Volume 1: The Nobles Who Lost Their Territory Chapter 18: The Headless Girl
Good luck.
In the first room, there is a treasure chest.
Although these treasure chests look a bit old, the things inside rarely lose their usefulness due to the passage of time.
Marvin bent down and shook the wooden box gently.
He didn't have the two major skills of [Clearing Traps] and [Lock Picking], so everything could only be judged based on his experience.
Removing traps is a ranger's job skill, which is very important in team battles, especially in dungeons. But Marvin is not going to develop in this direction, and it is not worthwhile to waste precious skill points in this area. Lock picking is a thief's job skill. Rangers and thieves are both [Wanderer] professions, and they can cross professions to learn [Lock Picking ], but it requires double the skill points, which is even more uneconomical for Marvin.
When faced with an ordinary treasure chest, a low-level lock-picking scroll can solve the problem. Why use skill points to solve a problem that can be solved with money?
There was a slight sound coming from the wooden box.
Marvin listened attentively.
"There shouldn't be any traps."
"Just a normal lock."
He tore open an ordinary lock-picking scroll and opened the copper lock.
Then, in line with the principle of being cautious, he still used the branches he carried with him to pry open the wooden box.
whoosh!
A dart flew out of the wooden box and hit the mud wall with a bang.
Marvin frowned slightly.
My own judgment is actually invalid. As expected, without the [Listening] skill, is it difficult to detect these tricky little traps simply by relying on hearing?
Fortunately, I was cautious enough.
He leaned over and examined the dart.
The edge of the dart was dark green, obviously poisoned. He knew this kind of dart. On the eastern island, there was a special profession - ninja, and one of their signature weapons was this kind of dart.
"So, this is a treasure chest left behind by a ninja?"
Marvin took out the contents of the box, and found only a thin book with a few words written in the common language.
"Introduction to Hidden Weapons".
“It’s actually a skill book!”
"And it's a ninja skill book."
Marvin's eyelids jumped. Skill books were something that could only be obtained by chance. In his previous life, as a master of the night, he had fought with some ninjas.
Although those players eventually died at his hands, Marvin was still impressed by the ninjas' endless hidden weapons.
After studying this book "Introduction to Hidden Weapons", you can master the use of one to three introductory hidden weapons.
The study of skill books is only related to the personal , and has no requirements on their careers.
For example, theoretically, if a berserker picked up a skill book called "Hands of Fire", and if he was smart enough and had a certain foundation in spells, he could learn this witchcraft - but in fact, you and I both know that with a berserker's mind, he basically has no chance of learning spells.
The mastery of hidden weapons requires a high level of agility, because it requires strong control over every part of the body. It is difficult for ordinary people to master it in a short period of time.
But for Marvin, none of this was a problem.
He has great control over his body, so it shouldn't take him too long to learn how to use hidden weapons.
He put away the valuable skill book and there was nothing else in the box.
So he turned on stealth again and left the room.
Who knew that at this moment, a faint white shadow suddenly flew past in his peripheral vision!
What the hell!
Marvin was startled and looked carefully, but the place was empty, with nothing there.
Is it an illusion?
Marvin turned serious.
He checked the battle records and personal attributes again, but found nothing.
It was already dark at this time, and the moonlight seemed less bright due to the fog.
He didn't have dark vision, so what he could see was very limited. But the same was true for the scarlet waiters, who all had candles lit in their rooms, which greatly facilitated Marvin's assassination.
That white shadow...what on earth is that?
Marvin felt a little uneasy. He had never experienced anything like this before.
There's something strange about this place. It looks like we need to make a quick decision.
Marvin reminded himself that he must always be on guard, and then he came to the door of the second room.
This room is dark, there should be no scarlet waiter.
He pushed the door open and went inside.
…
There are eighteen rooms in total and ten scarlet waiters in total.
It took Marvin almost two hours to clear out the eighteen rooms.
This earned him 90 kill experience points and six treasure chests. Among the six treasure chests, only one had a magic lock, and the rest were all ordinary locks.
In addition to the hidden weapon skill book, the remaining four ordinary treasure chests contributed to him a bag of gold bars, a necklace, a bottle of unknown potion and an ancient book recording the history of the Scarlet Monastery.
Marvin had obtained this ancient book in his previous life. Although the book seems ordinary, it actually contains a huge secret of the Scarlet Monastery.
However, this secret is just like the sleeping lich, and requires a certain level of strength to explore. Marvin carefully put the ancient book away.
