At night, on the official road outside Riverbank City.
Ma Wen, who was walking alone, suddenly felt a pain in his heart!
"I can't believe I can feel heartache …
"Although Anthony's fall was within my expectations, why do I feel heartache?"
Marvin stood motionless for a long time before he regained his composure.
He was a little shocked, but not because of the heartache.
Ordinary people might not understand what the heartache meant, but he knew. As one of the few active legendary wizards in the world, Anthony had always been the most active and powerful member of the Fernand Continent in suppressing the evil forces.
Whether it was the Twin Serpents Sect or the evil spirits in the lower planes, their lives were not going well under Anthony's Eye of Sunlight.
This righteous legendary wizard was the patron saint of the East Coast. He was also one of the top figures in the Southern Wizard Alliance.
Such a person could not be described with the word 'great'.
His fall was definitely a loss for the Fernand Continent. A benevolent person would suddenly feel a sense of heartache under the influence of some mysterious force.
This was only the first time.
Because this was only the fall of the first legendary wizard since the Cataclysm.
Under the conspiracy of the gods, the number of human wizards who had fallen was definitely not small. The shocking events in Ma Wen's memory would happen one after another.
Before long, the news of Anthony's fall would spread, and then all the evil forces would start to rise.
The [Twin Snake Destroyers], the [God of Plague], and the [Puppet Man] … all of this was just the beginning.
The entire Fernand Continent would fall into endless chaos!
The wizards would lose their power and become monsters, and the mortals would only pray to the gods in such pain.
This was the goal of the high and mighty gods!
Of course, there was still the fourth Fate Slate.
Nothing could stop it, and the only thing Ma Wen could do was not to go against the heavens, but to open up a relatively peaceful refuge in this chaotic world!
This was difficult!
But as a legendary player in his previous life, Ma Wen would never back down because of difficulties. Since the heavens had allowed him to come to this world, and since he had reached an agreement with the owner of this body, he had to do it!
After the Cataclysm, the White River Valley must be built into a safe haven!
This was the vow Ma Wen made to his soul, because that was the land he needed to protect with his life.
…
"Am I considered a benevolent person?"
Ma Wen looked at the dark clouds drifting over from the east and laughed at himself.
The dark clouds would form a period of heavy rain. For a few days, the East Coast would be covered in torrential rain.
This was the late legendary wizard Anthony's warning to the people of Fernand that disaster was coming.
Ma Wen adjusted his breathing and quickened his pace under the cover of night.
There were few people on the official road. Very few people would travel alone at night. Moreover, this official road was built by the first lord of the White River Valley, Ma Wen's grandfather, so not many people used it.
Since the fall of the White River Valley, there were even fewer caravans going there. After all, who would do business with the Gnolls?
Ma Wen's night vision was very poor. Fortunately, there was moonlight tonight, and with the help of the Moon Scar, he could see very far.
He traveled alone because he did not want to expose his tracks, so he chose to hide during the day and move at night.
About two days later, in the evening, he finally reached the edge of the White River Valley.
The northern mine.
The wind blew on the beeches, and heavy rain was coming. The official road became much narrower here.
Ma Wen activated Stealth and shuttled through the woods.
At the intersection ahead, a sign appeared.
This sign was very familiar to Ma Wen. It pointed to the route to the northern mine and the southern castle.
However, at this time, it had been smeared with green dye!
Instead, a series of ugly words were written.
"Gnoll language!"
"F * ck! Those bastards! "
Ma Wen secretly gritted his teeth.
Although he did not understand the Gnoll language, the general meaning of the sign was that they had already occupied this place.
If they took another step forward, it would become the private property of the Gnoll tribe!
That's right. This time, it was a Gnoll tribe that attacked Ma Wen's castle. Otherwise, with the defensive strength of the castle, it would not have fallen so quickly!
However, at that time, it was very chaotic, and the owner of this body did not leave too much useful information for Ma Wen.
He had to come and check it out himself.
However, just as he reached the intersection, he encountered trouble.
There were Gnoll sentries.
