Volume 4: The Cataclysm Chapter 109: Green Ivy
Hathaway.
Marvin never thought that when he heard this name again, it would be in the Autumn Hunting Ground in the Wilderness Hall, spoken by an old monster who had lived for who knows how many years.
For a moment, he thought he had misheard, and that the name of the person the other person mentioned might just be pronounced similar to Hathaway's.
So he confirmed it again.
As a result, Winter Assassin confirmed his previous reply with certainty.
The witch who used a spell to turn him into a whispering worm was really named Hathaway.
She claimed to be from Anzedi and was fulfilling a very great mission. This mission was said to be related to the revival of the people and witches of Anzedi. Because it involved the ownership of the Grasp of Cold Light, the then-powerful Winter Assassin naturally refuted the other party's request with a very tough attitude.
So both sides started fighting.
Tragically, the Winter Assassin, who could even kill gods, was defeated by a series of strange [spells].
One of the reasons was certainly that the Winter Assassin himself did not know much about witchcraft, but more importantly, the witch from Anze seemed to have received secret help from a certain god.
No one knows which god the Winter Assassin is. After all, the previous [Assassination of God] incident has put him on the blacklist of the entire heavenly kingdom, so it could be anyone.
The only thing that was certain was that the one who helped Hathaway back then must have been an ancient god, because during the battle, he heard the ancient god's language.
When talking about the battle that year, Marvin could tell that the Winter Assassin himself was very unwilling.
In his own words, he was "tricked."
The result of his bad luck was that he was cursed for who knows how many years. He couldn't even figure out how many years ago it was, but it must have been more than seven or eight hundred years, after all, the Winter Assassin himself was a figure from the late Third Age. When he was cursed and turned into a whispering worm, many of the current gods had not yet been deified.
The Assassin's League he founded was just a relatively loose organization at that time and did not belong to the Southern Wizarding Union. It was considered a predecessor of the later Assassin's League.
It can be seen that the origin of this matter is very long.
Marvin made a rough estimate and frowned.
The most active period of the Winter Assassin was the late Third Age, about fifty to sixty years ago. Miss Silver Moon's death was even before this time. The Winter Assassin obtained the Grip of Frostlight by chance and became its master.
Later, the witch of Anze suddenly appeared and took away the Grip of Cold Light, and brought it to the Wilderness Palace.
There are too many tricks involved here.
The last time Marvin saw Hathaway , she claimed to be the Witch King of Anze.
Marvin had some knowledge about witchcraft. Hathaway's cyclical curse was broken by chance because of the Dark Phoenix, and some extraordinary memories were awakened. Marvin could roughly guess these things.
But he couldn't imagine that Hathaway had lived for thousands of years.
Or, these two people are not the same person at all?
With such doubts, Marvin tried to verify with Winter Assassin what the witch who turned him into a whispering worm looked like.
However, the Winter Assassin could no longer remember what the witch looked like.
After being cursed, many of his memories seemed to be sealed.
He only knew that he was defeated by the witch, and he couldn't remember anything about her appearance.
This is actually what makes Winter Assassin himself very frustrated.
As a legendary figure active in the late Third Age, at that time, people even preferred him to be deified rather than the wretched Glenos.
I encountered a powerful enemy out of nowhere and was sealed for nearly a thousand years. Anyone would be depressed by this.
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Since there was no way to confirm Hathaway's appearance, Marvin had no choice.
Deep in his heart, he felt that behind the opening of the Wilderness Palace this time, there might be even greater secrets waiting for them to discover.
The God of the Wilderness
Anyway, now that he has arrived at the Autumn Hunting Ground and the Wilderness Hall, Marvin is bound to give it a try.
After all, it has been confirmed that the one who opened the Wilderness Hall was not the God of the Wilderness himself, but a lich. And from the information obtained from the Holy Light City, Marvin can almost confirm that Minsk also entered the Wilderness Hall at the beginning, and finally never appeared anywhere in the Bloody Wasteland.
