nChapter 31: Nobility

nTranslator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation

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"Work? What do you mean working with my body?

"

nLola jumped, scared. She immediately had all kinds of bad thoughts.

nBut Marvin didn’t do anything weird. He only sat cross-legged in front of her and firmly said,

"Tell me all the vocabulary and grammar of the gnoll language you know. I’ll only ask once.

"

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"Aaah?

"

nLola blankly looked at him. She didn’t think he would raise this kind of request.

nHe just wanted to learn the gnoll language?

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"Sir, forgive my offense.

" Lola timidly said,

"Although the gnoll language is simple, it’s not a language you can learn quickly.

"

nMarvin didn’t feel like saying much, he took out his curved dagger and put it on the side.

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"You talk. I listen.

"

nLola wanted to cry but no tears came out.

nShe just had to be his gnoll language teacher.

n‘Truly a single-minded bad guy.’

nEven though she felt like that, she still forced herself to explain all her knowledge of the gnoll language.

n...

nAlthough the gnoll language was relatively simple, it was still a language. It wasn’t easy to master it.

nLola’s explanation of the small bits of the language that she knew took a bit more than two hours.

nShe looked at Marvin warily,

"Sir, I’ve already given you all my vocabulary, there isn’t much more.

"

nMarvin remained motionless.

nBefore long, his mouth uttered a very queer sound.

nLola was shocked when she heard that sound.

nThis sound meant

"food

" in the gnoll language.

n‘How could this happen? I took more than a year to learn the gnoll language, yet he is able to speak it after listening to me speaking it for only two hours?’

nLola felt like she was dreaming.

nBut next, Marvin began talking to her in the gnoll language.

"You did a good job. Definitely helped me. But I cannot let you leave now.

"

nHe then stood up and used the rope to tie Lola to the bed.

nAfter leaving her a few pieces of bread, Marvin sealed the doors and the windows of the farmhouse and left alone.

nLola was sitting on the bed with a blank stare, as if she saw a ghost.

nShe even forgot to resist!

nAlthough, it would have been futile to resist.

n...

nMarvin did learn the gnoll language.

nAnd it only took two hours. This seemed miraculous, but it was actually true.

nAfter getting rid of Miller, Marvin didn’t only reach level 5 ranger, he also took a look at his own original class.

nNobility.

nThis life class could also be promoted. Baron, this rank could let a noble reach level 4, and then it wouldn’t get higher. Marvin surmised that he might need a higher nobility title.

nMarvin casually added 10 general exp to the original 40 Nobility exp to level it up.

nHis Noble class reached level 4!

nAfter reaching level 4, aside from the 20 noble special skill points, he also found out that he got an extra skill.

nQuick Study (Level 4 Nobility Specialty): When you activate this specialty, you can learn knowledge in a short time.

nCan be activated for 3 hours every month.

nAs for the target of study, it could be: any language, geography, culture, astronomy, etc. Gnoll language was included in that.

nIt was because of this specialty that Marvin made Lola lecture him on gnoll language.

nIt was a success.

nYou used a specialty – Quick Study

nYou are learning new knowledge…

nStudy finished – Knowledge 1

nKnowledge – Language (Gnoll Language): You mastered the elementary gnoll language. You are able to have the most basic conversation with gnolls.

nHe had successfully learned the most basic gnoll language. Even if it was only the lowest rank, it would still be enough to use.

nHe was here to scout, so being unable to understand what gnolls said wouldn’t do.

n‘As such, Nobility, this life class isn’t worthless. I heard that the pearl tower’s scholars have similar skills. They can quickly learn knowledge thanks to a few skills. I didn’t expect Nobility to have this kind of skill.’

nHowever, based on Marvin’s conjecture, this kind of ability wouldn’t appear 100% of the time and was decided at birth.

nNobles in this world were all wizards or their descendants. They had outstanding blood flowing in their veins.

nThis let them have a chance of learning some unusual specialties when they leveled up as Nobility.

nAnd Quick Study was a very useful one.