They were all ordinary sentries. Two warriors, two archers. Their weapons were very crude, and it was obvious that they were hand-made. The slingshots made by human craftsmen were more lethal than their bows and arrows.
These Gnoll sentries were nothing to worry about. The key was the six tall shadows behind them!
Marvin activated Recon, and his pupils involuntarily shrank!
Mutated Aardwolves!
Level 4 creatures, but their health points were as high as 200, and their melee strength was comparable to that of a tiger!
These mutated Aardwolves were the main force that attacked the castle. Even if the castle's defense troops raised their shields, they were easily torn apart by them!
Ma Wen himself was almost bitten to death by a mutated Aardwolf!
If Anna had not saved him.
…
The Gnoll tribe could domesticate Aardwolves. This was something that Ma Wen knew.
However, this kind of mutated Aardwolf could not be domesticated by ordinary Gnolls.
"Could it be that there is a rare Beast Tamer in this group of Gnolls?"
Ma Wen analyzed in his heart.
He was now faced with a difficult problem.
The road ahead was blocked. If he wanted to move forward, he had to kill these sentries.
However, he came this time to scout, not to alert the enemy.
He needed to know the details of the Gnoll tribe, the composition of their soldiers, the level of their leaders, and so on.
This required him to sneak in quietly.
These sentries and Aardwolves blocked his way forward.
This was very troublesome.
Ma Wen hesitated for a moment, but finally squatted behind a beech and activated Stealth.
It was better to wait.
…
After a full two hours, Ma Wen waited in the cold wind for two hours.
The sky began to rain violently!
This was a witchcraft that the legendary wizard Anthony cast with his life before he died to warn Fernand of the evil creatures.
According to Ma Wen, Gnolls were very afraid of rain. Once their fur was wet, it was difficult to dry, and it was very easy to rot under the influence of parasites.
So they usually hid in the caves.
Sure enough, as soon as it started to rain, the sentries began to scream and ran to the side of the mountain.
Even the six mutant coyotes followed them in.
Marvin was overjoyed. He activated Stealth, braved the torrential rain, and silently walked in.
…
After passing the first checkpoint, the road ahead was smooth.
Ma Wen first secretly went to the northern mine.
He found that this group of Gnolls did not know how to mine at all. After Ma Wen evacuated the miners, there were only about 20 Gnoll warriors and two Aardwolves stationed here, one of which seemed to be a Level 3 Gnoll officer.
"It seems that their leader put the main defense force on my castle."
"With so many Aardwolves, it must be a medium-sized tribe with at least 300 people."
"No wonder they were defeated that night. This kind of mutant Aardwolf is too lethal. Only a Level 2 human expert can kill them. "
Ma Wen secretly noted that if he wanted to take back the territory, the most important thing was to deal with these Aardwolves.
After all, with his combat power, he could easily lead people to divide and kill ordinary Gnoll warriors. This was not a problem.
But at this time, he was more curious about who cultivated these mutant Aardwolves.
Normal Aardwolves were Level 2 creatures, and often only one Aardwolf appeared in a group of more than 10 Gnolls. To be able to cultivate a Aardwolf into a Level 4 creature, its owner must be very strong.
Maybe it was an advanced Ranger profession – Tamer?
Ma Wen was not sure. But the owner of these mutant Aardwolves must be the leader of the Gnoll tribe.
Such a powerful guy, there was no reason not to be the leader.
While he was thinking about this, the shadow of the castle appeared in the distant valley.
The rain continued to fall, and Ma Wen did not rush forward. He knew that there was a secret entrance to the castle, but the road there was very slippery, and if he was not careful, he would slip into the abyss.
He had to wait for the rain to stop.
So he was going to find a farmhouse at the foot of the castle that had not been occupied by the Gnolls.
He carefully avoided the sight of the Gnoll patrols, picked a house that looked familiar, and jumped into it.
The owner of the house should have been evacuated to the countryside. Ma Wen temporarily stayed there, so it was not a big problem.
But at this moment, a scream suddenly came from the backyard of the house!
It was the voice of a girl!
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