Volume 2 Before the Disaster Chapter 85: Spider Crypt
“It’s actually this thing…”
Before Marvin could finish his mumbling, he froze in place, unable to move!
The entire study was silent. Marvin just kept opening the door, motionless!
After three full minutes, Marvin suddenly woke up from a nightmare and slammed the secret door shut!
With a bang, he used all his strength.
The next second, he leaned against the door and collapsed.
He was covered in cold sweat.
"It's actually... It's actually this thing..."
Marvin lay there cold and weak. It took him five minutes to recover a little.
When he got up from the ground, the ground was already wet, all covered with Marvin's sweat!
He climbed onto the bed and lay there with his arms and legs spread out, slowly recovering the energy he had just consumed.
His eyes were empty, and the scenes he had just seen kept reappearing in his mind.
…
After opening the door, the first thing Marvin saw was an empty secret room!
Opposite the secret room is a mural.
Marvin recognized this mural. He had seen it before when he was exploring an underground temple!
But this mural is different from the one in the underground temple.
This is a floating mural!
At that moment, a terrifying scene immediately appeared in front of Marvin's eyes:
A mysterious force placed him in darkness, and from afar he could hear the low singing of a girl.
The song that was sung was exactly the one he heard in the secret passage.
Accompanying this faint song was a shocking scene.
There was a bonfire burning in the darkness. Beside the bonfire were countless pairs of men and women, all of whom were naked. The men wore black masks, while the women wore white masks.
They were gathered around the bonfire, frantically... (censored, please use your imagination, cough)!
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【……】
In the end, everyone grows old one after another.
Aging rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Their skin dried into human skin, and their bones were blown down by the wind, turning into piles of bones scattered on the land where gorgeous flowers grew.
They died one by one. The masks were scattered all over the ground.
But the bonfires are still burning and the songs are still being sung.
Finally, only a young girl was left, and she was covered in blood.
She slowly took off the mask, revealing a delicate face.
When he saw this, Marvin almost suffocated!
What’s even more terrifying is that the girl seemed to see Marvin and actually smiled at him.
The next second, the girl's belly began to swell.
It seems that a powerful life is being nurtured.
Marvin was shaking all over and he couldn't control his body at all.
The girl stared at him intently.
The smile at the beginning turned into a terrifying resentment!
In a trance, Marvin saw the girl's head turned into the head of the big devil!
Three eyes, looking at him with a smile.
He felt that his life was slipping away bit by bit!
…
"Fortunately, there is also Valissa's gift..."
"Otherwise, this time we're really going to get into trouble!"
Marvin looked at the series of records of determination on the data panel and let out a long sigh.
That mural is definitely not that simple.
Anyone who sees it will fall into an illusion. This illusion may have actually happened and was recorded by someone using secret methods.
Ma Wen prided himself on being strong-willed, but he almost failed!
If it weren't for the significant fear resistance bonus provided by Vaissa's gift, Marvin would probably have found it difficult to break free from that illusion for a while!
No wonder his father Gene handed him the key before he died, but repeatedly warned him not to open that door.
What kind of person is my grandfather?
Marvin lay in bed for a full hour before he recovered.
No matter what, the secrets hidden by the kind grandfather in my impression must be beyond my imagination.
This mural is at least related to the Anzedi people and the Great Devil. Plus his Numan bloodline...
At least Marvin won't deal with this thing for the time being.
According to his calculations, if there was no better way to increase fear resistance than Valissa's gift, he would have no chance of taking a single step inside that door.
"Let's carefully plan what to do next."
When Marvin was thinking this, Anna just came over.
"Master, everything has been arranged."
"Huh? Why do you look so pale?"
Marvin smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I need some mushroom soup. Ask the chef to add more kale."
Kale can restore the spirit and is one of the main ingredients in homemade spirit recovery potions.
Marvin urgently needs to recover his spirit because he still has things to do in the evening.
…
In the evening, outside the city gate.
Laura was carrying a small package and looking around anxiously.
The deserted city gate had long been closed, leaving only a small door open, where two members of the guard team were stationed.
Not far away, a slightly thin figure slowly walked over.
"Master Marvin." Laura looked respectful.
"Don't pretend, I know what you are like."
Marvin smiled faintly: "How can you be so respectful to a country lord when you are such a daring female liar who can bluff the jackals into releasing you from the cell?"
