Chapter 93: Advancement! Night Walker (1/2)
Chapter 93: Advancement! Night Walker
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Deep in the Thousand Leaves Forest, on a hill with a small valley at the top covered in oak and locust trees.
The bottom of the hill was completely filled with weeds. A group of three stood in front of the hill, looking at the small stele visible amongst the weeds.
There were no words on that stele, and no one knew that it was the grave of the Night Monarch who had blessed people for so many years since the ancient era.
”There is a crypt under this.”
”That place is the headquarters for the Night Walkers. Only at the most critical time can we start using this crypt.”
”We have a pretty good relationship with the Thousand Leaves Forest’s elves, and especially with the Great Elven King Nicholas. He is one of the Night Monarch’s worshippers and has continuously taken care of our Night Walker organization.”
Sean stood next to Marvin and gave him two wooden tiles.
This was a pass for the Thousand Leaves Forest. Only the wood elves’ allies could get one. Having a pass when walking in the Thousand Leaves Forest would not only make the Elven Iron Guard not trouble you, they would even offer their help extremely enthusiastically.
The Night Walker organization had been friends with the wood elves all this time. This was something Marvin hadn’t expected.
He had already felt that something was wrong earlier, but hadn’t expected that it was Sean testing him.
He coldly snorted, took the tiles and handed one to Kate.
This was part of the compensation Sean promised her.
The girl silently looked at the grave in front and suddenly asked, ”Is the Night Monarch a god?”
Sean shook his head with a serious expression. ”Not at all.”
”The Night Monarch is a greater existence than gods. He doesn’t need our belief. He had been blessing living beings bound by fear and death ever since the Eternal Night.”
”He has no wish nor demand.”
Kate nodded, no longer saying anything. Respect could be seen in her eyes when looking at the tombstone.
Before the Great Calamity, sorcerers’ lives were the harshest. Kate had felt this ever since she was a child.
They were exiled by wizards. From a fertile land, they were hurried to a savage border. Wizard fanatics would be even more ruthless and exterminate them. They believed that sorcerers’ powers came from devils. This was actually a very ignorant way of looking at it.
And gods would also not bless sorcerers. This was an abandoned group of people.
Naturally, sorcerers also didn’t have a very good opinion of the gods.
But the Night Monarch was clearly different from those arrogant gods. He would bless all living beings. This naturally included the sorcerers who didn’t have any support.
Thus she respected that powerhouse who had passed away.
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”Let’s start,” Sean urged.
”We have to finish the baptism before dawn.”
Marvin nodded, somewhat excited.
Under Sean’s instructions, he quickly moved in front of the Night Monarch’s stele and knelt down.
With a solemn expression, he gently swiped the dust on the stele with his right hand.
Sean arrived behind him and also knelt and began whispering something.
He was using the Anzed language.
One of the most ancient languages in this world!
Marvin could only roughly understand what he was saying. He was calling the soul of the Night Monarch.
Anzed people believed that after great people died, their soul would neither enter the underworld nor the heavens, but instead wander around the human world.
Under the call of their kin or someone inheriting their will, those Sages’ souls could reappear.
Sean’s whispering became more unintelligible, but there seemed to be a force ripping through time and space!
He just heard him saying:
”Monarch of the Eternal Night in the endless space and time, please once again honor your promise.”
”You gave me the night crown, and those who lead the Night Walkers no longer hesitate.”
”You gave me the night eyes, to see though Fate’s mystery.”
”You gave me the blessing of strength, to keep passing on the dark bird totem.”
”I am already old and weak now, the torch has to be passed on.”
He stopped there and gave Marvin a meaningful glance, hinting him to take it from there.
”Monarch of the Eternal Night in the endless space and time, please once again honor your promise.”
”Grant this young self the night crown, night vision, and blessing of strength.”
”When the eternal night arrives, there will always be a burning flame in Feinan.”
This part of the Anzed ancient language was very hard to pronounce, but with Sean’s help, Marvin managed to smoothly read it aloud!
There seemed to be a pair of eyes opening in the dark.
Marvin felt a strange gaze watching him.
On the originally blank stele, a green fire began to burn. From a distance, it would look like a will-o’-the-wisp.
The green flame spread from Marvin’s right hand to his whole body.
Sean’s eyes displayed a hint of happiness!
The Night Monarch’s will descended!
Marvin had been acknowledged by the Night Monarch and the official baptism began.