Marvin didn’t puzzle on it for long.
The six pages of the Book of Nalu rotated, and a chanting voice echoed mysteriously.
That wailing chant had changes in intensity, like a spell, or maybe a song.
At this moment, Marvin felt like his mind was bursting!
It was like an entire chaotic Universe, a vast place, suddenly bursting with a formidable force, and then life was born.
A crazy amount of information poured into Marvin’s mind, and Marvin knelt down painfully.
His eyes started turning white.
Fortunately, those runes reasserted themselves in Marvin’s mind at this time and intercepted that flow of information!
Perhaps it was afraid that Marvin couldn’t handle that information, but the Wisdom Chapter’s runes cut off the influx of information.
The information disappeared completely, and the swelling feeling in Marvin’s mind also disappeared.
The only thing he saw in the vision was…
A secret newborn place slowly split up and created a Prime Material Plane.
The owner of the secret place was a man that seemed very young. He was called Lance.
Some silhouettes stood behind him, seeming high and mighty like Gods.
At that time, this secret place was still very simple, only filled with black and white.
Lance stood in the middle of this world, frowning as he sensed all the Chaos Magic Power.
“Too chaotic.”
“The Magic Powers are way too chaotic. This won’t do, I need to set up a huge Magic Pool to protect that new land being born from that place.”
“That huge Magic Pool will be called the [Universe Magic Pool].”
“As for that continent that is gradually rising in the middle, what should be its name?”
Lance thought for a long time before a name just popped in his mind.
He clapped his hands and decided:
“It’ll be called Feinan.” 1
…
‘That’s…’
‘The scene of the Wizard God creating the world?’
Marvin was stunned.
He hadn’t thought that the Book of Nalu could contain such ancient information!
He had only seen the tip of the iceberg. What about those pieces information that were intercepted, what kind of secrets from the ancient eras did they contain?
He tried hard to remember the rest of the information, but to no avail.
They had been destroyed by the Wisdom Chapter.
The runes had decided to do this on their own initiative to protect Marvin’s mind. Marvin couldn’t do anything about that.
He most likely didn’t have the capability to handle that much information surging in at once.
While Marvin was thinking over the scene he had just witnessed, the Book of Nalu completely changed.
The rough parchment was still the same. The only difference was the additional characters above the spine of the book:
[Book of Nalu]
He held the book in his hand, finding out with pleasant surprise that the Book of Nalu finally counted as a piece of equipment!
In the interface, the details of the Book of Nalu could now be seen:
[Book of Nalu]
[Quality: Artifact (Damaged, 6/11)]
[Requirements: Extremely resolute willpower]
[Property 1: Holder ignores effects from all Mind Laws]
[Property 2: Holder is able to automatically distinguish lies]
[Ability 1: Heart of Deception – You can have a certain number of permanently contracted slaves. The specific number depends on the will and strength of the holder]
[Ability 2: Deceiver Soul – Upon using this ability, your lie will become the Book of Nalu. No one will be able to question it. Usable one time daily, lasts 15 minutes.]
[Ability 3: Violent Mind – Make the targeted group feel irritable, unable to control their power, and then self-destruct and die]
…
The properties of the Book of Nalu were certainly worthy of a fabled Artifact.
Even though it was only half complete, it still had the most mysterious abilities in this world.
Seeing through lies and deception.
Looking at its properties, regardless of whether it was being immune to Mind Laws or automatically seeing through lies, they were both very powerful.
The former could make Marvin completely immune to all kinds of mind control or alteration. No matter whether it was a Legend Wizard’s Mind Magic or the Gods’ illusions, they would now be completely ineffective against Marvin!
With the Book of Nalu in hand, Marvin could definitely take care of the Dream God!
Because Marvin was now immune to his best and most specialized abilities!
And the ability to see through lies was also very important.
In the future struggles against Gods and Devils, lies would become common occurrences that were very important. If Marvin could clearly see the truth, then he would have an advantage when it came to intel.
Marvin could use information to the fullest.
As for the abilities, Heart of Deception was something Marvin had already comprehended.
Deceiver Soul could let Marvin deceive others, and it would do it perfectly.
Violent Mind was an Area of Effect ability, ideal for use on a group of foes.
‘Why does it sound like the Book of Nalu was prepared specifically for me? These skills are a bit treacherous, but I like them.’ Marvin was pleased with the changes.
But at that time, he discovered that a new page of text had appeared in the Book of Nalu!
Unfortunately, these characters were in Ancient God Language and Marvin couldn’t read them.
‘What about that consciousness that the Book of Nalu had?’
‘Did it get swallowed in the fusion?’
Marvin felt a bit strange.
After the appearance of the Wisdom Chapter, that originally intelligent Book of Nalu lost its spirituality and no longer communicated with Marvin.
