Night Ranger - Full Series - 735 Chapters
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Kate shook her head. “Big Sis and Marvin met some serious problem, they need you.”
Ding frowned. “What kind of trouble could a duo consisting of a Ruler of the Night and a Fate Sorceress meet? Surely a God couldn’t have descended yet. And you really need me. Without my help, how can you keep going?” She was clearly worried this time, and not just being sarcastic or difficult.
“I can still handle it for some time on my own,” Kate reassured softly. “Go look for Daisy. Big Sis would never call for help unless the situation was absolutely critical.”
The Fortune Fairy hesitated for a bit, but still agreed in the end.
Her shadow disappeared from the city wall.
The back of the girl standing by the Source of Fire seemed even more lonely now.
…
The wild beast’s roars were echoing through the darkness.
The Divine Fire was like a leech, clinging to Marvin’s aura and letting him get away.
He was out of options.
Things had reached the point where all he could do was to struggle desperately.
His body tore through many obstacles before finally reaching his destination.
A pair of eyes slowly opened, scarlet like huge bloody moons, closely inspecting the insignificant Human that had just approached.
Chapter 622: Life and Death Battle
Chapter 622: Life and Death Battle
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
The Crypt Monster!
With the thunderous rumbles caused by the flames and explosions, that slumbering monster finally awakened.
It had countless frightening pairs of eyes that could emit powerful and destructive rays.
Flames, acid, disintegration, ice… Rays of all attributes, so that it could adapt to any situation.
If this kind of monster appeared in a Human city, the city would definitely be destroyed.
Under normal circumstances, a large team of Legend Wizards would be needed to deal with such a frightening monster, and that was if they made proper preparations.
Although Marvin and Jessica were powerful, if they really fought the Crypt Monster head-on, it would have been quite difficult to prevail over such a foe.
If not for that Martyr’s appearance, Marvin would have spent some time to make ample preparations before fighting that slumbering monster.
But there wasn’t enough time now.
The Divine Fire was already burning.
He had been forced into a dead end. He could only desperately struggle.
‘Black Dragon God’s Martyr, those are flames from the 3rd Fate Tablet.’
‘As a descendant of an Ancient Evil God, the Crypt Monster has a natural hatred for flames like these… This is the only way.’
Marvin had thought up an idea after telling Jessica to leave.
He then hurriedly drew out some Divine Power from the advanced False Divine Vessel.
The Shadow Domain covered the entire space, completely shrouding the Crypt Monster, which was still half stuck in the ice.
Marvin instantly disappeared in the darkness.
…
“The Self-Immolation Fire already locked onto its target.”
“And now there’s the Crypt Monster on top of that.”
“This time, he will definitely die.”
In the sky, even though another battle was imminent, the Black Dragon God still checked on the situation below once more.
Only when he noticed that Marvin was facing a desperate situation did he focus back on the Astral Beast.
That Goddess called Emile was still standing at his side. She had drifted apart from most of the rest of the Gods over time. Most referred to her by her previous name: The Queen of Spiders.
The Black Dragon God and the Queen of Spiders were the Underdark’s main Gods. Most of the Underdark Races believed in one or the other, or perhaps even both. Before the Great Calamity, they had made great progress spreading their influence throughout the Underdark.
It was said that the two were originally competitive with each other, but they were now standing together harmoniously, while still maintaining the past facade when around other Gods.
But no one noticed their abnormal behavior at the moment.
After the Universe Magic Pool shattered, a frightening spatial distortion was created. The shattering of the pool caused the space around Feinan to weaken, and if any God approached that space before it stabilized, it might lead to the collapse of Feinan!
They wanted to set up a new order, not to destroy that world.
At the call of the Three Great Gods, they all urgently convened a Gods’ Assembly.
This time, the New Gods weren’t the only one in attendance. Most of the Ancient Gods were there too!
Because the gathering was not only about how Feinan would be handled now that the Universe Magic Pool had been destroyed. The first priority was the safety of the plane.
An Astral Beast had been roused by the shockwave from the collapse of the Universe Magic Pool, and it was now eyeing that fertile territory.
It viewed Feinan was a delicacy.
As the Prime Material Plane, Feinan’s importance was unquestionable. If Feinan was eaten by that Astral Beast, all the Secondary Planes would also face the risk of collapse.
They understood where their interests lay. That Astral Beast came from the Void, and it was most likely one of the hegemons of the Universe, able to move unhindered.
This was practically the most dangerous situations possible.
If they couldn’t find a way to hide the plane from that beast or drive it away, then the entire world might be swallowed by that Astral Beast.
Even Moon Goddess Faniya, who always refused to participate in these kinds of matters, was present. It could be seen how grave the circumstances were.
Among the Ancient Gods, only two didn’t appear.
The first was the recently resurrected Goddess of Truth.
There was no doubt about the resurrection of the Goddess of Truth because it had been sensed by all the powerhouses of the Universe, taking place in the Crimson Wasteland. But that Goddess’ level of strength was a mystery. Few of the current Gods had ever interacted with her, and in the eyes of the others, almost everything about her was an enigma. It didn’t seem to strange that she decided not to come.