The gold bars are of high purity and can be exchanged for a considerable fortune in any city. Money is something that the more the better.
This bottle of potion, like the azure gem, was something that needed to be identified. Marvin was not a pharmacist, so he naturally had no way of identifying it.
The only thing that could be used immediately was the necklace:
【Moon Mark (Necklace)】
Quality: Glimmer
Effect: Moonlight Vision +50
——May Vanya’s gaze accompany you forward
Requirements: Intelligence 14
…
Vanya is the name of the moon goddess.
Marvin just met the 14-point intelligence requirement, so he put on the necklace without hesitation .
[You are wearing the Moon Mark...]
[Moonlight Vision +50...]
Two bright lights flashed in Marvin's eyes. Marvin could see everything clearly wherever the dim moonlight reached!
This is the benefit of the extra 50 points of moonlight vision!
There are many types of vision, the most common one is daylight vision, which is also ordinary vision. Marvin's race is human, and his daylight vision is also a very mediocre 100 points.
This means that on a flat surface with sufficient sunlight, Marvin can distinguish creatures within a range of 1,000 meters - roughly speaking, he can distinguish between humans and animals.
The ranger has a powerful skill called [Super Long-Range Vision], which allows the ranger to see farther than the human limit.
However, this skill is limited to daylight vision.
Corresponding to the daylight vision are the moonlight vision and dark vision. In these two aspects, humans, a mediocre race, have no bonus. Humans have a moonlight vision of 10 points, and a dark vision of about 1 point. Some people with poor eyesight have a dark vision of almost 0.
The application range of moonlight vision is relatively narrow, but it can work as long as there is moonlight.
All in all, Marvin was very satisfied with the effect of this shimmer necklace.
At least it will be much more convenient to walk on moonlit nights in the future.
…
In front of Marvin was the last magic locked treasure chest.
This magic lock treasure chest was a bit tricky because he had tried it twice before, using two magic lock opening scrolls, but both failed.
There is a certain probability of failure when using a lock-picking scroll to open a lock, and this is more likely to happen with magic locks.
He did have two scrolls for opening magic locks in his hand, but the problem was that a magic lock could only be opened three times using a scroll.
If the third attempt fails, the scroll will be useless for the box.
Marvin has a headache.
Should I try my luck again now, or take the box back and buy a more advanced magic lock opening scroll?
"Forget it, let's take the box back just to be safe."
This box is not big and can barely fit into the Void Conch.
But when he was about to stuff the box into the Void Conch, he was shocked to find that he couldn't stuff it in at all!
"Spatial repulsion!?"
"What exactly is in this box? An object that repels space?"
"Or does the box itself have the property of repelling objects from space ?"
Now that the box cannot be taken back, Marvin can only take one last gamble.
After tearing off the last magic lock and opening the scroll, he quietly waited for the result.
The light blue magic key automatically inserted into the keyhole, and suddenly there was a click.
"Successful?"
Ma Wen was slightly delighted.
Who knew that the next second, the key suddenly collapsed automatically!
The magic lock shook and returned to calm.
Still can’t open?
Marvin was a little depressed. There must be something good in this box, but he couldn't take it out, which was really troublesome.
A cold wind blew by.
Ma Wen felt a sudden chill in his heart.
"It's that white shadow again!"
“It’s been following me!”
Marvin turned around suddenly, with a scimitar in his hand!
Only this time, what he saw was no longer emptiness, but an intense bright light!
【Strong light technique】!
"Dirty trick!"
Marvin closed his eyes the moment the light appeared, and his fighting instinct helped him make the best choice!
He did not retreat, but rushed forward with two swords in hand!
The scimitar has been smeared with holy water, so no matter what kind of monsters or demons, they can't resist it!
"etc……"
"I do not want to hurt you."
A timid voice sounded: "Can you keep your eyes closed? I don't want you to see me like this."
"I don't want anyone to see me like this."
Marvin's movements froze!
This is clearly the voice of a young girl!
"Don't open your eyes!"
Marvin opened his eyes and a white shadow suddenly disappeared.
"You can't look at me, you'll be damned!"
The girl's voice became more urgent.
Ma Wen tightly grasped the machete and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?"
His palms were slightly sweaty.
This was the first time he had encountered such a strange thing. When he came to the Scarlet Monastery before, there seemed to be no such incidents?
Is it an event that can only be triggered by people entering the monastery for the first time?
"My name is Valissa."
The voice came from behind Marvin: "They call me... the headless girl."
The headless girl...Valissa?!
Marvin seemed to remember something.
