Volume 1: The Nobles Who Lost Their Territory Chapter 28: The Fall of a Legend
Anna nodded.
Under Marvin's arrangement, all members of the security team have evacuated River Beach City in batches.
The guards of River Beach City are very strict, but also very lax. There are always some unknown secret passages that are controlled by different people.
In fact, before the patrol arrived from the dock area last night, Marvin bought a way to secretly leave Riverside City from the old goblin.
A sewer system in the north of the city was once occupied by a corrosive monster. After the patrol team cleared it out, they did not conduct a thorough inspection.
As a result, a secret entrance large enough for an adult to enter and exit appeared in that area.
The Black Claw Chamber of Commerce where Bane worked controlled this secret passage. Marvin worked with him to send the guard members out of River Beach City one by one.
They will return to Green Village and other places first, carrying those light but valuable belongings.
Neither Marvin nor Anna would question the loyalty of these team members, especially under Andre's leadership, there would be no problems within the security team because of these properties.
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"It's too dangerous to do this." Anna looked at Marvin with some reproach: "I know you hate him very much. He killed the old lord, and he deserves this fate."
"But what if the wizards find out?"
The half-elf housekeeper was very worried. This morning, she personally sent the little girl from Milo's home, but in the afternoon, all the major guilds issued wanted posters offering a bounty for the Double Blade Mask. It was obvious who did it.
I believe that after this incident, the defense strength of the homes of high-ranking officials in the city hall will be raised to a higher level.
"No." Marvin smiled faintly.
He didn't explain much.
People in this era are still full of supreme awe for wizards.
After all, they were a group of people who ruled the world for an era.
This is also the reason why the public security in River Beach City has always been good. But that is now in the past.
Marvin clearly remembered that half a year before the catastrophe, all the prophecy wizards lost their powers.
This was just a sign, but the wizards did not take it seriously. After all, the prophecy system has always been a bit mysterious.
The essence of the fact is that the Lord of Time, who possesses powerful divine power, sealed off part of the magic power in the universe's magic pool, and that part of the magic power happened to be related to prophecy and time.
The gods have already begun to act secretly.
It was precisely because of this that Marvin let go and did it, because he knew that the wizards of the prophecy department could no longer find any trace of him.
This is indeed the case.
As for Milo, a senior official in City Hall, he would not personally come forward to identify Marvin, because he was the one who personally ordered the transfer of the patrol team, and he could not allow himself to be tarnished with the stain of dereliction of duty.
The most he could do was to secretly mobilize some forces to investigate and offer a reward for the Double-Knife Mask.
But what surprised Marvin was that when he went to the tavern to inquire about the news at noon, he actually heard that the patrol team had caught some cult members in the dock area!
"I heard that the priest of the God of Plague was secretly performing some kind of ritual, and they happened to be run into by the patrol team in the rich area."
"That group of people is really unlucky."
Originally, sending the patrol team from the wealthy area away was only part of Marvin's plan. Who would have thought that they would actually catch a few cultists.
But this also reminded Marvin.
Believers of both the [Twin Snakes of Destruction] and the [God of Plague] have begun to become active in the south.
This means the most chaotic era is about to come!
He couldn't rest for even a moment. He had to recapture the White River Valley as soon as possible!
But before that, he has to play the role of the "victim's" family.
After all, after Uncle Miller died, Marvin was his only blood relative, which meant that all the inheritance left by Miller would be inherited by him.
However, Marvin knew that although the City Hall had sent a notice, the inheritance must have been almost completely plundered by them before the remaining part was given to Marvin.
"These guys aren't particularly excessive."
"I thought they would just make up an excuse, saying that the Miller family's wealth was robbed by robbers, and all they left for me was a box of ashes."
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Towards evening, Marvin changed into aristocratic clothes and looked like the weak and incompetent boy again.
He and Anna went to the town hall together.
As expected, the official in charge of handling the estate settlement procedures only handed Marvin a deed, which was the certificate for the house Miller bought at No. 31 in the wealthy area.
There was no other jewelry, valuables, or anything like that.
"Master Marvin, I am deeply sorry for your loss."
The official said something hypocritically.
Marvin asked in a weak voice, "Now my uncle is dead too. My only relative is gone."