Otherwise, Marvin would have tried to get it to translate the Ancient God Language.
‘Should I go find Butterfly?’
‘She is a High Elf, so she should have some understanding of the Ancient God Language, right?’
Marvin felt a bit strange.
The Book of Nalu was an important trump card for Marvin.
Although Butterfly should be a good person, it was a bit inappropriate for Marvin to hand such an important Artifact over to someone else.
‘What about… Pearl Tower?’
There should be Scholars there that could also understand Ancient God Language.
‘But what about the information appearing on the Book of Nalu?’
‘What if it was leaked?’
This was the most troublesome point for Marvin about this.
He hesitated for a moment before he had the glimmer of a strange idea.
He tried manipulating those silvery ancient runes in his mind.
He wanted to have these runes help him decipher the Book of Nalu.
Although he didn’t know where that thought had come from, he instinctively felt that it might work.
After all, these silver runes were also what had pushed Marvin to retrieve the 1st page in the Underground Palace.
Marvin’s trip here was a great success.
The silver runes began condensing at Marvin’s fingertips.
Marvin used his hand to gently brush across the surface of the parchment and those runes automatically formed themselves into lines of Common:
[To the one reading this Book, please believe my words.]
[Perhaps the truth will shock you, but that doesn’t stop it from being the truth.]
[I am Dokriss. You might know me by my other name: the God of Deception.]
[I used up all my Divine Power to look through history and foresee the future.]
[This world is on the verge of being drawn into a sea of fire. If you are the fated
one that I prophesied, then please, be careful.]
[Because your path is bound to be full of thorns, you can only walk alone on that path.]
[You might meet with betrayal.]
[But you have to remain strong.]
[This is the only thing we can do when we encounter a difficult time.]
…
Marvin looked at the front page in a daze.
Although this passage was directly translated into Common, Marvin had a feeling that it missed something essential.
He could only understand the meaning of the words literally.
‘What kind of thing is the Book of Nalu in the end?’
Marvin didn’t understand, and others didn’t understand either.
Some thought that it was a plot by the God of Deception.
Some thought that it had another mystery.
Since Marvin already had collected six pages of the Book of Nalu, he had to see this through to the end.
With the Wisdom Chapter as the foundation, he felt that he had the opportunity to answer the question. He really wanted to know what kind of person the one thought of as the sliest and resourceful of all time, the Deception God, was.
What was he planning?
Thus, Marvin kept looking through it.
The six pages of the Book of Nalu, Marvin pored over them to better understand their contents.
Fifteen minutes later.
Marvin finished reading.
He felt cold all over.
Because he didn’t collect all the pages, the contents of the pages weren’t linked.
Marvin could only arrange what he knew from the limited information provided.
But even with these limited pieces of information, Marvin felt it was hard to digest.
‘The God of Deception is also the God of Wisdom? Those two Ancient Gods were in fact one?’
‘His fall wasn’t a natural fall, but rather because he understood the future of Feinan Plane?’
‘The world of Feinan was about to face a large, destructive calamity, and the mastermind behind everything… was Feinan’s Plane Will itself!?’
‘Lance and the God of Wisdom were companions. He wanted to replace Feinan’s Will and become the true Supreme God…’
‘The aura of destruction wasn’t actually released by Lance, but rather by the seed buried by Feinan Plane’s Will since countless years ago…’
Marvin was simply going crazy!
What was written in the Book of Nalu was completely different from what the Truth Goddess had told him!
Hero and Villain were completely reversed!
What was the truth in the end?
Marvin was completely at a loss.
Chapter 659: Lost
Chapter 659: Lost
Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance
Two sides, two stories, and both seemed so sincere.
Marvin naturally trusted the Truth Goddess.
In Feinan’s history, the Truth Goddess was known for always being fair. She was the wielder of the Truth Scale. Marvin felt like he couldn’t refute what she had said.
And on the other side, if they had only been the words of the God of Deception, Marvin could have just treated them as a lie.
But it actually involved another Ancient God.
The God of Wisdom!
Marvin had actually thought that it was a bit strange when he first used the Wisdom Chapter.
The Book of Nalu that couldn’t be suppressed by anything… was forcibly suppressed by those ancient runes. Even if the God of Wisdom was incomparably powerful, could his power overpower the God of Deception that much?
But now this gave him another explanation.
The God of Wisdom and the God of Deception were one and the same.
The Book of Nalu was an Artifact, but when it appeared alone, it was an item that could destroy the world.
Only the holder of the Wisdom Chapter could control it.
It wasn’t because the God of Wisdom could suppress the God of Deception.
Rather, it was because they were both the same person.
The Book of Nalu and the Wisdom Chapter were originally a pair of Artifacts that formed a set!
For some reason, the Wisdom God had made a special avatar, the fickle and treacherous God of Deception.
