Volume 1: The Nobles Who Lost Their Territory Chapter 21: Abandoned Altar
The trees in the forest moved backwards quickly, and Marvin moved through the forest skillfully.
Many professions actually have hidden talents that are not clearly written. For example, the hidden talent of a thief is that he can move around in the market and steal calmly; the hidden talent of a wizard is that he can easily concentrate; and the hidden talent of a ranger is mostly reflected in the wilderness.
Traveling through the wilderness and woods, they will feel like a fish in water.
After Marvin obtained the severed lich finger from the magic box, he immediately left the Scarlet Monastery.
He had already gotten what he could get, and he had to retreat decisively. After all, the Scarlet Monastery was full of dangers, and monsters like the Demon God Executor were still too powerful for Marvin now. It was stupid to take unnecessary risks.
He traveled through the Hall Mountains, avoiding any monsters that might be lurking, and headed northwest.
Not too far away, there was an abandoned altar hidden. In Marvin's plan, he had to go to that altar.
However, with the help of the headless girl, he was pleasantly surprised to obtain the severed finger of the lich unexpectedly, because it meant that he could use this thing to obtain more good things from the altar!
As Marvin walked, he checked various records:
[Knowledge - God (Lich's Broken Finger)]: You have obtained a lich's broken finger. It has a very faint divine nature. This is a very powerful lich, he was almost a god, but he failed at the last moment. But he will not give up, he is still sleeping, but he will come back eventually. He can sense every part of his body, and this broken finger hides the secret of his success in becoming a god. And these divinities are very valuable resources in the hands of powerful divine magicians or sorcerers. But for some people, this thing will only bring you trouble.
There is no doubt that Marvin belongs to "some other people". He has no godhood, he is not the son of God, and he cannot absorb the divinity of the severed finger. Keeping this severed finger on him for a long time will only bring disaster to himself. So from the beginning, he did not intend to keep this treasure for a long time.
He was going to sacrifice it, right there on the altar.
The severed finger of a god with a faint divinity should be of interest to many gods or divine magicians, and this naturally includes the ancient elves and gods who live in peace with the world.
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The Elf Ancient God was the second generation of ancient gods. Except for the wizard god Lance who had never been seen in seclusion, the rest of the first generation of ancient gods had already perished. Marvin remembered that this ancient god was an outlier among the gods. When the gods in the heavens decided to join forces to attack the Cosmic Magic Pool, he was one of the few opponents.
This alone made Marvin feel quite favorable towards him. You know, the destruction of the Cosmic Magic Pool was an irresistible catastrophe for the mortal world.
Otherwise, the scholars in the Southern Pearl Tower would not have called this great change the "Great Catastrophe".
However, the gods who were unwilling to be lonely finally launched an attack on the Cosmic Magic Pool in order to find the fourth stone tablet of destiny. Lance, the god of wizards, had been gone for too long, and they had forgotten his glory and power. The original intention of establishing the Cosmic Magic Pool was to help ordinary people on the Fenan continent, so that they could more easily master witchcraft and become powerful wizards in order to resist the endless monsters in the wilderness.
At the same time, the Cosmic Magic Pool is also the outer barrier of Fenan's world. It protects Fenan and prevents overly powerful guys from entering Fenan.
This move protected the interests of all living beings on the Fenan continent. It was also because of this that its founder, Lance, the wizard god, was worshipped as the supreme god by all the races in Fenan, with a tendency to surpass all the ancient and new gods. Many gods were dissatisfied with Lance's dominance, but dared not speak out.
Now that the God of Wizards has been away from Fenan for more than a thousand years, the gods have long been ready to make a move.
The disaster is brewing and no one is immune.
Marvin took a deep breath and quickened his pace.
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Two days later, northwest of Hall Mountains.
You discovered the Dead Hills.
[Your knowledge: Geography +1]
[Knowledge - Geography (Dead Hills)]: The hills ahead are grim and the terrain is quite complex. In this kind of environment, terrifying creatures often appear.