"When will the guards of River Beach City be able to send troops to help me clean out those gnolls?"
"I need to get my territory back."
The official still laughed it off and said, "Well, this is very difficult."
"Master Marvin, you see, there have been cultists infesting River Beach City recently, as well as rampant killers, such as the Masked Man with Two Blades who killed your uncle's family... We are seriously short of manpower."
"I think it would be better for you to wait patiently in the city for a while."
Marvin showed disappointment on his face.
He was secretly surprised.
Logically speaking, once Miller died, the officials in the city hall who were bribed by him should have no reason to stop the army from sending troops to wipe out the group of jackals.
After all, the White River Valley and Riverside City are not too far away, and the presence of such a group of gnolls entrenched there is also .
Yet these officials are still shirking their responsibilities.
"Is it possible that Miller is not the only one who is paying attention to the White River Valley?"
Ma Wen was quick-witted and immediately guessed the possible truth behind it.
But he didn't plan to rely on the strength of the River Beach City Patrol. He asked this question just now, firstly because it was a reasonable thing to do, and secondly, it was just a test.
It seems that there are some people with ulterior motives in Hetan City.
Marvin glanced at the task bar and found that the main task had not changed, which was to retake the territory.
There are only 18 days left.
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After leaving the city hall, Marvin immediately arranged the next course of action.
After last night's murder, arson and robbery, Marvin gained a considerable fortune from the Miller family. All this wealth added up to at least hundreds of thousands of silver coins!
Among them, those that were easier to carry were taken away by the security team, accounting for about one third.
He sold the rest to Bane of the Black Claw Chamber of Commerce at a low price under the identity of the Double-Blade Mask.
The old goblin is extremely cunning and knows who to offend and who to cooperate with.
There was a murderous aura about Ma Wen that he was very afraid of, so when he received the goods, he was actually very easy to talk to and gave a good price.
Moreover, last night, he also saw Marvin's two men, both of whom were extremely powerful phantom assassins.
People in their line of work naturally know very well that they can offend anyone except assassins.
The old goblin expressed enthusiastically that Lord Masked with Twin Blades would be an important partner of their Black Claw Chamber of Commerce, even though his head was worth a lot of money on the bounty order.
Marvin now has a total of more than 50 gold coins in his hand, which can be exchanged into small silver coins, which is more than 50,000.
This money is enough for him to organize a mercenary group composed of low-level adventurers!
"Here are thirty thousand silver coins."
Marvin handed a bag to Anna and said solemnly, "Go to the Adventurer's Guild to select. You must have a formal profession. Priority will be given to those with team battle experience, those with command experience, those with their own weapons and armor, and warriors. There will be about twenty people. You can decide the reward yourself."
The half-elf nodded.
He was very confident in Anna's abilities, and it was most appropriate to let her handle the task of recruiting adventurers.
If he wants to take back the White River Valley, he must have a team of troops. It is not enough to rely solely on the guard team.
"Master Marvin, what about you?" Anna asked.
"I?"
Marvin smiled and said, "I need to go back to the White River Valley first."
"Someone has to do some reconnaissance, right?"
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On the east coast, above the Holy Light Tower, the sun sets.
On the high platform, next to the hunchbacked old man, a corpse lay quietly.
Even an extremely weak legendary wizard was still very terrifying, and although he suffered an unimaginable sneak attack, he still killed the disciple who was controlled by the Twin Snakes before he died.
But he himself was on the verge of death!
Although the Shadow Prince is only a god with weak power, he was a powerful legendary assassin before he was deified!
Anthony closed his eyes, his face bruised.
There were chaotic sounds coming from the Eye of the Sun, as if it was disturbed by something. Legendary wizards from other regions tried to teleport here, but were blocked by an unknown force field.
This is a conspiracy.
Anthony stumbled to the edge of the platform. Looking down from this angle, he could see both the City of Sails in the north and the Jewel Bay in the south.
What a beautiful scenery.
The old man stood there quietly and began to chant.
Thirty seconds later, his body fell from the platform.
A pitch-black cloud quickly formed in the sky!
In an instant, all kind-hearted creatures on the East Coast felt a sudden burst of intense pain in their hearts!
Some women with weak willpower couldn't help crying .
Everyone looked towards the east in shock.
The legend has fallen!
