Volume 2 Before the Disaster Chapter 149: The Thorny Road
The land of eternal night.
Even in the Night Walker organization, only two people are qualified to open this demiplane.
One is the current leader of the Night Walkers, and the other is the former leader Sheen.
When Sheen moved to the White River Valley, he moved the basement in Oak Town here in one go. Marvin didn't know how he did it, but he thought the former leader of the Night Walkers must have had his own way.
"You have to think carefully. You may encounter many dangers on this road."
Xien looked at Marvin deeply and said, "The danger I'm talking about is not physical."
Marvin nodded firmly.
He knew what lay ahead, and because of this, he had the confidence to challenge something that no one had ever succeeded in.
Wake up the sleeping warriors, let them awaken from the eternal darkness and coldness, fight for themselves again, and fight to protect Fenan.
This is an extremely difficult task.
However, everything was under his control, and he had a good understanding of this mission, otherwise he would not have chosen Night Walker as his advanced profession.
When choosing a profession, one should not only consider the strength of the profession itself, but also the secrets behind the profession.
Each of Fenan's professions is not just a simple fighting style or behavior style, there is a long story behind it.
Night walkers are a typical example.
The only thing that surprised Marvin was that a task appeared again in the task bar of his data panel, which had been silent for a long time, because of this incident.
Dark Road
[Description: If you want to awaken the sleeping warriors, you must go through the pain they went through. You will follow the path of the former Night King and inherit his glory and responsibility.]
[Task Reward:? ]
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The mission reward is actually unknown?
This is a bit strange.
In fact, from the time he traveled through time to now, Marvin felt that the system in his body was more of a digitized auxiliary plug-in than a system.
Except for two points that he hasn't figured out, the rest is actually a completely normal world.
Both of these points are related to killing experience. First: Why do you gain killing experience by killing people and monsters?
Second: Why are most of the rewards for system tasks general experience?
If we put these two points aside, Marvin feels that his system is basically a recorder.
Make an extremely microscopic and digitized record of your own body and the fighting process.
Other than that, it doesn't seem to be of much use.
This made him feel as if he did not travel through time with the original game system, but that when he traveled through time, for some unknown reason, he gained the ability to digitize everything similar to the game system.
This is a kind of rule.
This is the most perfect explanation Marvin could think of - but unfortunately this explanation still has a flaw, which is the problem of experience.
This is also the biggest difference between him and the natives. The natives improve their strength through training, enlightenment, and various normal methods.
It is definitely not like Marvin, who thinks that he can improve his strength by fighting and killing.
There must be deeper reasons behind this waiting for Marvin to discover.
But now, he must concentrate on completing the task at hand.
"Nineteen legendary warriors."
“Sleeping in the dark frozen sea, you must walk barefoot on the thorny road, climb the Endless Mountain, and finally find the will of the Night King.”
"Only if you truly become the heir to the Night King can you awaken them."
"Every night walker has tried before you, but unfortunately no one has succeeded."
"This has nothing to do with strength, it only has to do with character, will... and luck."
The old blacksmith took a deep look and said, "As far as I'm concerned, you have absolutely good luck."
Marvin smiled silently.
"Times are different now. I have a feeling you might actually be able to wake them up."
"Go ahead."
As soon as the old blacksmith finished speaking, a dark and rugged path appeared in front of him.
The thorny road.
Marvin took a deep breath, took off his shoes, and walked barefoot onto the path.
"prick……"
The first step! Marvin gasped!
Intense pain came from the soles of his feet, violently stimulating his nerves.
It was as if a needle suddenly pierced the sole of his foot.
The horrible pain forced him to step back.
But he can't retreat!
On this road to awakening warriors, if you retreat, you will fail.
Move forward, only move forward.
The pain was all fake. Marvin was not actually injured. It was just the sensory stimulation transmitted by the thorny road.
If you can't even endure this little bit of pain, then how can you talk about inheriting the will of the Night King?
Marvin gritted his teeth, his willpower was still amazing.
He did not retreat, but walked into the depths of darkness with big strides!
He knew that the bigger his steps were, the less he would come into contact with the thorny road, and the pain would be less.
…
Watching Marvin's back gradually disappear at the end of the thorny road, the old blacksmith turned back to his furnace and worked tirelessly on things that only the lowest-level apprentices would do.
Smelt standard iron ingots.