Marvin stood at the entrance of Dead Hill, silently comparing the route in his memory to see if there were any deviations.
He had good luck along the way. Apart from killing a few foolish goblins, he didn't encounter any powerful monsters.
This has something to do with the fact that the Hall Mountains themselves are relatively safe.
But the Dead Silence Hills were different. Not only were there various wandering races living here, but there were also many criminals and monsters. Because the terrain here was quite suitable for hiding, some of the strongholds here were secretly gathering large numbers of wanted criminals from nearby cities.
Whether it is River Beach City or the further Gem Bay, all the villains are concentrated in this area.
There are also man-eating plants that eat people without spilling blood, or little-known poisonous snakes, insects and other things that can kill you instantly.
However, most of these things are concentrated deep in the Dead Hills, and the outer areas are relatively safe.
Marvin did not intend to go deeper into it; his target was a small cave in the outer area.
He stood on a small hill, repeatedly confirmed the direction of the sun and the route in his memory, and then walked into the hills.
At dusk, he almost reached his destination.
But at this time, Marvin encountered an unexpected person.
There were roars coming from a small clearing ahead. It was an enraged brown bear.
Next to the brown bear, a tall man in a black robe was walking quickly with two swords in his hands!
His attacking method was extremely cruel and cunning. Every strike of his sword hit the extremely painful part of the brown bear, but it would not kill the jungle overlord immediately!
The brown bear roared angrily and tried to catch the human who kept hurting him.
But it's so clumsy!
"More than 20 points of Agility!"
"Master level scimitar mastery!"
"A second-level ranger advanced class... Judging from his swordsmanship, it seems to be the [Black Butcher]!"
Marvin hid under a tree and watched the scene silently, feeling a little uneasy.
This guy is so powerful!
This is totally abusing the brown bear!
I'm afraid there's nothing he wants on this brown bear. He's just getting perverted pleasure from torturing and killing the brown bear!
Or maybe he is just honing his skills. In short, this kind of person is very difficult to mess with.
A guy like this must have very good perception. Although Marvin is very confident in his hiding, it would be a headache if he was discovered.
He hid in the place, motionless, and even reduced his breathing rate to the lowest level.
He just watched the man in black torture the brown bear to death. When the brown bear died, all the blood had been drained from its body and its fur had been damaged beyond repair, having been almost cut off piece by piece!
This way of dying is really too cruel.
The man in black stopped attacking, stood where he was, and suddenly looked over.
"Oh no, I was discovered."
Marvin knew that it would be difficult to hide his concealment from such a master.
However, the man in black did not act immediately. He seemed to hesitate for a while, and suddenly smiled:
"I'm in a good mood today, so I'll let you go."
After saying that, a shadow flew out from his hand.
Snapped!
The shadow stuck in the dirt three steps in front of Marvin.
The man in black turned and left, and with a few leaps, he disappeared into the woods .
Marvin wiped the sweat from his forehead and walked out of the shadows.
"What a lucky guy. Looks like he has other things on his mind."
He pulled out the yellow card stuck in the soil, and on it was a picture of a spider with bared fangs!
Marvin's expression suddenly changed!
Shadow Spider Club!
This guy is a killer from the Shadow Spider Society!
This yellow card meant a warning, warning Marvin not to appear in his sight a second time, otherwise he would kill Marvin without mercy.
"Isn't the base of the Shadow Spider Society generally in the north?"
"Why did some members come to the south?"
Marvin sensed something unusual.
Regardless, this was a very troublesome signal. The only large city nearby was River Beach, and he had a feeling that he would most likely meet this killer again.
"It's very difficult..." Marvin shook his head. If he faced him head-on now, he would be completely suppressed.
I must improve my strength as soon as possible!
He did not stop and continued to search the nearby caves.
Finally, before the sun set, he found the quiet cave.
The cave was very quiet because no monster dared to approach due to the protection of the ancient gods.
Marvin walked directly to the end of the cave and came to the abandoned altar.