But the Gods were actually puzzled about the other Ancient God that didn’t attend.
Although the Ancient Nature God had fallen into a deep slumber, the threat of an Astral Beast from the Void should definitely have woken up that God who had always taken it upon himself to protect Feinan.
Since he didn’t show up despite Feinan’s dire situation, they all had the same conjecture… The Ancient Nature God might have already fallen?
…
The subject of the Gods’ Assembly was very simple: How would they handle this approaching Astral Beast?
They discussed ideas very efficiently. Moon Goddess Faniya took out an Artifact that had been left behind by the Wizard God, and after checking its effects and comparing them to those of other Artifacts, the Gods unanimously agreed with Faniya’s proposal.
That Artifact should be able to kill the monster coming from the Void, but it would require all the Gods there to work together.
But before doing that, the Gods scattered and lay low in the area around Feinan, which is to say, in the outer area of the former Universe Magic Pool. They waited calmly for the optimal timing to act.
They didn’t want to put the enemy on alert. If they alarmed the Astral Beast before setting the plan in motion, there would be almost no hope.
Thus, despite many Gods having their own thoughts about the rest, they put all their problems aside to take down this all-encompassing threat.
Even Hell and the Abyss, which were always at odds with the Gods, knew not to act out. Although it would be too difficult for them to ever coordinate with the Gods, they promised not to take advantage of the situati
on to cause trouble.
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“Truly boring… Do you think that monster has its own thoughts? Or is it only instinct?”
The Black Dragon God looked dully at the edge of the Void. The large monster was unhurriedly moving closer to Feinan.
It seemed very slow and rather clumsy, but that aura of danger wasn’t fake.
This definitely was an Astral Beast that could destroy an entire Universe.
The Queen of Spiders sneered, “It only moves on instinct, yet it can swallow a Universe. Even though it is very clumsy, aren’t we even more lamentable?”
The Black Dragon God remained silent.
The so-called Gods also had griefs that mortals didn’t know.
The more powerful one was, the smaller one felt.
Because the world really was too big. People didn’t know that this entire vast world was just a grain of sand in the eyes of the most powerful ones.
As the Black Dragon God kept his attention focused on the Astral Beast, his heart slowly tightened!
It felt as if someone had used a dagger to stab him.
‘How could it be…’
A fierce scene suddenly appeared in his eyes.
He stood there, stunned.
Chapter 623: Black Dragon Wing
Chapter 623: Black Dragon Wing
Translator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation
A few minutes ago.
Just as the Divine Fire was about to reach Marvin’s body, his bold dive into the darkness finally yielded results.
He made his way to the Crypt Monster’s mouth and unhesitantly jumped in!
The Crypt Monster was still stirring from its slumber, so naturally, it wouldn’t do anything to stop Marvin from seeking death like that.
It kindly accepted the delicacy.
But the next moment, the entire Underdark felt a frightening tremor.
It was the Crypt Monster’s fury!
The Self-Immolation Fire followed that golden thread and burst on the Crypt Monster’s body!
And when Marvin entered the Crypt Monster’s mouth, he pulled out the Time Funnel!
That was one of the treasures he got from the Crimson Wasteland, and it had the ability to temporarily freeze time in different ways.
That Self-Immolation Fire could only burn the Crypt Monster’s body but was unable to gain on Marvin.
Because for now, time had no meaning to Marvin.
And while under the effects of the Artifact, Marvin swiftly rushed through the strange body of the Crypt Monster.
He disregarded everything he saw and activated Diamond Shape in order to resist the Crypt Monster’s corrosive acid.
Before the time ran out, he settled in a place in the Crypt Monster’s body that was more or less safe for now.
That was the area next to the Crypt Monster’s gallbladder.
Although he didn’t know the principle behind it, the Crypt Monster’s body was full of dangers. For example, that frighteningly corrosive acid was no safer to be around than the Self-Immolation Fire. Marvin’s decision to enter the monster’s body was rather risky.
But he had been able to get to a relatively safe area.
There seemed to be no acid in the region around the gallbladder, which made it probably one of the only safe locations in the Crypt Monster’s body.
If not for that Time Funnel, Marvin definitely wouldn’t have dared to take such a risk.
The Crypt Monster, that descendant of an Ancient Evil God, had terrifying defensive mechanisms and a very powerful digestive system.
Marvin’s recovery indeed benefited greatly from his Ruler of the Night class and his bloodline, but if he came into contact with the monster’s gastric acid, he probably wouldn’t last more than a few moments before turning to ashes!
The Time Funnel was the critical trump card that let Marvin pull this off safely.
Before the Self-Immolation Fire could catch up to Marvin again and incinerate him, it would have to burn through the Crypt Monster’s body.
This delay in time and its provocation of the monster would definitely create some unpredictable effects.
