nChapter 20: The Lich’s Severed Finger

nTranslator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation

n‘Damn it! Weren’t those slaves gossiping about Morris staying the night in his lab?’

nWhen Marvin saw that pair of common cloth shoes from under the bed, he couldn’t help but silently curse.

nIn all of Boknin, the only one that could freely enter this room was certainly the city lord Morris.

nA 2nd rank Evil Spirit Sorcerer and an Evil Spirit Envoy, quite problematic.

nIf this old man was a cautious person...

nEven if Marvin kept being cautious, he still had to deal with this turn of events. It would be hard to guarantee no mistakes occurred during the night.

nHe could only pray that the Evil Spirit Sorcerer would be unable to find his hiding spot.

nThe only thing that made him feel better was that Evil Spirit Sorcerers' perception was the same as that of ordinary people, not that great. He would be unable to find him unless he used a detection magic.

n...

nMorris the Evil Spirit Sorcerer was holding onto a candle and pacing back and forth in the room for a moment.

nHe suddenly opened one curtain.

nFrom his position, Marvin could only see that behind the curtain was a closet.

nThe should be a mirror in the closet.

nThe old man suddenly knelt down, putting the candle on top of his head and loudly chanting something.

nThe surface of the mirror rippled just like the surface of a lake.

nDrops of sweat appeared on Marvin’s forehead.

n‘Which Lower Plane Lord is he trying to contact?’

n‘Damn it! Right at the time when he was going to contact an Lower Plane Lord?’

nHe was still calm, having quickly thought of three escape plans, but they were dependent on the fact that the evil spirit lord couldn’t enter Boknin as he wished.

nBecause of many god seals, evil spirit lords were unable to set foot on Feinan Continent. But this was a painting world!

nThis was Boknin!

nA level 4 ranger facing a superior legendary evil spirit lord… His rich experience wouldn’t even matter!

nHe could only pray that neither the evil spirit lord nor the evil spirit envoy would find his hiding spot under the bed.

n...

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"Great Nefarious Devil, your servant awaits your instructions.

"

nThe old man’s respectful voice echoed in the room.

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"Morris, you have stayed in this painting world for a long time,

" spoke a gloomy voice from the painting.

"I have something that need to be done. Swiftly take care of it! Boknin has four exits linked to Feinan world, and there are two among those that you can use. You may look for the Avenger Fegan. He will give you some assistance.

"

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"I have seen parts of an interesting future. All of heaven’s gods would inevitably be unwilling to be left out. Yet they didn’t expect that it would be the evil spirits’ era, our era.

"

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"I need you to spread some seeds…

"

nMarvin was unable to understand the words that followed.

nThey were talking in an lower plane language, each sentence able to evoke humanity’s deepest evils and fears.

nBut it made Marvin somewhat happy and surprised that during the entire process, the two didn’t even notice him.

nIt might be good luck that they didn’t notice that there was another person hidden inside the city lord’s room.

n...

nThey finished their discussion ten minutes later. The mirror was once again covered by thick cloth.

nEvil spirit envoy Morris left the room in a hurry.

nMarvin wiped his sweat and let out a long sigh of relief. He didn’t dare to stay. He used Stealth and quickly left the city lord castle.

nGetting in was difficult, but leaving was much easier, especially under the cover of the night as the effect of his Stealth would be quite outstanding.

nHe soon got out of the castle and finally onto a small path.

nHowever, he suddenly felt like he was being observed by something.

nA large amount of red-eyed crows suddenly flew out from inside the castle. He could faintly hear a bellowing cry afterwards.

n‘Not good! I was discovered!’

n‘The head most certainly had an imprint that would trigger once brought out of the castle and it would alert Morris!’

nMarvin had one thing in mind.

nHe had to quickly leave this world now.

nFortunately, he wasn’t far from that strange locust tree.

nAs he thought of it, he began sprinting.

n...

nIn the castle laboratory, the evil spirit envoy’s angry roar echoed through the entire room.

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"Damn thief! Send the crow patrol and the dark horsemen! Kill him and return me my most beloved slave’s head!

"

nDeep in the castle, countless crows flew out from the top of a crucifix. As they flew out, the shape of a badly mangled human could be seen tied up on the crucifix.

nHorses stomping on the ground could be heard echoing, as each and every dark horseman rushed out from the darkness to kill.

n...

nMarvin’s shadow was quickly skimming between the wheat fields.

nThere were so many patrol crows in the sky, he couldn’t even hide himself!

nSo he simply stopped hiding, directly exposing himself and sprinted at maximum speed toward the location of the tree he remembered.

nThose patrol crows were frantically diving down, trying to slow Marvin down.

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"Drop dead!

