Volume 2 Before the Disaster Chapter 47: Shadow Clone
It is indeed the Book of Naaru!
Although it was expected, Marvin was very happy that he could get the artifact fragment so smoothly.
This bundle of parchment is the sixth page of the Book of Naaru.
Everyone can unleash some of their potential by reading Page 6 of the Book of Naaru.
It seems good, but the Book of Naaru does not bring all benefits.
This is a book of prophecies written by the God of Deception using all his divine power before his death!
Because destiny, luck and other divine duties are not controlled by humans, the future that the gods can see is very limited. And the God of Fraud is said to be the god who is most involved in the long river of destiny!
It is said that even gods would go crazy if one read the Book of Naaru in its entirety!
This is not groundless. Among the new gods born in the Third Age, there was one named Angora, the Lord of Violence, a very powerful warrior, who once secretly read the complete Book of Naaru!
After reading it, his divine nature collapsed and the kingdom of God was destroyed!
The scene at that time was extremely terrifying, and the nearby gods all witnessed the devastating scene with their own eyes: the divine power of the Lord of Violence turned into meteors, smashing madly towards various places in the multiverse!
Every meteor is equivalent to a six-ring spell!
The gods close to the Kingdom of the Lord of Violence also suffered some losses, and they had to take action to resist the collapsing divine power!
That was such an unexpected disaster!
Just because of reading a book, the immortality and power that he had worked so hard to gain were completely destroyed.
From then on, the Book of Naaru became a taboo word among the gods.
No matter whether it was the first, second, or third generation ancient gods born naturally, or the new gods born in the Third Age, they all kept their distance from the Book of Naaru.
And after that incident, the Book of Naaru itself was torn into pieces by the impact of the Lord of Violence's divine power, turning into individual pages of parchment, scattered all over Fenan.
Some even fell into the evil spirit plane.
As time goes by, people seem to have forgotten them.
But Marvin knew that there were still many mysterious organizations in Fenan that were secretly collecting the Book of Naaru.
For example, there is a mysterious organization called the Black Knight Hermitage. Founded by the Black Knight Cangol, this group of undead guys have been working hard to collect the Book of Naaru.
It is said that only a truly wise man can see through the true content , which contains the great secrets about the rise and fall of Fernan.
Whoever truly understands the Book of Naaru can gain true power.
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Marvin didn't know how famous the Book of Naaru was.
But he knew this sixth page inside out.
The Book of Naaru on page 6 is a very practical item.
Everyone can read and their potential can be stimulated, but people with weak minds are more likely to be stimulated to show their evil side.
Marvin prides himself on being strong-willed, and with the gift from the headless girl, he should have a bonus on his Willpower test.
So he decided to read the Book of Naaru himself before giving it to Hathaway.
The bonfire gradually warmed his body. He put on his clothes, took a deep breath, and untied the rope that tied the parchment scroll.
A short text with a picture appeared in Marvin's eyes.
He didn't recognize these words.
The God of Fraud is the third generation of ancient gods. Like the God of Plague, they both use the ancient language!
But the Book of Naaru was written for people to read. Although the readers cannot understand the words, they can still receive the various mysteries contained in it.
It’s just that everyone receives different information.
In an instant, Marvin felt that the image in front of him began to twist like an earthworm.
The parchment in my hand felt cold!
A low murmur sounded in his ears, as if an ancient devil was whispering and tempting.
Large shadows appeared in front of his eyes.
The shadows kept changing and eventually turned into human figures. Those figures were well-equipped and their movements were coordinated, following one person.
There was a cliff in front of them.
The strange scene ends here!
Because Marvin has struggled out of the virtual space and time created on the sixth page of the Book of Naaru with his own will!
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[You are reading The Book of Naaru (Page 6)]
【You have entered the fraud space...】
[Relevant willpower test is in progress...]
[Willpower test passed...]
[Your potential is stimulated, and there seems to be a strange energy in your blood ready to be unleashed.]
[You have obtained the innate spell - Shadow Clone]
Marvin stared at the new spell in his spell list in amazement, and then he became ecstatic!
This body actually has such potential?
He had complained before about his poor physical foundation, and he also thought that the second half of the question mark about race on the character panel meant that his bloodline was difficult to activate.
It was not until the ancient elven god pointed out that he was a descendant of the Numen that he realized that there might be something to this question mark.
But not everyone with Numan blood can activate their own blood. Marvin knows several ways to activate it, but they are all extremely dangerous. He is not willing to make such an attempt.
But I didn't expect that, inspired by the sixth page of the Book of Naaru, I would learn some information about my bloodline in advance!
He obtained a very powerful innate spell - Shadow Clone!
[Shadow Clone]: Wherever the sun shines, there are always shadows. Every day you can use shadows to create a shadow clone, which lasts for three minutes.
The strength of the shadow clone is about half of Marvin's own, but it has all of Marvin's skills - except for the bloodline ability.
The emergence of this new ability made Marvin's combat effectiveness soar!
The explosive power of a dual-blade ranger is already very fierce, and with the addition of a shadow clone!
In this way, even during the day, Marvin is no less capable than any other profession!
And at night... among the same level, basically everyone can have a big advantage, not to mention being invincible!
Of course, this is just the surface of the good news.
More importantly, Marvin seemed to have guessed the attributes of his own bloodline!
"Shadow clone... Shadow clone..."
"It's this ability. Then, if I'm not mistaken, the bloodline inherited may be that special branch of the Numans..."
Sitting on the ground, Marvin carefully put away the Book of Naaru while recalling the relevant knowledge.
That special branch was an outlier even among the Numans, and it was very difficult to fully activate that rare bloodline.
Even Marvin, who is so experienced, doesn't know what to do, after all, the Numans are too mysterious.
"... Let's talk about it later. Anyway, our current strength is more than enough to deal with the Holy Grail War and the following situations."
"The Cataclysm is still at least four months away. I still have time."
His eyes moved to another object in the box.
It was a human skin mask.
Mask of the Trickster.
This is also a magical item in itself, but unfortunately it has been damaged due to being soaked in water for many years. It seems that it can only be used two or three times.
This human skin mask can be used for disguise. After wearing it, you can become anyone you want. Even the gods can't tell the difference!
Because it carries the ancient divine power unique to the God of Fraud.
Marvin also carefully put away the human skin mask, extinguished the campfire, and prepared to leave the cave.
Who knew that at this moment, he suddenly heard a low sound of footsteps!
Is anyone nearby?
Marvin was startled, and with two swords in his hands in an instant, he tiptoed towards the cave entrance!
There was a sound of heavy breathing coming from the grass beside the cave!
“A mere trifle…” Marvin sneered.
He suddenly jumped in and chopped with his machete, instantly clearing out a space in the man-high grass.
"ah!"
A scream was heard, and a pale-faced elf boy fell to the ground!
"It's you?" Marvin was a little surprised.
This boy was the one he had met in the village before. At that time, he had pestered Marvin and asked him about the adventurers' deeds. Marvin told him a few stories casually, thinking that he would be satisfied.
But after hearing the story, the boy became more interested. Marvin didn't care at the time.
"What are you doing here?" Marvin asked seriously.
The elf boy looked at Marvin and suddenly said, "Can I go with you?"
"I don't want to be locked up in a village my whole life. I heard the world is big."
"I want to go outside and take a look."