nMarvin no longer hesitated after he settled the matter of the gnoll language. Under the cover of the drizzle, he checked around the bottom of the castle’s east mountain wall.

nThere was a secret escape path there.

nThe secret path led directly to the lord’s room, under the bed. During the sneak attack, Marvin was having a meal in the dining room, so he wasn’t able to use the secret path.

nAs a result, this secret path probably hadn’t been exposed.

nMarvin took advantage of stealth and clever movements to stay out of sight of the gnoll sentries in the castle, before parting a thick bush.

nHe lifted open a plank from under the sunken grass pile, exposing the secret path in front of him.

nMarvin’s torch was inside the void conch so even though it was raining, once he got inside the secret path, he was able to use a flint and light his torch.

nThe torch flames were very bright and the quality of air inside the secret path seemed quite good.

nMarvin closed the plank and then went along using a sneaky, cat-like walk.

n...

nThe humidity was different. It was very dry inside the tunnel.

nEven though there was a lot of dust, the completely soaked Marvin still felt a lot more comfortable.

nHe quickly made his way forward by relying on his memories of the path.

nThere was a fork in front of him.

nAccording to his memories, there was a staircase on the left path leading to the exit; the right path was sealed.

nA huge rock blocked the path, hiding the other side.

nMarvin suddenly remembered that before Miller’s death, he had mentioned a secret path below the castle having a treasure.

n‘Could it be behind this huge rock?’

nMarvin was puzzled. He wasn’t very anxious, as even if there was a treasure, it wouldn’t escape on its own.

nHe still had to finish scouting first and leave it for later.

nScouting was decisive in winning a battle.

nBecause having enough information could give you victory. Marvin wouldn’t feel reassured if anyone else did this job so he could only do it himself.

nHe followed the secret path very carefully, arriving to the lord’s room.

nThere were no voices, so it seemed his luck was pretty good.

nMarvin infiltrated the castle and used stealth, being extremely careful at every step.

nGnoll shadows began appearing one after the other in the castle surroundings.

nThe more he looked, the more alarmed he felt.

nThese gnolls weren’t fighters!

nThere were only common gnolls without any fighting strength, and for the most part, old weak women and children.

nThere were more than two hundreds of those gnolls!

nThis meant that it was a medium sized gnoll tribe. They should have about one hundred and fifty gnolls with real combat classes.

nThis wasn’t an amount that a twenty man garrison could deal with, let alone all those mutated aardwolves.

nHe walked around the castle very carefully.

nFortunately, he was very familiar with the terrain and the gnolls had pretty poor perception. He was able to calmly withdraw.

nBut what made him somewhat puzzled was that he had met the majority of the gnoll tribe forces, but still wasn’t able to find the boss.

nThe gnoll tribe roughly had a hundred and fifty qualified as fighters. Among them were six level 3 Petty Officers and two level 4 Adjutants.

nThe leader was definitely a rank 2 class-holder

nMarvin noticed that those mutated aardwolves didn’t listen to the ordinary gnolls, or even to the adjutants.

nThey seemed to be controlled by someone even more powerful.

n‘Their leader, what is it?’

nHarboring doubts in his heart, Marvin clenched his teeth and wanted to go further in.

nBut at that time, on a street not far from there, a group of gnolls were escorting a thin and small guy.

nMarvin narrowed his eyes and was immediately startled!

nGnolls were normally small enough, but that guy was especially abnormal.

nIt looked as small as a five or six years old child. His fur and color was actually very smooth and the rest of the gnolls looked at him with eyes filled with respect.

n‘Oh my god! Am I mistaken?’

n‘The gnoll race widely known for being dumb as **, actually gave birth to a Sorcerer?!’

nMarvin’s quick judgment told him to quickly get out of there.

nThe most basic innate Sorcerer spell, Eye of Pain, was the bane of all stealth techniques.

nHe was alone in enemy territory, he couldn’t stay there!

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n1-The character for work can also mean

"to **

" (乾)

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