This didn’t seem to be an illusion.
This Demon seemed to have been attracted into here recently. He apparently had lost his awareness and could only struggle crazily.
And as a result of his struggle, he finally killed himself.
Before dying, that Demon apparently noticed Marvin and gave him a loathsome glare.
At this instant, Marvin felt like something had entered his body.
He couldn’t help but lower his gaze, only to see a face exactly like his own on his stomach, and it was grinning at him!
“Useless trick,” Marvin sneered. His willpower had reached a high level a long time ago, and a confusion of this level had no effect on him!
Not to mention that this was caused by the Book of Nalu!
The Wisdom Chapter in his body automatically activated and that face sharply yelled as it burst into silvery white light and was then automatically digested by the Wisdom Chapter.
Actually, rather than to say digest, it would be better to say fused.
After Marvin got confirmation from the Earth Sovereign that the Wisdom God and the God of Deception were one and the same, he became more careful about the relation between the Wisdom Chapter and the Book of Nalu.
He was able to notice that the power of these two things came from the same source.
But, why did the Wisdom God need to do that?
What was reflected in the Book of Nalu proved that the God of Wisdom was standing on Lance’s side.
This made Marvin feel a headache coming on.
The God of Deception and the God of Wisdom, and one of them was just a persona.
Which one should he believe in?
…
As he kept going deeper into Ghost Town, Marvin saw many more Demons.
There was no lack of creatures that had been called here to become cannon fodder, and most of them were stuck in illusions.
All those here were fighting with themselves, many had killed themselves, and many more were fighting lifeforms that looked exactly like themselves. None survived.
Their souls were contained here, repeating the same movements continuously, creating a very macabre scene.
Despite Marvin being very knowledgeable, he was also overwhelmed with horror when he saw so many Demons facing such torments.
The Book of Nalu was worthy of being one of the most mysterious things in this world. It was hard to think that this ill-reputed Artifact actually came from the kindhearted God of Wisdom.
With the Wisdom Chapter protecting him, this page of the Book of Nalu couldn’t do anything to him.
At last, he saw a shadow at the center of the small town, which was the end of the Evil Street.
This shadow stood out, it wasn’t Demon, it actually looked Human.
It also had the breath of life.
From what Marvin could tell, this shadow was the only existence with any aura of life in this town. Those Demons were basically nothing but puppets controlled by some dark power.
That shadow was in the town’s square.
It was a figure of a man, and he had a cross in front of him and was kneeling in front of it, holding a page in his hand and chanting something.
Marvin slowly walked over.
He was indeed a Human, and quite handsome too.
From his clothing, he seemed to be a Priest, or at least someone of faith.
“I didn’t expect anyone to be able to walk through the Evil Street with their own willpower.”
That man stopped chanting and raised his head to look at Marvin. “Can you help me leave?”
Marvin warily asked, “Who are you? Why are you here?”
“This is a nightmarish place, and only the firmest of believers can survive here,” the man respectfully answered. “I am carrying out my God’s mission, but I became trapped here due to my carelessness. Fortunately, this page of Revelations accompanied me all this time, or I might have also ended up like these Demons, under the control of some unclear power.”
“Revelations?” Marvin asked as he furrowed his brows.
The man nodded. “I come from the Norvik Plane to save the souls of these Demons on behalf of my God. Unfortunately, a disaster happened many years ago and turned this town into an evil place. And because of my insufficient power, I cannot escape from this trap. This page of Revelations had been granted to me by my God, so I am sorry, but I can’t let you have a detailed look at it.”
“You were able to come here on your own, and you weren’t controlled by that evil spirit. This proof enough that you are powerful. Can you help me?”
“I can return the favor to the best of my abilities.”
That man sounded very sincere.
Marvin took one step forward.
He then unsheathed his dagger, and beheaded that man with his blade!
No blood spurted, and only a thin page floated down.
Marvin extended his hands, and both the Book of Nalu and the Wisdom Chapter appeared!
That person’s corpse was immediately absorbed inside!
In that instant, the strange power in the surroundings immediately disappeared!
Marvin gently touched the new page appearing in the Book of Nalu with a faint smile.
“I didn’t think its spirituality would reach this level…”
“Unfortunately, there were many holes in your story. At the very least, you shouldn’t have been using the word Revelations.”
“After all, I know the name of the 4th page of the Book of Nalu.”
Looking at the Book of Nalu, which was now missing only two pages, Marvin could see the 4th page already in its place.
[Revelations].
On it was drawn a man who was kneeling under a cross, looking very lifelike.
Chapter 731: Redemption (1)
Chapter 731: Redemption (1)
Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance
In the center of Feinan.
In the boundless sea of green, an Abyssal Gate was standing in the area east of the Supreme Jungle.
The bloody river from the Abyss was slowly flowing into this land.
Countless Druids were gathered in the eastern defensive line, and they followed behind the Migratory Bird Council’s Great Druids, solemnly preparing for this war.
The masses of Demons were riding ships from the bottomless Abyss, passing through a bloody river to reach Feinan.
