nChapter 59: Despair Hills

nTranslator: Translation Nation Editor: Translation Nation

nThe son of a northern city lord, Toshiroya, apparently had something secret planned for White River Valley.

nThe only good news was that he had temporarily put his plan on hold.

nThis was the information Amber heard, but combined with Marvin memories, it was enough to make an accurate guess.

nAs an ex-legend Marvin was familiar with the game’s history, whether it was official announcements of various events, or players’ clues from various missions. Everything was recorded in his mind.

nIn

"Feinan Continent,

" players who joined the world as the

"golden generation

" arrived half a year after the Great Calamity.

nBut there were still six month until the Calamity. If it was anyone else, they might have felt familiar yet unfamiliar with this world.

nBut they weren’t like Marvin who just remembered everything regardless of its importance.

n‘If I’m not wrong, the River Shore City Lord is a 3rd rank wizard. She had been studying magic for a long time, so a proxy was put in place.’

n‘As a result, River Shore City’s officials are extremely corrupt. They lack someone supervising and managing them.’

n‘But in a short time, just a bit after the dark poison outbreak, the River Shore City Lord would come out and settle the plague god followers and purge the city hall.

"

nMarvin recalled those details.

nIf he wasn’t wrong, it was highly probable that Toshiroya’s issue was this.

nHe was good friends with the city hall officials thanks to his relationship with the city lord’s proxy. But what about it?

nIn the end, River Shore City was not his territory!

nThe true City Lord had probably come out, so no wonder he had such a headache.

nOn the other hand, Marvin was relieved.

nAt the very least, in the short term, White River Valley shouldn’t have much trouble.

nThis was the critical summer sowing time. This year’s harvest was very important. White River Valley had just experienced a gnoll invasion, so it wouldn’t be able to withstand another crisis.

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"Keep watching. If you find anything harmful to White River Valley, report to Anna straight away!

" Marvin ordered.

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"Understood, Lord.

"

nAfter acknowledging that she’d heard, Amber disappeared into the shadows.

nAnd Marvin wouldn’t stay idle either. He left River Shore City very late in the night.

nFollowing his planned itinerary under the moonlight, Marvin didn’t use the main road, going through small paths instead.

nHe would lose too much time if he went there normally. Marvin took a crisis-filled shortcut!

nOf course, after this crisis, he would likely come out with considerable gains.

n...

nThere were two mountainous areas north of River Shore City.

nIn the northwest were the criminal-filled Deathly Silent Hills. Marvin previously went to the abandoned altar in the deathly silent hills to sacrifice the lich’s finger. He had gotten a 1 dexterity blessing along with two elven subordinates.

nIn the northeast was the Necromancer territory, the Despair Hills.

nThe true main road fortunately went between the two hills. It curved toward the northwest and then after passing through Crow’s Claws, it would curve once again northeast.

nIt was more or less a Z-shaped path.

nThe main reason was because of the strength of necromancers.

nThere was a Death Monarch many years ago who had turned this place into a paradise for the dead. Even River Shore City’s Lord wouldn’t rashly step into this area.

nA legend monarch was sleeping there, and there were also three 3rd rank Great Soul Wizards watching the place. There were also mentions of liches, bone devils and so on.

nOrdinary people wouldn’t dare enter the Despair Hills. In fact, they couldn’t enter even if they wanted to.

nThe necromancers viewed the Despair Hills as their domain, and as such, they put barriers in the north and the south so that non-necromancers would find entering very hard.

nThe Ghost Valley was at the southern barrier.

nAfter following the path for a long time, Marvin arrived at the Ghost Valley!

n...

nYou found the Ghost Valley – Knowledge 1

nKnowledge – Geography (Ghost Valley): The Necromancers’ southern barrier. The living are not allowed inside!

nAt dawn, Marvin was standing in front of the Ghost Valley. A cold wind was blowing, making him with his 9 constitution clearly uncomfortable.

nBut he still walked in without any hesitation!

nAfter ten steps, a stele with scarlet words appeared in front of Marvin.

nThe living are not allowed inside!

nThis is the land of the dead!

nNon-necromancer living beings were not welcome.

nMarvin was a ranger. He couldn’t enter the Ghost Valley under normal circumstances. If he tried to force his way in, the guards wouldn’t hesitate to tear him into pieces!

nBehind the stele was an endless thick fog. If one recklessly charged in, he would end up eaten by the monsters in the fog.

nMarvin stopped in front of the stele and lightly knocked on the scarlet words.

nHis knocking followed a certain rhythm. Three light knocks, one heavy knock.

nHe repeated this three times, when suddenly, a mournful shriek echoed beside his ears!