He was a very intelligent God, with wisdom to see through everything. He could easily become a well-known figure in the Domain of Deception.
But what he wanted to deceive wasn’t the people, but rather, Feinan’s Will!
He was on Lance’s side.
Looking at it this way, the Goddess of Truth was actually not totally wrong. Lance really was in the picture, and he truly had worked in the dark to execute a secret plan.
But he wasn’t necessarily the World Destroyer that the Goddess of Truth made him out to be.
Each side had their own version of the events.
Marvin had a huge headache.
Now, the two sides were obviously opposing each other. With all the information he now knew, Lance should still be alive.
He should be watching this world attentively.
But he had to hide. He couldn’t afford to be noticed by Feinan’s Will.
Feinan Plane and its God of Creation were already standing on opposite sides from each other.
Regardless of the final outcome, it would be an event that shook the entire Universe.
…
‘In fact, if I ignore all this and focus on the root of the problem, it is quite simple, isn’t it?’
Marvin scratched his head while smiling bitterly. ‘Regardless of which side wants to destroy this world, everyone here is facing a frightening calamity.’
‘But the problem is that this calamity isn’t external, it’s coming from within.’
‘Some might realize it and want to profit from it, but most people simply aren’t able to notice it.’
‘Even if I understand, what use is it?’
As he watched the faintly flickering light on the Book of Nalu and those silvery white runes shimmering at his fingertips, Marvin felt powerless.
When he passed through to this world, he thought he had an opportunity to rise up again.
He grasped it with all his might.
He had the heart of a guardian.
He had been a hero before, and he could still stay in this world.
But when he looked back in shock, he found out that he was just a small piece on a huge chessboard. This feeling was really hard to swallow.
Just as that Hermit said, what is the meaning of this existence?
Quite uncharacteristically of him, a feeling of uncertainty appeared in Marvin’s eyes.
He was lost.
It was the first time he truly wondered whether his experience was real or an illusion.
Or was it all just a game?
His painstaking struggle, in the eyes of higher beings, was it just like an ant exhausting itself to try to change its path?
If it really was so, then what is the point of working hard?
He took a deep breath.
He suddenly felt that the air in the Night Walker Underground Palace was very cold.
He sat next to the bookshelf for no less than fifteen minutes.
His mind was blank.
Up until a graceful melodious voice echoed beside his ears:
“What’s wrong? Didja get dumped?”
…
Frankly, the joke wasn’t funny.
And it was very ill-timed.
But that voice successfully pulled Marvin out of his stupor.
His first reaction was to put away the Book of Nalu while simultaneously guarding against this person that had appeared so suddenly.
This was the Night Monarch’s Underground Palace!
He was the newly appointed Night Walker Leader, so he could easily get inside this place.
Who else could silently enter besides him?
But when Marvin saw who it was, he couldn’t help smiling
bitterly. “You are still so eccentric.”
“I thought that it would get better after you recovered your memories…”
“How should I address you? Your Majesty? Or… Butterfly?”
…
Butterfly was standing beside the icy bookshelf.
She was still wearing plain clothes, and the only piece of jewelry on her body was a pair of bracelets made out of grass, emitting a faint fragrance.
Her appearance was quite ordinary and her character was quite ordinary… In short, everything about her seemed pretty ordinary.
She looked like a common Elf from Thousand Leaves Forest.
Marvin couldn’t connect her with the famous High Elven Queen who ruled the entire land of Feinan in the 1st Era.
But sometimes, facts were like that.
No matter how ridiculous the truth sounded, it couldn’t prevent it from being the truth. Just like how people couldn’t imagine that the heroic Astral Beast who fought against the Gods to protect Feinan was actually just a countryside youth that wanted to stay where he had always lived in order to accompany his beloved. Or like how the Wood Elves selectively chose to forget that the king they respected and chose had run away from marriage in his youth, was then exiled, and ended up in an awkward situation when trying to slay a Dragon. Another example was the God of Dawn and Protection. His followers were always piously praying to him, but none of them knew that he had once been a young shepherd that later made a contract with Evil Spirits.
The eyes of mortals couldn’t reach far.
And the truth was usually hidden very deep.
This was why it was easy to misjudge things.
Considering all that, it shouldn’t be such a big deal that a seemingly ordinary Elf in Thousand Leaves Forest was actually the High Elven Queen of the 1st Era.
But Marvin still felt a bit reluctant to address her by that title.
Because in his mind, she looked more like that little Elf that was constantly fooling around, Butterfly.
…
“Things change as time pass, and my current name is Butterfly.”
“Although that damned old Dragon schemed against me, making me remember a lot of unhappy memories, I am still me.”
Butterfly stood there calmly as she watched Marvin.
“But what about you? What made you lose your way?”
Marvin remained silent, not knowing where to begin.
Chapter 660: End
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