Chapter 589: Bloody Throne
Chapter 589: Bloody Throne
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Saydis was clearly hinting at something, but Marvin wouldn't lost trust in Blackhand just because of his instigation.
His attitude toward Devils had always been different from what he felt about other evil forces. And there was a reason for that.
Although Devils were hateful and evil, they had principles.
They were malicious and tended to be hypocrites, but they followed rules.
Even if it was dark and dirty on the surface, everything would be fair.
Devils would rarely attack others wantonly. To them, it was a matter of face… Unless it had to do with their feud with Demons.
They preferred using contracts and agreements, playing with people's hearts, and ultimately luring them to corruption.
Marvin knew that when dealing with Devils, as long he kept in mind his principles and his bottom line while avoiding their attempts to influence him, everything would be relatively controllable.
He knew that the Devil World had no such thing as free service, so even if the other side was his grandfather, Marvin wouldn't completely lower his guard.
This was what needed to be understood when dealing with Devils.
...
He smiled at Saydis and said, "Thanks for the reminder."
He then glanced at the timid Tomb Raider. "Are you able to go in?"
The entrance of the Tomb was in front of them, and it seemed like an ordinary flight of steps.
But actually, Devils couldn't enter this space.
The Bloody Emperor's Tomb rejected Pure-blooded Devils from entering. This had been designed by that tyrant when he built the tomb.
It wasn't known how he did it, but Blackhand and Saydis couldn't go in.
Thus, Saydis could only entrust Sangore to help him collect his debt. Marvin decided that he wasn't too interested in what the debt was.
The only ones there that could enter the Tomb were Marvin and the Tomb Raider.
He was asking Speedy for his opinion.
The Tomb Raider froze before showing an expression of curiosity. "Although I'm very afraid of dying, since we already came this far, let's go check it out."
"I also want to know what's different about the tomb of the famous tyrant of the Underdark."
Marvin nodded.
He had threatened the Tomb Raider before, but that was due to a lack of better options, while at the same time, he had initially been worried that the Tomb Raider might try to rejoin the Black Knight. He needed a decent guide to help him find the entrance to the Tomb, but who would have thought that Blackhand would suddenly appear and offer his help?
Now that he had found the entrance to the Tomb, there was no need for the Tomb Raider to go if he didn't want to.
With Marvin's strength, he naturally wasn't worried about how much the Tomb Raider could help.
And if he dared to take Sodom's Blades, it wouldn't be easy for him to leave Devil Town.
The two immediately entered the Tomb.
Saydis only looked at their backs without doing anything.
The entrance to the tomb was still considered part of Devil Town, so he couldn't do anything to harm Marvin there. But the inside of the tomb was another place.
…
The steps were dark and steep. Even though they were two very agile rogues, the ground still felt slippery.
Marvin didn't know how far Sangore had gotten, but they tried to proceed quickly.
Speedy was still dutifully carrying out his tasks, as always.
He walked over, displaying his remarkable ability to find traps and other things.
There were many hidden mechanisms that he managed to detect from far away.
This was his specialty.
Marvin, who was also a rogue Legend, was far from his level when it came to this. Although Marvin could have avoided those mechanisms and traps on his own, it wouldn't have been as easy.
Thinking of this, Marvin took a deep look at Speedy.
'Having a Tomb Raider in the territory seems like it would be… good?'
...
"These footprints and traces were left four minutes ago, they shouldn't be too far away now."
"There are three people."
At the end of the flight of stairs was a narrow stone room.
There were three doors in the stone room. They could be opened easily, and behind each door was a pitch-black tunnel.
Speedy inspected the ground and told Marvin, "They walked down that path without any hesitation."
He pointed at the tunnel on the right.
"That is a trick," Marvin said.
Speedy froze, but Marvin didn't wait for him to say any more before going through the tunnel on the left.
Most of the discussion with Blackhand hadn't been hidden from the Tomb Raider, except two things that Blackhand had stealthily told Marvin.
One of them was about this stone room.
There was a path that forked into three different directions. But only one of the paths led to the tyrant's Tomb.
Compared to the "clues" that the Black Knight deliberately left for him, Marvin believed more in the path suggested by Blackhand.
On the whole way so far, the Black Knight hadn't left any obvious traces, so why would there be such clear footprints at this fork?
With such an obvious ruse, it might have been thought up by idiots who'd had their souls taken by Devils.
As for whether Blackhand's information was right or wrong… If Diross really wanted to harm Marvin, Marvin would have died countless times already.
The two rushed through the left tunnel.
Contrary to Marvin's expectations, the Bloody Emperor's Tomb wasn't as luxurious as he imagined.