The sky was grey, not much different from night time. Ever since that Astral Beast died, its corpse was still in Feinan’s sky, blocking a good amount of the sunshine.
The dark and gloomy weather was just like the mood of the inhabitants of the Supreme Jungle.
The Abyssal Gate had appeared half a month early. This time, it was the offensive of a Demon Lord that was well-known in Feinan.
The spatial laws had finally recovered from the collapse of the Universe Magic Pool, so the truly powerful could now approach Feinan.
One after the other, the Gods descended.
They were mostly focusing on the North and the West, starting to spread the area that their preaching would cover. Among them, the Three Northern Cities, whose leader had gone missing, were still headed by the God of Dawn and Protection. They were able to grow and thrive under his leadership.
The other Gods couldn’t do much more. They began descending with their true bodies, and with their great power, it was hard for people to raise objections against them.
Besides the few forces who had a Source of Fire’s Order, the Gods’ flames were already blazing over every corner of Feinan.
But they hadn’t laid hands on the Supreme Jungle and the Migratory Bird Council yet.
After some failed negotiations, that group of stubborn followers of the Ancient Nature God didn’t accept the “kindness” of any of the Gods, and they decided to guard their own territory tightly.
Thus, this fight broke out.
The Demon army invaded and the Gods watched from the sidelines.
The Sorcerers from the Lavis Ki
ngdom looked at the countless Demons coming from the bloody river but couldn’t stop them all. They felt sorrowful, as times had changed.
The Era of Gods had finally arrived.
Even if they didn’t want to admit it, it was true that the strongest forces of Feinan could barely defend themselves.
There currently weren’t any gods fighting these forces yet, but they had already publicly announced that they weren’t protecting these areas.
This caused those from the outer planes to target the natives when attacking Feinan.
This was something unavoidable.
Even the strongest Demons also knew that they should choose the softest target to be able to plunder and destroy more.
This group chose to attack the Supreme Jungle.
There weren’t many forces still holding on in Feinan. White River Valley, which was the most famous, had their Overlord leave around half a month ago with no word of him since. It was very difficult for the substitute Lord Constantine to keep defending the territory, despite relying on the Sanctuary to resist the Gods’ pressure. It was clearly impossible for them to provide assistance to the Supreme Jungle. It was the same for the Three Sisters of Rocky Mountain who were being schemed against by the Twin Goddess. However, before the other side’s plot prevailed, Lorie’s Wisdom Ability, which had become stronger than it was when Marvin last saw her, had helped her manage to figure out the content of the plot in advance, giving them time to prevent it. But even so, Rocky Mountain’s current situation was also a mess.
The attitude of the Elves, Ancient Gnomes, and Vampires was unclear.
After the High Elves set up in Jewel Bay under Butterfly’s leadership, there had been no movement. This clearly wasn’t a show of weakness, but rather, a wait-and-see attitude. Thousand Leaves Forest’s Great Elven King Ivan actually wanted to help, but in the end, he was urged via a letter from the High Elves to hold back. As for the content of the letter, it wasn’t made known. As for the Ancient Gnomes and the Vampires, the former just returned to Feinan and only thought of protecting their own territory, even if the Abyssal Gate wasn’t that far from them, they only showed their floating city that could resist all attacks, looking down from its walls. As for the Vampires, after Primogenitor Yin returned, their whereabouts seemed very strange, they rarely moved in groups and seemed to be looking for something.
It was to the point that now, when the Migratory Bird Council began to request help from its allies, they were surprised to find that the only one that would extend help was actually the Lavis Dukedom in the North. Daniela sent a Sorcerer Squadron to provide assistance, but despite the group of Sorcerers having impressive strength, it was just definitely not enough against that army of Demons.
…
At the frontlines of the battlefield where the fighting was about to start, the Migratory Bird Council’s side had prepared many defenses.
On one of the defensive bridgeheads, Old Ent was solemnly looking into the distance.
“Sorry… I failed in the mission to destroy the Abyssal Gate.”
Great Druid Sky Fury lowered his head, feeling somewhat ashamed.
He stood next to Shadow Thief Owl. The old Legend also participated in this mission, as he was affiliated with Lavis Dukedom in a way.
But they were still lacking manpower. With the abilities of Sky Fury and Owl, they weren’t able to destroy the Abyssal Gate that had been painstakingly raised by that Demon Lord.
“It doesn’t matter, this is our fate,” Old Ent said in a low voice. “Maybe if all the members of the Old Alliance of the Seven Orders were here, the outcome could have been different.”
Everyone behind him remained silent.
Ever since the Gods descended, Inheim, who had spent a long time in the past chasing the Shadow Prince, was now on the blacklist of the Gods and was the one being chased incessantly by them. And the Old Alliance of the Seven Orders was with Inheim, avoiding the pursuit together.
The Legends on the list included Copper Dragon Professor and Blade Master Kangen.
The continent sank into an unprecedented chaos.
The powerhouses of mankind had to constantly fight a retreating battle with the Gods, and the Demons and Evil Spirits took advantage of this to begin infiltrating Feinan.
