Chapter 410: Mystery (1/2)

Chapter 410: Mystery

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The Great Duke's words were very convincing.

His tone was very sincere, and Marvin could feel that he wasn't using any spell to try to bewitch him.

His words came from the bottom of his heart.

[Diross Cridland].

This name seemed to be lingering in his mind like a curse.

The Great Duke solemnly asked, ”Did you really see him?”

Marvin nodded. ”In the Nine Hells.”

The Great Duke was silent for a while. He held his forehead, thinking over the matter. ”Over the past years, I've been working hard to find traces of him. But he was very crafty, and although I could feel a slight reaction from him, he could still block my ability to find him.”

”I only knew that he was still in this world. In fact, I knew about his intention to take the Archdevil Diross' head. We are linked after all.”

”But I didn't stop him. I felt that with my younger brother's natural talent, he was qualified to possess it. But later, something seemed to have gone wrong.”

Marvin shook his head. ”Maybe the mind link faded with the passage of time?”

The Great Duke smiled but didn't say anything.

Marvin felt awkward. He himself didn't believe in this lame excuse!

If the Great Duke and his grandfather really had Gemini Souls, this innate mind skill wouldn't fade until death.

But it was impossible for Marvin to completely believe that his grandfather had died just based on the Great Duke's words.

If not for him helping out in the Nine Hells, Marvin and Ivan would have been in a serious predicament.

Moreover, he gave Marvin two things.

But these two things seemed more mysterious now.

If the Great Duke's words were true… would he establish a temporary door when using the Hell Corps Contract, or would it be a permanent one?

Marvin didn't know, but felt that this had become a lot more complicated.

Originally this Hell Corps Contract was one of his trump cards that might be able to turn the tides at a critical moment.

But it didn't look as certain now.

He had to verify whether his grandfather was alive or not, and if he was, what were the differences between his current self and his past self?

This was something Marvin needed to figure out.

Thinking of this, he felt a big headache coming on. One of the reasons behind his trip to Lavis was to learn more about his grandfather.

He hadn't expected it to become even more incomprehensible after talking to the Great Duke.

...

The Great Duke took a deep look at Marvin and then suddenly stood up.

”Seems like you still have some doubts. Let's go.”

”I'll take you to meet someone.”

The Great Duke led Marvin through the guest room toward the depths of the castle.

After they left the warmth of the fireplace in the guest room, the North's cold attacked once again.

Marvin glanced at the time when he passed by a time stele and a water hourglass.

Wizard Era Year 819, Month 1, Day 10. 10 Hours and 8 Minutes.

It was an elaborate tool made by the Ancient Gnomes for measuring time. It was very old but quite accurate. He didn't expect to see one here.

The 10th of January...

In six days, the Gods would be starting the Great Calamity.

Marvin took a deep breath.

It seemed that some had already heard about this information. The South Wizard Alliance remained mostly ignorant of it.

This was also the reason the South suffered the most during the Great Calamity and the South Wizard Alliance's rule was almost completely overturned.

This was naturally due to Dark Phoenix's actions.

Even the North's Lavis Dukedom had already made preparations against the disaster, so there was no reason for all of the South Wizard Alliance's Wizards not to know.

The only possibility was that the people who knew left silently since they weren't Dark Phoenix's match.

The remaining people were the wretches deceived by Dark Phoenix.

...

The two passed many ancient structures on their way and reached the deepest part of the castle.

Marvin noticed that although White River Valley's castle was very simple, it was built in the same way as this ancient castle.

Perhaps Diross built his castle based on the place where he grew up.

In the deepest part of the castle, there was an ice garden.

Although the Great Duke seemed old, his footsteps were still steady.

He led Marvin step by step toward the center of the garden.

In the center, there was a large block sitting on the ground, covered by a great amount of snow.

Despite his fierce body, the flying snow made Marvin unable to stop trembling.

Cold Resistance didn't mean you wouldn't feel cold. What's more, this place was colder than other locations in the North.

At the Great Duke's prompting, Marvin took a step forward and gently wiped away the layer of snow.

The next instant, his pupils dilated!

This was a crystal coffin!

He hastily removed all the snow, revealing that there was a delicate-looking woman lying within the crystal coffin.