.
Only his brain was left undamaged. Even his spine was fractured!
Even in this era, the field of medicine was at a point where it was only able to guarantee Marvin’s survival, but not help him recover his past ability.
He could only watch as it all left him behind: his beloved girlfriend, his former partner, and the life he yearned for.
The only place where he could feel mighty and prideful was in the game. Whenever he left the game capsule, he could only look at the outstanding services done by Xu Qing, He Dongning, or the other Heaven Shield members in the news.
They became this era’s most sparkling stars.
And the youth who had once been above them could only clench his teeth. Occasionally, some newspapers would mention Marvin, the one who had been even more talented, and he couldn’t help but sigh.
He was unwilling.
He still had his pride.
He still had his thirst.
There was no one on Earth that thirsted for a chance to come back more than he did, a chance to return to his peak once again!
He had sworn to himself that if Heaven gave him a second chance, he would grab onto it tightly and never let go.
Heaven didn’t have that power. But the Wizard God did.
Thus, something unexpected happened and Marvin transmigrated.
He blended into Feinan in no time at all, forgot his previous suffering, and grabbed every opportunity to become stronger!
The people around him were always amazed as to how much effort Marvin was putting in. As an Overlord, he could just sit back and rest easy, but Marvin seemed to have an abnormal thirst to improve himself!
He would always run about, never stopping to rest. He didn’t even have time to get into romantic relationships like those main characters from novels, starting harems and whatnot.
The only one that could be considered as such was Hathaway, and that was because of the unique events they went through together.
But it was this abnormal dedication that allowed Marvin to keep on going up until now!
…
“It’s that simple,” Lance said with a smile. “Often, when your level of power is insufficient, you won’t be able to understand many things.”
“If you can reach my level, you’ll discover how easy it is to get someone from Earth into Feinan… Even though I’ve only done it once.”
“Why is it you? Because only you are qualified.”
“The nature of humans won’t change. Lazy people would still be lazy after rebirth. Narrow-minded people would also be limited by their own mental and social regulations after getting to another world. Ordinary people would just live their lives out. Transmigrators who know the future would make use of it for their own benefits, wouldn’t they? But I can assure you that most people, even if they obtained the same treatment as you, would fail.”
“Because you are the most suitable.”
“The strength of one’s heart has always been more powerful than the help of external forces.”
“You have a Hero’s heart. You can walk today with glorious success, relying not only on the information I gave you, but the strength of your heart.”
“There is no need to doubt. Regardless of which world we’re talking about, this is the most important part.” Lance’s voice was becoming weaker, but his tone was growing more resolute.
Chapter 563: Dark Specter
Chapter 563: Dark Specter
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
White River Valley, Lord’s bedroom.
The others had already retreated, leaving only Jessica and Lorie behind.
Although Anna was uneasy, Marvin had given her an explanation when he left before. The list of people they could trust included Rocky Mountain’s three sisters.
People who had the favor of the Plane Will should be very dependable. There was no need to doubt them.
It was also because of this that Fate Sorceresses would easily gain the support and trust of everyone. A Fate Sorceress in any era could gather up followers, let alone three of them together.
The problem was that being so powerful and dazzling would easily attract the jealousy of others.
But that wasn’t so important right now.
“Is it really the only way?”
Jessica had a very strange expression on her face as she looked at Lorie.
The latter didn’t seem very confident. When standing before the people of Hope City, she was one of the Three Sisters protecting them all, but in front of Jessica, she was just a little sister.
She thought long and hard before finally nodding. In a very weak voice, she murmured, “My Fate Power is still relatively low… so it seems that it is the only way.”
Jessica glanced at Ding. The Fortune Fairy immediately fled behind Lorie to hide.
Kate wasn’t here to protect her, and even if her master were here, nothing could stop Jessica from pinching and pulling her cheeks.
This Fate Sorceress known for her violence was practically the only person Ding was afraid of in this world.
Jessica mumbled for a bit.
Marvin was lying peacefully on the bed, though sometimes frowning as if he was in a great nightmare.
“If this was really caused by a subordinate of the Dream God, Marvin is currently in grave danger.”
“Forget it, special circumstances call for special measures. Control your power carefully. If the person from the Dream Shrine appears in front of me, I’ll definitely crush him!”
The next second, the formidable Fate Power burst out and saturated the entire bedroom.
As she saw Jessica making her preparations, Lorie started getting shy.
While Ding was enjoying the scene, she wriggled toward the bedside and hesitated a bit before softly kissing him.
…
In the dream.
Marvin and Lance’s discussion was going very smoothly. He received a rather satisfying answer as to why he was chosen.
It was a win-win choice for both of them, and even though Lance didn’t tell Marvin about it before acting, Marvin wouldn’t complain.
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