Volume 1: The Nobles Who Lost Their Territory Chapter 29 Reconnaissance
At night, on the official road outside Hetan City.
Marvin, who was walking alone, suddenly felt a pain in his heart!
“I actually feel heartache…”
"Although I had expected Anthony's death, why do I still feel heartbroken?"
Marvin stood still for a while before he recovered.
He was a little shocked, not because of the heartache.
Ordinary people may not understand what that heartache means now, but he knows. As one of the few active legendary wizards alive, Anthony has always been the most active and powerful one in suppressing evil forces on the continent of Fenan.
Be it the Twin Snakes Cult or the evil spirits from the lower planes, they all had a very unhappy life under Anthony's Solar Eye.
This righteous legendary wizard is the patron saint of the East Coast and one of the top figures in the Southern Wizard Alliance.
Such a person cannot be described even with the word great.
His death is definitely a loss for the Fenan Continent. And people with kindness will suddenly feel heartbroken under the influence of some mysterious force.
This is only the first time.
Because this is only the fall of the first legend since the Cataclysm event began.
Under the conspiracy of the gods, there are definitely many human wizards who have fallen. The shocking events in Marvin's memory will happen one by one.
It won't be long before the news of Anthony's fall spreads, and then all the evil forces will begin to rise.
The coming of the [Twin Snakes of Destruction], [God of Plague], [Puppet Man]...all of this is just the beginning.
The entire Fenan continent will fall into endless chaos!
Wizards lose their power and become monsters, and mortals, in such pain, pray to the gods.
This is the purpose of those high gods!
Of course, there is also the fourth stone tablet of destiny.
Nothing can be stopped, and the only thing Marvin can do is not to go against the will of heaven, but to create a relatively peaceful refuge in this chaotic world!
This is difficult!
But as a legendary player in his previous life, Marvin would never back down because of difficulties. Since God had allowed him to come to this world, and since he had reached an agreement with the owner of this body, he had to do it!
After the catastrophe, the White River Valley must be built into a safe haven!
This is the oath Marvin made to his soul, because that is the land he needs to protect with his life.
…
"Am I a kind-hearted person?"
Marvin looked at the dark clouds floating in the east from afar, feeling somewhat self-deprecating.
That dark cloud will cause a period of heavy rainfall, and the east coast will be drenched in rain for several days.
This is the deceased legendary wizard Anthony warning the people of Fenan that disaster is coming.
Marvin adjusted his breathing and quickened his pace in the dark.
The official road was sparsely populated. Few people would travel alone at night, and this official road was actually built by the original lord of the White River Valley, Marvin's grandfather, so not many people walked on it.
Ever since the fall of the White River Valley, no more caravans have gone there. After all, who would do business with gnolls?
Marvin's dark vision is very poor, but fortunately there is moonlight tonight, and with the help of the Moon Trace, he can see very far.
He traveled alone, and because he didn't want to reveal his whereabouts, he chose to hide during the day and move at night.
About two days later, in the evening, he finally reached the edge of the White River Valley.
Northern Mine.
The wind was blowing on the beech trees, and a heavy rain was coming. The official road became much narrower here.
Marvin turned on stealth and moved through the woods.
A sign appeared at the intersection ahead.
Marvin was familiar with the sign, which pointed the way to the mines in the north and the castle in the south.
However, at this time, someone had painted it over with green dye!
Instead, there is a string of ugly language.
"Gnoll!"
"Damn it! These beasts!"
Marvin gritted his teeth secretly.
Although he didn't understand the language of the gnolls, the general meaning of the sign was that they had occupied this place.
If you take one step forward, you will become the private property of the Werewolf tribe!
That’s right, the ones attacking Marvin’s castle this time were a tribe of gnolls, otherwise, with the castle’s defensive strength, it wouldn’t have fallen so quickly!
However, it was night and very chaotic, and the owner of this body did not leave Marvin much useful information.
He had to check it out himself.
But just as he reached the intersection, he ran into trouble.