As for Hell… Who knew what those Devils were doing? The news that kept coming from Hell was shocking. Apparently, Diross’ army had almost swept through the entirety of the Nine Hells. If that man really unified the Nine Hells, it might cast a shadow over Feinan’s future.
What made the Migratory Bird Council’s situation even worse was that they didn’t have all their Great Druids!
Previously, Endless Ocean and a few others went to the Green Sea Paradise to look for the Ancient Nature God’s associate. They weren’t sure what the cause might be, but perhaps they had been delayed because of planar differences. Despite Half-God Minsk already arriving at the Supreme Jungle, their power was still lacking.
“Today might be the day we die.”
Old Ent looked at the Celestial Deer that had come uninvited. “You aren’t part of this territory, you shouldn’t be buried with us,” he entreated.
Lorant shook his head.
He glanced at that army of Demon and gently said, “That isn’t important.”
“In fact, I was just thinking about something else… where has that guy gone?”
All that were present fell silent when they heard these words.
Everyone in Feinan had been curious about it.
Marvin had disappeared half a month ago… Where was he now?!
…
At the same time, on a boat filled with Demons, a small curled-up Demon couldn’t help yawning.
‘It’s sad having no Planar Teleportation spells.’
‘Being forced to take a boat back home is even sadder… But it is still strange that such a small Demon was dragged into a fighting squad like this.’
‘This boat should be leading to the Upper Planes… but… surely it’s too early for an Abyssal Gate to open in Feinan!?’
Chapter 732: Redemption (2)
Chapter 732: Redemption (2)
Translator: Shiraishi Editor: TheAlliance
The Abyss’ bloody river was flowing calmly, and under the mysterious ritual of the Demon Lord, the river actually flowed upstream, heading for the upper planes.
Marvin, who had disguised himself as a Demon, didn’t know that he had actually infiltrated the Demon Army and was participating in Feinan’s invasion up until he saw the Abyssal Gate in front of him and caught sight of that familiar forest.
‘This is… Feinan?!’
Marvin’s eyes shone.
He had drifted in the bottomless Abyss for half a month, looking for a way to return to Feinan.
But because of the Gods’ pursuit, he had to restrain his aura. Without the Eternal Time Dragon accompanying him, Marvin couldn’t travel between planes on his own. The only Teleportation point that he could get to was White River Valley, and in his first attempt, he was noticed by the Great Gods and was almost ganged up on by Grant and Anubis.
For Marvin, apart from facing the Three Great Gods and the Ancient Gods, he wasn’t afraid of anyone. He only had headaches from having to deal with Grant and Anubis.
Without Tiramisu, he simply still wasn’t able to deal with these Gods.
With no news of the Eternal Time Dragon, he could only rely on his own power to return to Feinan.
During that time, he also used his Fate Imprint to try to get in touch with Jessica to request help from them, but to his surprise, the Fate Imprint in his body wasn’t working anymore.
His aura as the Child of the Plane had also disappeared.
Marvin could faintly guess some things.
Since things had reached this stage, he could only use his Fate Sorcerer Disguise ability to turn into a small Demon.
After half a month of mingling and drifting, he eventually ended up going along the Abyssal Blood River and was taken in
by that group sturdy Demons.
Marvin, who was familiar with the Abyss, knew that such a situation had to be due to a Demon Lord preparing to set out for some Upper Plane.
After all, there was a huge price to pay to go up the Blood River. The Bottomless Abyss and the Nine Hells were at a similar level, so there was no need to go through the Blood River to reach them. Therefore, the only target worth such efforts were the Upper Planes.
Regardless of whether it was the Prime Material Plane or those Secondary Planes, Marvin was willing to head that way.
At the very least, it was one step closer to home.
But he never would have thought that such a risky trip would actually go so smoothly!
His journey back to Feinan from the Abyss took a mere three days!
Moreover, he noticed a lot of Sorcerers from Lavis and Great Druids from the Migratory Bird Council gathered together.
He saw Old Ent on that bridgehead, as well as the conspicuous Celestial Deer.
“I finally returned!”
The heavens had pity on him. In the half a month that he spent wandering in the Abyss, Marvin had already cursed at Tiramisu countless times.
The Demon Overseer on the side suddenly noticed a small Demon jumping out in spite of his orders. He became annoyed and got his whip ready to teach the little runt a lesson.
But the boat landed at this time. At the Demon Lord’s command, the masses of Demons rushed down, forming a very chaotic scene. That Demon Overseer was almost washed away and lost track of that small Demon that he wanted to punish.
…
Marvin was advancing along through the mess.
He had already experienced the chaos of Demons. Marching to battle was simply something enjoyable for them. They had no discipline, and the only thing worth praising about them was their courage and easily to raise morale. But compared to the Devils, the order was simply the worst.
There were more than a hundred thousand Demons being transported through the Blood River!
This amount was a terrifying thought for the sparse population of Feinan.
But Marvin could see that among these hundred thousand Demons, three-quarters were small Demons that looked like him, and had been probably been press-ganged too.
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