Chapter 29: Scouting (1/2)

Chapter 29: Scouting

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Nighttime, on the main road outside River Shore City.

Marvin was walking alone when he suddenly felt sorrowful.

‘I was also able to feel that grief…’

‘Even though Anthony died as I expected, how could I feel sorrowful?’

Marvin stood motionless for a moment, slowly recovering.

He was somewhat shocked. He wasn’t shocked because of the grief.

Ordinary people may not know what that grief meant but he knew. As one of the few active legendary wizards alive, Anthony had always been the most active in suppressing evil powers and was also the strongest one.

Regardless if it was the twin snakes cult or the lower planes evil spirits, they couldn’t do as they pleased because of Anthony’s Eye of the Bright Sun.

That righteous legendary wizard was East Coast’s protector. He was also one of the highest members of the south wizard alliance.

This kind of person couldn’t be described with a few words.

His death definitely was a loss for Feinan Continent. And the good people would feel some kind of power and feel some kind of grief.

This was just the first one.

Because this was first legend’s death since the Great Calamity started brewing.

Under the gods’ conspiracy, the deaths of mankind’s wizards would definitely not be just a few. From Marvin memories of those shocking events, everything would happen one by one.

It wouldn’t be long before Anthony’s death spread around, and at that time, all evil powers would begin to gain ground.

It was the eve of the rise of the [World-ending Twin Snakes], the [Plague God] cult, the [Living Puppets]... Everything was just beginning.

All of Feinan would sink into chaos.

Wizards would lose their strength and be reduced to monsters. The mortals in their suffering would start to pray to the gods.

This was the goal of those high and mighty gods!

Of course, there was still the 4th Fate Tablet.

Everything couldn’t be stopped. The only thing Marvin could do was not to go against heaven but rather set up a relatively safe place in this chaotic world.

That was quite difficult!

But as a former legendary player, Marvin never backed down from a challenge.

Fate made him come to this world. He had a deal with the body’s owner, so he had to acheive it

This was Marvin’s pledge to the soul, and because of that, he needed to defend his territory with his life.

...

‘Could it be that I’m also kind-hearted?’

Marvin gazed at the black cloud floating in the east, somewhat laughing at himself.

Heavy rain would fall from that blackness for several days, and rainfall would hit all of the East Coast.

This was a warning to the Feinan’s people of the death of the legendary wizard Anthony. A disaster was approaching.

Marvin adjusted his breath and took advantage of the darkness to accelerate.

The main road was quite deserted. Very few people would walk alone at night. Also, this main road was actually built by the first lord of White River Valley, Marvin’s grandfather. Obviously, there weren’t many people taking that road.

Ever since the fall of White River valley, no caravan would go there. After all, who would do business with gnolls?

Marvin’s dark vision was quite poor but luckily, the moon was out tonight. He was able to see quite far because of Mark of the Moon.

He sped up his lonely journey and because he didn’t want to leave any traces, he decided to rest during the day and move out during the night.

In the evening, two days later, he finally arrived at the border of White River Valley.

…...

Northern Mine.

Strong winds blew on the grove of beech trees while the heavy rain was approaching. The main road ended here, splitting up in many narrow paths.

Marvin used stealth to travel through the grove.

He arrived in front of a crossroad and noticed a road sign.

Marvin was quite familiar with this sign. It showed the way to the northern mine and the castle in the south.

But right now, something was painted in green on top of it!

A series of ugly looking words replaced the original words.

‘Gnoll language! Fuck! These beasts!’

Marvin clenched his teeth.

Even if he wasn’t very proficient in the language, he could still more or less guess that the words on the road sign meant Gnoll Territory.

Move one step further and you would end up on the gnolls’ property!

That’s right, the attack on Marvin’s castle was definitely from a gnoll tribe or else, considering the castle’s defense, it wouldn’t have fallen so quickly.

It’s just that, from that time of the night, with so much confusion, the innocent youth wasn’t able to leave Marvin too much useful information.

He had to personally investigate.

But he already encountered a troublesome situation no further than the crossroad.