"

nMarvin was also angry.

nHe quickly swung the curved dagger in his hand as if weaving a net made of slashes.

nIn the blink of an eye, five or six crows died under his blade.

nBut more and more crows would group up and dive down, so Marvin could only roll away, cutting a sorry figure, to avoid them and then get back up once again.

nHis rolls skills were refined through countless amount of PK. This kind of dodge looked as if he was in dire straits, but it was actually a pretty useful fighting skill.

nHowever, the patrol crows still managed to reduce Marvin’s speed and delay him.

nWhen he rushed into the forest, blood all over his body, a dark horseman was already coming to attack from the side.

nAs he heard a horse rushing toward him, he saw a tall and impressive figure in front of the tree, blocking his path.

nClang!

nThe dark horseman unsheathed his heavy sword. He wore a helmet while lifting his sword with one hand, and holding the reins with the other.

nThe horse was crazily rushing over.

nIf they were on a difficult terrain they would fight as infantry, but either way they dominated over their opponents. With the mount’s charging power, aside from barbarians, no adventurers would dare to stand in front of them.

nMarvin's pupils dilated. There was only one horseman!

n‘I still have a chance!’

nHe suddenly took two curved daggers from his waist and began to run toward the forest, taking a roundabout route.

nThe dark horseman was relentless in his pursuit.

nMarvin abruptly took a big stride forward, and went around a huge tree.

nThe dark horseman pulled on the reins, cleverly controlling his mount to move past the tree.

nBut during that time, he had a blind spot appear in his line of sight!

nAt the split second when he got his horse to go around the tree, Marvin appeared in front of him.

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"Get lost for me!

"

nHe jumped high and grabbed a branch with both hands, and firmly kicked the dark knight’s body.

nAt that time, the horse running at such high speed unexpectedly became an inconvenience to the dark horseman.

nHis body couldn’t help but fall backward, awkwardly tumbling on his back on the ground.

nMarvin’s body adjusted itself with incredible flexibility, unexpectedly seating him on the horse’s back.

nGetting on a horse in motion… Check in progress (Dexterity 19)...

nHorsemanship (30) used… Skill successfully used!

n...

n‘Fortunately this body knew Horsemanship!’

nMarvin felt he needed to take back what he said about that good-for-nothing. One of the advantages of being a noble was that they could learn impressive horsemanship.

nCivilians couldn’t afford the costs to learn horsemanship, and in fact, they couldn’t even afford to raise a horse.

nHis body was leaning quite low while he made the horse charge toward the tree.

nHe could hear more and more horses on both sides of the forest.

nEven more dark horsemen were surrounding him.

nMarvin held his breath, and used all his strength to force the horse to dash toward that tree!

nThe dark horsemen on both sides were closing in, and one of them raised his longsword and ruthlessly slashed down.

n‘Now!’

nMarvin stepped on the stirrup and flipped, not only dodging the dark horseman’s longsword, but also throwing himself at him.

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"Fall down for me!

"

nHe pulled at the steady dark horseman’s waist, and taking advantage of the split second where he lost his balance, he managed to make him fall from the horse.

nBut the horse unexpectedly neighed during that moment, and fell down to the side due to the loss of balance.

nMarvin also stumbled and fell to the ground.

nAnd he was only ten steps away from the tree!

nBut another dark horseman on the side came slashing at him.

nMarvin took a deep breath and raised his right hand:

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"Vs’bon!

"

nRainbow Jet!

nFrightening rainbow rays interweaved together, forming a net, and blocked the advance of the dark horsemen.

nMarvin took advantage of the situation and got up from the floor before hurriedly rushing toward the tree.

n...

n‘That was close!’

nMarvin’s body fell in the ghost hallway.

nAnd surprisingly, that headless girl’s painting disappeared from the wall.

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"Thank you. I already shut this exit, so monsters from Boknin shouldn’t be able to come out for the time being.

"

nThe pleasant sounding voice echoed behind him.

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"This is your head…

"

nMarvin softly put the parcel on the ground.

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"Thank you, thank you a lot. I finally have… Freedom.

"

nThe parcel opened on its own, a gray flickering light coming from it.

nMarvin’s heart skipped a beat and he turned around.

nBehind his back stood a beautiful girl. She should be in a soul state. Since her head was retrieved, she should be a regular ghost now.

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"I want to leave, this is an ominous place. You shouldn’t linger either,

" Vanessa said gently.

"While you were helping me get my head back, I helped you open the magic lock on that chest. Consider it to be a small token of my appreciation. Still, thank you…

"

nHer voice sounded softer and softer as her body began to gradually dissipate, and finally, only her bright smile remained.

nMarvin bowed slightly, his right hand placed on his heart, paying respects to that cute and noble girl.

nHer soul was extremely pure. An evil spirit transformed from this kind of soul would often be very strong. This was the most important reason why evil spirit envoy Morris had an eye on her.

nMarvin heard of the evil spirits’ tricks. The average person would be unable to resist them, but Vanessa did.

nHer head was separated from her body, suffering all kinds of torture day and night, but she still did not yield to the evil.

nIn this world, such people were rare.

nIn the end, mankind is weak.

nBut, as a sage once said, mankind is also great. It wasn’t because their potential surpassed all other races, but because even in the darkest times, light would appear in the form of pure-hearted people. These people were not polluted by the mortal life and would stop mankind from slipping into the abyss.

n...

nAfter the headless girl’s soul departed, a platycodon flower was left behind, in the shape of an accessory. This was Marvin’s quest reward.

nAs for that magic treasure chest, it should have been a gift.

nMarvin found the chest and opened it, but the thing inside exceeded Marvin expectations.

nHe was shocked to find a severed finger inside!

nThis wasn’t just anyone’s severed finger.

nYou obtained the severed finger of a half-god lich…

nKnowledge – Gods 8

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