Volume 1: The Nobles Who Lost Their Territory Chapter 31 Nobles
"Work?"
"What kind of work?"
Laura was startled, and all kinds of bad thoughts suddenly emerged in her mind.
However, Marvin did not do anything excessive. He just sat cross-legged in front of her and said calmly:
"Tell me all the words and grammar you know in Gnoll."
"Ah?"
Laura was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect the other party to make such a request.
Did he want to learn Gnoll?
"Excuse me, sir." Laura said timidly, "Although the language of the gnolls is simple, it is not something that can be learned in a short time."
Marvin was too lazy to say more and pulled out his scimitar and put it aside.
"You speak, I listen."
Laura wanted to cry but had no tears.
It turns out that to him, I am just a werewolf language teacher.
"What a stubborn and evil person."
She thought so in her heart, but still gritted her teeth and said everything she knew in the werewolf language.
…
Although the language of the Werewolf is relatively simple, since it is a language, it is not so easy to master.
Laura talked in bits and pieces for almost two hours before she stopped with some difficulty.
She looked at Marvin cautiously: "Sir, I have almost said all the words I know."
Marvin didn't move.
Not long after, a very strange syllable suddenly came out of his mouth.
Hearing this syllable, Laura was shocked!
This actually means "food" in Gnoll language!
How can this be?
It took me more than a year to learn the Werewolf language, but he learned it after just listening to me speak for two hours?
Laura thought she must be hallucinating.
However, Marvin then began to communicate with her in the language of the gnoll:
“You did a good job.”
"It did help me. But now, I can't let you go."
After that, he got up and tied Laura to the head of the bed with a rope.
After leaving her a few pieces of bread, Marvin sealed the doors and windows of the farmhouse and left alone.
Laura sat on the bed in a daze, thinking she had seen a ghost.
And from beginning to end, she even forgot to resist!
Even if you resist, it's futile.
…
Marvin did learn the Gnoll language.
And it only took two hours. It's amazing, but it's true.
After killing the Miller family, Marvin not only upgraded his ranger level to level 5, but also took a look at his other profession.
noble.
This life profession can also be upgraded. The title of Baron can upgrade the noble profession to level 4 at most.
Going any higher would not be possible. Marvin guessed that a higher title might be needed.
Ma Wen casually threw in ten points of general experience, and then added to the original forty points of experience.
He successfully upgraded the [Noble] profession to level 4!
After reaching level 4, in addition to gaining 20 noble-specific skill points, he discovered that he actually had an extra professional expertise!
[Quick Learning] (Level 4 Professional Expertise for Nobles): When you activate this expertise, you will learn a certain knowledge in a short period of time.
The time required to activate the expertise is three hours per month.
As for the objects of study, they included various languages, geography, culture, astronomy, etc. The language of the gnolls was also among them.
It was precisely because of this professional expertise that Marvin tried to get Laura to teach him the language of the werewolves.
The result was successful -
[You are using the expertise - fast learning]
[A new knowledge is being learned...]
[Study completed, your knowledge +1 ]
[Knowledge - Language (Gnoll)]: You have mastered the elementary Gnoll language and can have the most basic communication with Gnolls.
He successfully mastered the most basic language of the Werewolf. Although it was only the most basic level, it was barely enough.
He came here to gather intelligence, and he couldn't fail to understand what the jackals were saying.
"So, the noble profession is not completely useless."
"Similar expertise, I've heard of the scholars in the Pearl Tower before. They can quickly master knowledge through some special techniques."
"I didn't expect that nobles also have such abilities."
However, according to Marvin's speculation, such expertise is not 100% created.
The nobles of this world are 100% wizards or descendants of wizards. There is something special flowing in their blood.
It is these things that allow them to have the chance to master some special expertise when they upgrade their noble profession level.
The specialty of [Quick Learning] is indeed a very practical one.
After mastering the language of the gnolls, Marvin no longer hesitated, but went around to the mountain wall east of the castle under the cover of drizzle.
There is a secret escape passage nearby.
The secret passage leads directly under the city lord's bed. When Marvin was attacked, he was still eating in the restaurant and did not even use the secret passage.
Therefore, this secret passage should not have been exposed yet.
Marvin used stealth and clever movement to avoid the sight of the werewolf sentinels on the castle and pushed aside a pile of grass.
He lifted up the wooden board on a sunken haystack, and the secret passage appeared before him.
Although it was raining, Marvin's torch was placed in the void conch, so after entering the secret passage, he just rubbed it with a flint and it was lit.
The torches were burning brightly, and it looked like the air quality in the secret passage was pretty good.
Marvin closed the board and walked in, hunched over.
…
Unlike the humidity outside, the tunnel seemed very dry.
Although there was a lot of dust, it made Marvin, who was soaked all over, feel much more comfortable.
He moved forward quickly, relying on the route he remembered.
There is a fork in the road ahead.
According to Marvin's memory, if you go left and walk up a staircase, you will reach the exit; but the right side is blocked.
A huge rock blocks the way forward, and no one knows what is on the other side of the road.
At this moment, Marvin suddenly remembered that before Miller died, he seemed to have mentioned that there was some treasure under the secret passage of the castle.
“Is it behind this huge rock?”
Marvin was confused, but he was not in a hurry. Even if there was a treasure, it would not escape by itself.
He should first complete the reconnaissance mission at hand.
If you want to win a battle, reconnaissance is very important.
Because only by mastering enough intelligence about the enemy can you win the battle. Marvin didn't trust anyone else to do this, so he had to do it himself.
He then carefully followed the secret passage and came to the city lord's room.
There was no sound, and it seemed that I was lucky.
Marvin then quietly entered the castle and started stealth mode, taking every step with extreme caution.
Outside the castle, the figures of jackals began to appear one after another.
The more Marvin looked, the more frightened he became.
These gnolls are not warriors!
They were ordinary gnolls, most of whom were the elderly, the weak, women and children, and had little combat power.
The number of these jackals exceeds two hundred!
This means that this is a medium-sized gnoll tribe. There are about 150 gnolls with real professional ranks!
This number is indeed not something that a 20-man guard team can handle, not to mention there are so many mutant coyotes.
He walked carefully around the castle.
Fortunately, he was very familiar with the terrain here, and the perception of those jackals was not very good, so he was able to retreat calmly.
But what puzzled him was that he had seen most of the forces of the Werewolf tribe, but he had not found their leader.
The Gnoll Tribe has about 150 qualified warriors, of which there are about six third-level non-commissioned officers and two fourth-level lieutenants.
The real leader must be a second-level professional.
At the same time, Marvin also noticed that the mutated coyotes did not seem to listen to the commands of ordinary werewolves or even the werewolf adjutants.
They seemed to be controlled by a more powerful being.
"Who is their leader?"
With such doubts, Marvin gritted his teeth and prepared to go deeper.
Who knew that at this moment, on the street not far away, a group of jackals came over, surrounding a thin guy.
Marvin narrowed his eyes and was suddenly shocked!
Most of the gnolls were small and skinny, but the one in the middle was particularly deformed.
It was probably as thin as a child of five or six years old, but its fur was quite smooth. The other gnolls looked at him with respect!
"Oh My God!"
"I'm not seeing things, am I?"
"The jackal tribe, which has always been known for its low intelligence, actually gave birth to a warlock?!"
Marvin made a quick judgment and did not stay where he was, but turned around and ran away!
The warlock's most basic talent spell, Eye of Pain, is the nemesis of all stealth units.
He is alone and deep in the enemy's territory, he can't die here!