This is the land of eternal night. For every night walker, this place is magical and vast. Even the leader only has a vague understanding of it.
Over time, they got used to it.
A figure appeared silently beside the old blacksmith.
"Do you think he will succeed?"
"Yes." Sheen continued to forge iron.
The man said calmly, "He has only been in the Night Walker organization for about a month. Do you think he has fully understood the will of the Night King?"
"No, no one can comprehend the will of the Night King." Sheen smiled and said, "In fact, perhaps we are all wrong."
"Every night walker who hopes to awaken the 19 warriors is trying to get closer to the Night King, but no one can tell whether this is right or not, right?"
"But this is our duty. To protect this continent." The man said with a hint of displeasure, "You and Constantine have wasted too much time on him. When I needed your support in the north, you didn't show up, but you were willing to follow a small baron to do ridiculous things. I know you have opinions about me, but among the Night Walkers, we are all brothers."
"You're wrong, O'Brien. It's not that we have a problem with you."
Sheen said seriously, "It's just that the little baron you mentioned was able to plot and kill the Crimson Patriarch who no legend could kill, and he was able to take out the Book of Naaru right under the nose of the Star Sword Master, and he even killed a red dragon a few days ago."
"He's only 15."
"What were you doing when you were 15?"
O'Brien remained silent.
"Let's take a step back. If I misjudged someone, Constantine also misjudged someone, but Hathaway wouldn't, Shadow Thief wouldn't, Endless Ocean wouldn't, and Nicholas wouldn't either."
The old blacksmith said leisurely: "Throughout history, there has never been a person on the East Coast who could gather such strength."
"So I am really looking forward to what this disciple of mine can do in the future."
“This is the fundamental reason why I stayed in the White River Valley.”
O'Brien took a deep breath and spoke in a much more relaxed tone: "Perhaps you are right. Although I have powerful military force, I am not always wise enough."
"No, no one is perfect. You are the best leader of the Night Walkers right now." Sheen smiled and said, "You have advantages that others don't have. Although you are powerful, you can listen to others."
O'Brien said helplessly: "My mother told me when I was very young: [O'Brien, you are not smart, you should listen more to the words of wise men.]"
"I did what I was told, so I'm doing OK. I didn't screw up what I was supposed to do."
"If this kid really awakens the 19 warriors and advances to the fourth level, I will consider giving him the semi-artifact [Eternal Night Paradise]."
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The thorny road.
A figure was walking alone.
Marvin was covered in sweat.
The pain from the soles of my feet began to come and go, the kind that would not go away.
You never know when pain will strike.
It is possible that you won’t feel anything after taking three steps, and the fourth step may be filled with excruciating pain .
This is the horror of the thorny road.
This kind of place is probably something that only the ascetic monks among the monks are best at dealing with.
"This road is to test the character of the heir."
"Legend has it that the Night King walked a real thorny road himself to save a group of innocent people from hell."
“So this road is also called the Road of Ancient Sages.”
A large amount of information emerged in Marvin's mind, and he tried to distract himself.
However, at this moment, a scream suddenly sounded in his ears!
He turned around abruptly.
A human face, covered in half decayed flesh, suddenly appeared on the side of the road.
He just stared at Marvin coldly, and an inexplicable fear rose from the bottom of Marvin's heart.
Fear. But not a Will roll.
"After pain comes fear. This is the handwriting left by the Night King."
"Just ignore these terrifying visions and you will be safe."
“It’s all an illusion in the mind.”
Marvin took a deep breath, controlled his trembling body, gritted his teeth and continued to move forward.
After walking a few dozen steps, all kinds of horrifying scenes appeared one after another.
A hell of bones, an endless sea of blood, rotting maggots, and deformed human bodies...
If it were someone else, they would have probably turned around and ran away out of fear.
This has nothing to do with willpower, it's purely the fear of such an ugly thing in the human heart!
However, Marvin gradually got used to these things.
"Damn it, do you really think I watched so many horror movies in my previous life for nothing?"
Marvin began to complain secretly.
There is a reason why he is so confident.
In the entire Fenan, perhaps no one knows better than him how to resist these horrific scenes.
He imagined these horrific scenes in his own mind and added some funny elements, which naturally alleviated the fear a lot.
The second stage of the Thorn Road was a piece of cake for him.
Soon, a fork appeared at the intersection ahead.
A monster was lurking at the intersection.