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"Damnit! Another fear check!

"

nMarvin covered his ears and couldn’t help but mumble something.

nWith his platycodon flower badge, he would naturally not be afraid of a minor ghost’s fear skill.

nFear check success! Fear ineffective!

nThis event reflected the importance of the headless girl’s gift. Without the platycodon flower badge, Marvin might have hesitated to cross the Despair Hills.

nBut with this effective item, he was confident enough.

n...

nBut even though the fear skill was ineffective, that ghost voice was still quite sharp, making Marvin quite uncomfortable.

nThis was a female ghost, whose appearance was actually quite pretty. But it seemed her brain was a bit lacking.

nBecause she had been continuously shrieking ever since she appeared. If there were any animals in the surrounding 5 kilometers, they were definitely woken up.

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"Shut up!

" Marvin angrily roared.

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"Quickly open the door!

"

nThe woman ghost suddenly threw herself at Marvin, shrieking,

"The living are not allowed inside! The living are not allowed inside!

"

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"I am not a normal living being!

" Marvin said unperturbed.

nHe took out Heiss’ spell book from his void conch!

nThis was a necromancy spell book given as a result of a transaction between the grave robber and a low level necromancer!

nOn the book was a identity imprint. It could let Marvin smoothly enter Despair Hills!

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"It turns out to be the Filthy Grave Robber!

"

nThe ghost intelligence was very low, but she unexpectedly recognized this imprint. This scared Marvin witless.

nThe next instant, she pulled on the stele and the entrance opened.

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"Why did you change your look? You must have used a weird technique to make yourself more handsome!

"

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"Get in quickly, Filthy Grave Robber!

"

nMarvin was stunned for a breath. That low level ghost was really tricked. He then silently entered.

n...

nCold wind.

nDark sky, dark land, bones everywhere, wails everywhere.

n‘Are people really living in this place?’

nAs Marvin walked quickly on the Despair Hills, he couldn’t help but ridicule those people inside.

nFrom time to time, ghostly wails could be heard. It made one feel numb. ‘Is anyone able to sleep in this place?’

nThose necromancers must have quite the nerves...

nA flock of bats flew in the sky. They flew around Marvin for a moment, not doing anything.

nMost spirits would have their intelligence corroded from the negative energy, making them easier to trick.

nBut necromancers were different. These guys were too crafty.

nMarvin definitely didn’t want to meet a necromancer.

nEspecially a high rank necromancer, as Marvin wouldn’t be his match.

nBut fortunately, this territory was wide enough. Necromancers were basically nerds. They would enter a coffin, or research in a cemetery for ten days to half a month and rarely come out.

nSo Marvin was still relatively safe.

n‘From the Ghost Valley to the north’s Skull Valley would take at most 10 hours.’

n‘Crossing the Despair Hills, that guy’s territory, then the moonlight forest in the north, and finally riding a hot air balloon for the three ring towers.’

n‘As long as there is no problem on this part of the road, the rest would be smooth!’

nMarvin was thinking while maintaining an uniform pace.

nThis kind of pace was the most stamina efficient. Marvin’s constitution was average, resulting in mediocre stamina. He had to save what he could.

nHe followed the route he remembered for about six hours, not meeting any dangers so far.

nUntil he arrived under a large locust tree.

nThere clearly was a problem at this locust tree.

nMarvin stopped.

nAt that time, someone jumped out of the locust tree!

nIt was a pale youth. He said to Marvin,

"A disaster is imminent! Flee! Flee!

"

nBefore Marvin could react, a loud rumbling noise echoed behind him!

nMarvin’s face changed. He couldn’t help but curse in a rough voice,

"Damn it!

"

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"Is it a ghost uprising?

"

nThat youth nodded.

"Yes, I accidentaly…

"

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"Run!

" Marvin didn’t bother talking further and broke into a run!

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