This was simply a common underground place.
Whether it was the construction or the architecture, it was all simple and rather disappointing.
The deeper they went, the less they encountered any traps.
'Was that Bloody Emperor so confident?'
'He didn't even put any monsters or constructs here to guard his tomb?'
Marvin felt strange. He had visited a few monarchs' tombs before, and they were very dangerous areas. Moreover, they were filled with monsters and guardians, and the paths were extremely complex.
But the Bloody Emperor's Tomb was clearly not like that.
They soon reached the end of the tunnel.
They could faintly hear the sound of a fierce battle underway.
The Tomb Raider's expression changed into one of fear.
"Hey, this is the first time I've seen a Legend like this," Marvin laughed. "Being able to become a Legend despite being so averse to combat could be considered quite exceptional."
The Tomb Raider scratched his head awkwardly before sincerely muttering, "In fact, I didn't dare to stay with those two Devils."
"I'm interested in this tomb, of course, but Black Knight Sangore is my nightmare. I don't want to get close to him."
Marvin asked with a strange expression, "Then why did you dare to stay at my side?"
The Tomb Raider honestly answered, "I was listening, they called you Mister Marvin."
"Your disguise is quite amazing, and you look completely like a Drow Fighter, but those two Devils wouldn't acknowledge the wrong person."
"There is currently no other well-known Marvin in Feinan, right?"
"If you really are White River Valley's Overlord, then I can definitely trust you."
It hadn't really occurred to Marvin that he might be able to gain the Tomb Raider's trust just because of his identity.
But he felt that having a Tomb Raider's help would be fairly useful.
White River Valley was currently thriving, but it needed all kinds of talents.
But now wasn't the time to use his reputation to try to recruit someone.
Black Knight Sangore was the biggest problem at the moment.
"You can stay there, or you can try to look for a place to hide. I'll go on ahead."
After saying those words, he quickly used Stealth and ran into the room.
...
At the end of the tunnel was a room that wasn't very wide.
Shadows were intertwining in the room, which made Marvin frown.
Just as expected, Black Knight Sangore was still a step ahead. But he had met a powerful obstacle there.
It was a green Nine-Headed Hydra!
The Hydra's body was fused with a huge stone gate, and each of the nine heads was coming out of its own emplacement on the wall.
The stone gate was tightly secured, and it seemed like they would have to get rid of the monster to reach the other side.
'Blackhand said that the Bloody Emperor's corpse is behind that gate.'
'It's even been said that the tyrant didn't use a coffin or other things to bury his body. There should be only a corpse and the Bloody Throne.'
Marvin calmly analyzed the situation in front of him while remaining in Stealth.
Sangore held his spear out and a dark power kept bursting from his hands.
The Temple Raider was only cheering… The room was too narrow and wasn't suitable for him to join the fight.
But Marvin was somewhat surprised that the Legend Wizard wasn't really participating either, only standing in a safe corner and occasionally sending a few negative spells at the Hydra.
'This isn't normal… Even if a Hydra has a Legend Template, it doesn't necessarily have high resistance to magic.
It was a monster with a thick skin and cutting it was definitely hard, so it would be a lot easier with the aid of a caster.
Before Marvin decided what else to do, he used [Earth Perception].
He instantly understood.
'No soul?'
Marvin sneered as he looked at the Legend Wizard and Sangore. After making sure it wasn't a trap, he made a move.
But his target wasn't the Black Knight. It was the stone gate!
The Hydra's nine heads were entangled with Sangore, so they weren't able to react to Marvin's sneaky attempt to reach the gate.
Just before Marvin reached the stone gate, his silhouette became fully visible.
As the Black Knight roared angrily, Marvin leapt at the seemingly closed stone gate and was about to crash right into it!
But the shocking part was that the door seemed non-existent and Marvin went right through!
Everything happened so suddenly that even the Hydra didn't have time to react, let alone the Black Knight, who was stuck in a ferocious fight with the Hydra's heads!
"How could it be!?"
"That door was just an illusion?"
The Black Knight waved his spear and charged straight at the gate while letting out a roar.
...
On the other side of the stone gate, Marvin was still keeping his guard up.
It seemed that the guide from the forum wasn't entirely useless in the end.
At least that guy had written about the link between the gate mechanism and the Hydra.
The stone gate was just a trick. With enough Dexterity, one could just charge in after using a pet to attract the Hydra's attention.
But behind the stone gate was a truly severe test.
With a heavy expression on his face, Marvin glanced at the Bloody Throne, which was standing atop a pile of bones not too far away.