He did not forget his original purpose of entering the bloody wasteland, which was to find the descendants of this ancient god of nature.
Entering the wilderness hall, you might find unexpected gains.
By the way, since the Winter Assassin repeatedly emphasized that the Grasp of Frostlight was very important to him and Isabel, Marvin didn't mind helping out.
Artifacts are tempting, but there are many more powerful ones.
What's more, the Grip of Cold Light is a dagger. Although Marvin can also use daggers as a weapon after he advances to the Lord of Darkness, in this life, his expertise in scimitars is even stronger. If you want to choose a weapon of artifact level, the Grip of Cold Light is not the first choice.
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In the following days, Marvin and Isabel did not encounter any danger because they had the guidance of an old monster like the Winter Assassin.
They did not meet anyone from the Dream Temple. Perhaps the terrifying ability that Isabel had displayed before really frightened them, so they did not come again.
This made Ma Wen feel very relieved.
He teamed up with Isabel and finally was not acting alone, and was able to deal with the monsters with ease.
With the Winter Assassin's reminders, the weaknesses of these monsters are clear at a glance.
Soon, they each obtained enough hunter marks.
After all, Isabel today is no longer the stubborn but powerless little girl she used to be.
She has become a true assassin.
Even though Marvin and the Winter Assassin restricted her use of her innate abilities during these battles, the assassination skills she demonstrated really shocked Marvin.
Despite her young age, her stealth skills have reached perfection, almost as good as Marvin, the veteran assassin in her previous life.
As for the techniques, naturally, the apprentices trained by some of the top assassins in history, Fenan, would not be bad.
Marvin even felt that if he used his innate abilities, it would be difficult for him to escape her assassination!
A flash that ignores all laws!
It’s scary to think about it.
It is this kind of talent that makes the Winter Assassins envious.
It is said that she is now approaching the final test period. If she completes it, the Winter Assassin will teach her his ultimate skills.
Only a strong person of the level of Winter Assassin has hidden skills that can be passed on to legend. If it were someone else, facing Isabel who has already advanced to the legendary level, there might not be much to teach her.
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After the two of them completed the accumulation of hunter marks, the next step was to wait.
Waiting for the Wilderness Hall to truly open.
According to the Winter Assassin's estimation, the Autumn Hunting Ground will be closed in three days at most.
By that time, if you don't get enough hunter marks, you may be trapped and die in this space.
Only those who have the mark can leave this land and head to the more dangerous and mysterious wilderness palace.
Sure enough, the next day after the two of them collected enough marks, a rumbling sound deep in the Autumn Hunting Ground shocked everyone.
A huge bronze door appeared deep in the hunting ground.
The lich's voice sounded again:
"The fact that you are able to survive proves that you have the ability to witness history with your own eyes."
"Then please come in."
"The Wilderness Hall has been opened. Every great performance always needs some audience, doesn't it?"
Along with the voice of the lich, some figures gradually appeared in the depths of the hunting ground.
Marvin could sense that they all had a strong smell of blood on them.
Everyone who survived until now was very powerful. They quickly disappeared behind the bronze door.
According to Marvin's estimation, there were nearly a hundred legendary warriors captured into the Autumn Hunting Ground this time, but no more than 20 of them survived!
Even someone as powerful as the Dream Temple lost two temple warriors.
You know, they act together, which is safer and more efficient.
Marvin and Isabel had been lurking near the bronze door, silently counting the number of people.
In the end, there were 16 legendary warriors who had accumulated enough Hunter Marks. Including Marvin and Isabel, there were 18 in total.
Most of the rest died in this hunting ground.
It is very likely that their bodies were melted by the sulfuric acid rain and eventually absorbed by this horrible space.
After all, during these two days, there was a sulfuric acid rain lasting more than ten minutes almost every four hours.
Marvin was certain that this was a sacrifice.
Behind the bronze door, there must be a greater crisis waiting for them.
It is impossible that the lich set up such a big trap just to invite some spectators.