There are Gnoll sentries.
They were all ordinary sentinels. Two warriors and two archers. Their weapons were very crude, and they looked handmade. The slingshots made by human craftsmen were more lethal than their bows and arrows.
These gnoll sentinels are nothing to worry about. The key lies in the six tall shadows behind them!
Marvin started to scout and his pupils couldn't help but shrink!
Mutated coyote!
It is a level 4 creature, but its health points are as high as 200 points, and its melee strength is comparable to that of a tiger!
These mutant coyotes were the main force attacking the castle. Even with their shields raised high, the castle's defense forces were easily torn apart by them!
Marvin himself was almost bitten to death by a mutant coyote!
If Anna hadn't saved me.
Marvin knew that the Gnoll tribe could tame coyotes.
However, this mutated coyote cannot be tamed by ordinary werewolves.
"Could it be that a rare animal trainer has appeared among this group of gnolls?"
Ma Wen analyzed in his mind.
He now faces a dilemma.
The road ahead was blocked, and if he wanted to move forward, he had to kill these sentinels.
But this time he came for reconnaissance, not to alert the enemy.
He needed to know the details of the Gnoll tribe, the composition of their soldiers, the level of their leaders, and so on.
This requires sneaking in quietly.
These sentinels and coyotes blocked his path.
This is very troublesome.
Marvin hesitated for a moment, but finally squatted behind a beech tree and started hiding.
Let's wait.
…
Two full hours passed; Marvin waited for two hours in the biting cold wind.
Heavy rain began to fall from the sky!
This was a spell that the legendary wizard Anthony cast with his life before his death to warn Fernando of evil creatures.
According to Marvin, gnolls are very afraid of rain. Once their fur gets wet, it is difficult to dry and is very easy to rot due to the influence of parasites.
So they usually hide in caves.
Sure enough, as soon as it started to rain, the sentries began to scream and ran to the nearby valley.
The six mutant coyotes followed in as well.
Marvin was delighted, and he drove his stealth car and walked in silently in the heavy rain.
…
After passing the initial hurdle, the rest is smooth sailing.
Marvin first secretly went to the northern mine.
He found that these jackals had no idea how to mine. After Marvin evacuated the miners, there were only about twenty jackal warriors and two coyotes stationed here, one of whom looked like a third-level jackal sergeant.
"It seems that their leader has placed the main defense force on my castle."
"With so many coyotes, it must be a medium-sized tribe, with at least three hundred people."
"No wonder they were defeated in one fell swoop that night. These mutant coyotes are too lethal. Only a second-level human expert can deal with them."
Marvin secretly noted that if he wanted to take back the territory, the most important thing was to deal with these coyotes.
After all, with his fighting power, an ordinary gnoll warrior can completely lead others to divide and annihilate the enemy. This is not a difficult problem.
But at this moment, he was more curious about who cultivated these mutant coyotes?
Normal coyotes are level 2 creatures, and there is usually only one coyote in a group of 10 or more jackals. The owner who can cultivate a coyote into a level 4 creature must be very powerful.
Maybe it's a ranger advanced class - beast tamer?
Marvin was not sure, but the owner of these mutant coyotes must be the leader of the gnoll tribe.
There is no reason why such a powerful guy shouldn't be the leader.
As he was thinking this, the shadow of a castle appeared in the distant valley.
The heavy rain continued to fall, and Marvin did not move forward rashly. He knew there was a secret entrance to the castle, but the road there was very slippery and one could easily slip into the abyss if not careful.
We have to wait until the rain stops.
So he decided to find a farmhouse at the foot of the castle hill that had not been occupied by the gnolls to stay in temporarily.
He carefully avoided the sight of the werewolf patrolmen and chose a house that looked familiar and jumped in.
The owner of the house was probably evacuated to the countryside. It was no problem for Marvin to stay there temporarily.
Who knew that at this moment, a scream suddenly came from the backyard of the house!
That was a girl's voice!