‘Haha! Even sending a Martyr to deal with me! They were always one of the foes most hated by the players, with their ability to escape almost any confinement and then sacrifice themselves to send out one last unstoppable attack. And even if the player managed to escape or survive the attack, they’d usually get almost nothing out of the fight, since Martyrs would always rather commit suicide than die… truly an appropriate choice.’
‘The only saving grace was that they were extremely rare to encounter. Sparing no cost to kill, indeed. But they misjudged me, thinking that I wouldn’t be able to retaliate!’
‘Want to make a move on me? You’ll have to pay the price!’
Killing intent flashed in Marvin’s eyes.
He naturally didn’t have a good impression of the Gods. Marvin was someone who always got his revenge. The Twin Snakes Cult tried to kill him, and now only a lonely Azure Matriarch remained in Feinan. Diggles wanted to kill him, and as a result, the Decaying Plateau fell. The Shadow Prince wanted to kill him, so the Shadow Realm collapsed!
Currently, apart from the Great Gods and some Ancient Gods, Marvin wasn’t afraid of any of them.
Even if it was the High Dream God that went after him again, Marvin had already made preparations for it.
Let alone now that the aggressor was only the Black Dragon God, who was only a Mid God!
If it was Tidomas, Marvin would back down for now, because he was still no match for him!
But the Black Dragon God didn’t have the qualifications for Marvin to need to back down.
Marvin admitted that the Martyr was really troublesome and that even he couldn’t resist the Self-Immolation Fire.
But everything had advantages and disadvantages.
The Martyr wanted to use the Self-Immolation Fire combined with the Crypt Monster to take care of Marvin, but he had missed something.
The Crypt Monster was an uncertain variable!
He still had doubts about whether Marvin would be able to resist or escape his Self-Immolation Fire, and thus chose such a location.
This uncertainty would soon cause the Black Dragon God to pay a huge price!
“Diiiing!”
A sharp sound pierced through the air.
That was the sound of the Time Funnel warning that the time stasis on Marvin’s body was about to disappear!
Marvin quickly took out the Book of Nalu!
Indeed, the Book of Nalu.
Although his idea was very risky, if it worked, the situation would turn out much better for him.
The Crypt Monster was still confused, but it was quickly becoming enraged at the Divine Fire for the rude awakening.
If that monster was set free in Feinan, then at least half of the continent would be torn apart shortly afterwards!
Marvin couldn’t allow this to happen.
He now had three pages of the Book of Nalu in his hands.
The power of the three pages of the Book of Nalu was already quite formidable, to the point that Marvin wouldn’t dare to use the full power of the treasure except in emergencies. Marvin’s knowledge of the mysteriousness and insidiousness of the God of Deception made him subconsciously try to stay as far as he could from that Artifact.
But now, the Book of Nalu was his only choice.
Of course, he wasn’t stupid enough to try and use the Book of Nalu to directly control the Crypt Monster’s mind.
He only needed to slightly influence it.
As time started again, Marvin analyzed the golden thread and the aura of the raging flames behind it, using his Wisdom power to derive some plane coordinates!
They were from the Martyr’s remains!
The Martyr almost certainly had been born in a Secondary Plane that was affiliated to the Black Dragon God, which would have ensured his extreme piety.
He probably had been sent directly f
rom that plane to kill Marvin.
And his Divine Source still contained that plane’s mark!
Even though he had already obliterated his own Divine Source and turned it all into Self-Immolation Fire, that plane’s coordinates could still be found in those flames.
It was safe to say that discovering traces of the source plane and then calculating the coordinates from that information was something that only astute Legendary Wizards and other such people with brilliant minds could ever do. But thanks to the effects of the Wisdom power and the Wisdom Chapter, Marvin recognized it instinctively.
He could decipher those plane coordinates.
When he figured them out in full, a beautiful scene appeared before him.
It was a beautiful world, an ideal paradise!
There were Black Dragons soaring in the sky, and the sprawling land had many towering forests and towns ruled by Dragonborns.
The Black Dragon God’s church was keeping order in the dark.
That place had rich resources, beautiful mountains, and flowing rivers.
It was just like Arborea, a bountiful Secondary Plane, except this one was developed by the Black Dragon God!
And a big difference was that the Black Dragon God seemed to be a lot better than the Shadow Prince when it came to management.
At least, his people seemed very happy with their God. That explained how the Black Dragon God had managed to find a follower with the qualifications to become something as unique as a Martyr.
But this beautiful place was about to disappear.
Marvin didn’t hesitate. He couldn’t.
This was an entire world filled with pious followers, all of them followers of the Black Dragon God. Marvin couldn’t change their faith.
All of this was related to his problems, and it was extremely troublesome.
Thus, now that he had the opportunity, Marvin decided to curtail these troubles.
Since the Black Dragon God wanted to kill him, Marvin should return the favor and destroy his plane.
In a flash, he activated the Book of Nalu at full power, sending its aura out and bathing both the Crypt Monster and the Martyr’s remains in it. The world called [Black Dragon Wing] appeared in the Crypt Monster’s mind!