Chapter 142: Night Jump (1/2)
Chapter 142: Night Jump
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”Woosh!” The dart nailed into the wall of a wooden house.
A silhouette awkwardly rolled away.
Marvin frowned. It was this guy!
Little Tucker!
”Mister Marvin, it’s me…”
The small halfling forced a smile while looking at Marvin. He was almost hit by the dart. If he hadn’t dodged in time, he would have suffered friendly fire.
Marvin was also surprised.
The two halflings should have arrived to Trojan Town way earlier than them.
But even so, the Twin Snakes Cult’s ceremony had happened a while ago. When the two halflings arrived, they should have already found something wrong.
”Why are you here? What about your father?” Marvin asked.
Little Tucker sincerely answered, ”Father went to track the scum.”
”Those who killed this town’s innocents. Father said he would find their base and then inform Jewel Bay’s garrison.”
”He made me stay here, to check if there were any other signs.”
Old Tucker is tracking them?
Marvin started thinking fast.
This massacre was apparently different from the past.
Normally, Twin Snakes Cult’s massacres involved slaying and burning, and not leaving anything behind. But this time, Marvin didn’t see any fire.
He only looked at Trojan Town’s granary which had been emptied.
‘Could they also be after the food?’
Light suddenly flashed in Marvin’s mind!
He remembered!
Near Tornado Harbor, there really was an underground base of the Twin Snakes Cult. This base was one of their branches in East Coast. It was mainly filled with a large amount of food.
That was the [Twin Snakes Cult Granary] instance. Marvin had farmed that instance many times!
‘These bastards took advantage of Trojan Town being undefended to loot it, and followed with their massacre…’
‘They carried the food away, which would definitely leave some traces. No wonder Old Tucker decided to track them.’
‘Since it’s like this…’
Marvin silently thought for a moment before making a decision.
He dragged Lola aside and seriously said, ”I need you to go to Black Dock Harbor, Little Tucker will protect you. Go and see if you are able to buy food there.”
Lola hesitated. ”What about you?”
Marvin took a glance at Little Tucker, ”I’ll go find his father.”
The small Halfling didn’t have any particular opinion, and hearing Marvin’s powerful tone, he blankly agreed. And since he had already abandoned Lola once, this time he secretly swore to properly protect her. The two immediately left Trojan town under Marvin’s urging.
Before they left, Marvin gave Lola 20 Wizard golds!
This was no less than 20 thousand silvers. Lola had never seen that much money in all her life, and thus was left staring at it foolishly. Surprisingly, Little Tucker to the side was quite indifferent. He had been living with the old Halfling, so he didn’t have the concept of money.
”White River Valley’s food issue mostly depends on you,” Marvin said seriously.
Lola suddenly felt her nerves straining under the pressure.
After the two left, Marvin also began to move.
He rode on his horse, and without paying much attention to the marks, directly rushed southwest.
Because he already knew the location of the granary.
It was close to the Shrieking Mountain Range but was actually far from the Spider Crypt. After all, one was in the west and the other was in the east.
Marvin and Lola each had an objective. If he could get enough food from the Twin Snakes Cult’s granary, it would be a huge boon. If he couldn’t, then they had to go through the proper channels. Apart from Tornado Harbor, Black Dock Harbor was the closest of the Six Pearl Harbors.
Marvin also thought of using this as a last test for Lola.
He hadn’t been able to completely see through that girl from the start. Sometimes she appeared very simple and innocent, but sometimes she seemed filled with craftiness.
The 20 thousand silvers were the final test. If she could withstand that kind of temptation, Marvin would truly trust her.
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As the healthy horse rushed along, Marvin reminisced about back when he had farmed that hidden granary.
The granary was a special place because this was the gathering place of the Twin Snakes Followers. Not only were there 500 ordinary followers inside, but there were also 6 2nd rank Clerics and one Cleric wearing a purple gown.
In the Twin Snakes Cult, the strongest were the two Great Patriarchs: the Scarlet Patriarch and the Azure Patriarch. These two were both mighty Legend level powerhouses, and though they were rarely seen, they were immensely powerful. A Night Walker had been killed by the Scarlet Patriarch while tracking him.
Under the two Patriarchs were twelve purple gowned Officers. These twelves Officers each had a poisonous snake name as a codename, such as King Cobra, Black Mamba, and so on. Those twelve Officers were all 3rd rank Clerics.
The World Ending Twin Snakes also really existed. They were godly existences from an old era, but were very brutal, advocating killing and destruction. They were banished to the empty Ethereal Plane by the Wizard God. But they could still partly answer their followers’ prayers.