But they had no choice but to follow the path the lich had pointed out to them and move forward step by step.
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"Let's go, stop looking."
"I can sense that this door will close in five minutes at most."
The Winter Assassin urged, "Even if the lich you mentioned is really causing trouble, we have to go in to find a solution, right?"
Marvin nodded, and finally stepped into the portal with Isabel.
Time and space were distorted again.
When the scene became real again, they found themselves in an open hall.
The hall was covered with strange green vines.
These vines are different from ordinary plants. They have a lot of barbs and a thin layer of mucus!
The air was filled with a bloody and fanatical atmosphere.
The hall was very wide and they were in the center. At a glance, they could see flickering red light in the depths of the darkness.
In the distance, there was actually the sound of fighting!
"Let's go and take a look."
Marvin|made a gesture to silence.
Isabel cooperated very well and went straight into stealth mode.
The two of them, one on the left and one on the right, communicated their positions with the special talents of the Whispering Bug and quickly moved over.
…
A corner of the hall.
A man in a black cloak was standing steadily aside.
There was thick fog behind him, and in the depths of the black fog, a two-headed skull dragon was looming.
And next to him, stood a gorgeous emerald witch!
"It's him indeed!"
Ma Wen felt relieved. Now that he had found the mastermind behind the incident, things would be much easier.
The soul fire in this guy's eyes is so obvious, it's basically as if the word "Lich" is carved on his face.
And in the open space in front of him, the people fighting were actually the Judgement Team from the Dream Temple!
The divine magician who had been so high-spirited before now looked to be in a very embarrassing situation.
They had already lost two men in the Autumn Hunting Grounds. Now, the four temple warriors, the Paladin Griffin, and the divine magician himself were finding it difficult to resist the attack of the lich - wait, that was not the attack of the lich!
Marvin's pupils shrank.
What put Griffin and others in trouble were the green vines!
"There is indeed something wrong with these green vines."
Marvin couldn't help but feel frightened as he watched the vines that seemed to have life surrounding the group and attacking them frantically.
Each of these green vines has extremely terrifying toughness and will not break even when chopped by a sword blessed by divine power.
On the contrary, the barbs on them have very powerful abilities.
Marvin could feel that these green vines were absorbing the enemy's vitality and divine power!
This ability is truly terrifying.
"Wait... these green vines are all over the temple... Not good!"
By the time Marvin realized what was happening, it was too late.
The next second, he felt a pain in his stomach!
I don’t know when, but two terrifying green vines have already wrapped around his waist!
"ah!"
Not far away, Isabel also cried out softly as she was tied up by two thorny green vines.
She instinctively wanted to use her innate ability to escape, but Marvin gave her a look.
Isabel hesitated for a moment, but ultimately did not use her ability and was directly hung up by the green vine.
The same is true for Marvin.
Qing Teng didn't seem to have any intention of killing them directly. He wanted to see what this lich was trying to do.
It may not be beneficial to force our way out now.
It is better to show weakness to the enemy first and then take action after seeing the situation clearly.
But this try gave Marvin himself a shock.
The bodies of the two people were hung by green vines, continuing to rise, and finally hanging on the ceiling.
It was at this time that he noticed that the ceiling of the tall hall was full of people!
These people not only include the legendary warriors who had fought in the autumn hunting ground before, but also some unfamiliar faces.
Of course, there are more dried corpses!
At this moment, Marvin's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.
Not far away, a man with his eyes closed was hanging peacefully.
Marvin recognized him.
"Demigod Minsk!" he shouted secretly in his heart.
At this time, the lich's sinister voice came from below:
"I didn't expect there were two cute fish that slipped through the net. You almost got away with it."
"But it's useless. From the moment you entered the Wilderness Palace, the ending was already determined."
"Whether you are an unknown little character or a believer in the lofty God of Dreams, you will all be the audience of this show... Of course, no one can avoid the fate of becoming fodder in the end."
The lich laughed softly:
"I'm fair, aren't I?"