Laura was stunned for a moment, and was immediately surprised: “You are…”
There was no need for Ma Wen to speak. She rolled her eyes and cut off the second half of the sentence.
This is a very smart girl.
Laura lowered her voice: “It turns out that the rumors are true.”
Marven remained calm: "Does it matter whether the rumor is true or not?"
Who knew Laura would say seriously: "Very important!"
"If you are really the Masked Man, then you are my savior."
"Besides, you are also the first person who believed in me again after being deceived by me."
Her expression was sincere.
Marvin was slightly moved, but he said expressionlessly, "Really?"
"Then let's go!"
"Hey? Lord Marvin, you haven't told me where we are going yet!" Laura yelled as Marvin pulled her down the mountain.
"Gem Bay."
Marvin replied.
"But Gem Bay is not in this direction!" Laura struggled and said, "Let me lead the way. You are wrong."
"No, that's right."
The two men went down the mountain, and Marvin walked northward with determination.
"We took a shortcut."
Laura was being pulled by Marvin like a puppet, staring blankly at the tall mountains in the distance. After a long while, she managed to squeeze out a sentence with difficulty:
"You're going to cross the Screaming Mountains!?"
"What else?" Marvin said casually, "There's no food in the territory. We have to come back within a week!"
“This is the only shortcut.”
…
The Screaming Mountains, an almost forgotten mountain range.
It stretches across the wilderness south of Gem Bay. A small place like the White River Valley is actually not drawn on the maps of many large city-states in the south!
The people of Gem Bay rarely venture south, because of the Screaming Mountains.
In fact, the White River Valley and Gem Bay are separated only by this mountain range.
As long as we cross this mountain range, we can open up the trade channel between the White River Valley and Gem Bay.
But no one would do that.
Firstly, the White River Valley was a small place and did not have the ability to build this road. Secondly, the Baoshiwan side had no interest in doing business with a small rural village.
The Screaming Mountains are infested with monsters, and all kinds of creatures appear one after another.
If there weren't a mysterious force that restricted these monsters from leaving the mountains, Gem Bay would probably suffer from monster attacks every day.
Harpies, wyverns, gore monsters, and some even claim to have seen a green dragon lurking in the Screaming Mountains!
No one knows how many monsters there are in this mountain.
It's just that they were suppressed by a mysterious force and did not come out to cause trouble.
Only fearless adventurers would occasionally enter the Screaming Mountains to search for treasure, but these were only a small minority of desperate criminals.
Most adventurers still value their lives very much, and the Screaming Mountains are always a forbidden zone for life.
The White River Valley, located south of the Screaming Mountains, is a fairly peaceful place. Apart from the group of gnolls that invaded some time ago, there have been no monster invasions here.
Starting from the castle, heading northwest will lead you to the northern mines and River Beach City, and heading northeast will lead you to the entrance to the Screaming Mountains.
Marvin is going to cross the Screaming Mountains tonight!
As night falls, the fog-shrouded Screaming Mountains take on a different feel.
The scenery is beautiful.
But Laura is going crazy!
"Excuse me, sir, are you a legend?" Laura asked loudly in the deserted wilderness.
"No," Marvin replied.
"Excuse me, sir, do you have no attachment to life anymore?" Laura asked madly.
"But it didn't." Marvin responded.
"Excuse me, sir, do you want to execute me in a different way?" Laura looked ashen.
"Of course not."
Marvin held Laura's hand and said little, occasionally answering a few words and just hurrying on his way.
The talkative girl finally gave up asking questions after several fruitless attempts.
The two walked all the way until the moon was at its highest point in the sky, and then they arrived at the place that Ma Wen had thought of.
It was a desolate, gravelly area.
There is a steep hillside ahead.
However, Marvin continued to walk eastward, turned back several times in front of the hillside, and finally stopped in front of a cave.
"What's in it?" Laura asked nervously.
“This is a tunnel that no one knows about.”
Marvin finally spoke: "Through this tunnel, we can cross the Screaming Mountains and reach Gem Bay overnight."
"This road is much safer than the one above."
"So there is a secret passage!" Laura relaxed all of a sudden and showed an admiring look: "I didn't expect you to know so much."
"Don't be in a hurry to relax yet."
Marvin pushed aside the weeds at the entrance of the cave and took a step inside: "It's not completely safe here."
“This road has a name.”
"It's called Spider Crypt."
“As the name suggests, there’s a lot waiting for us inside.”
"They're hungry. Always."
