The Void Pathfinder from the Demon Hunter World

(Recommended background music for this chapter: "Silver for Monsters" Source: The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Soundtrack.)

In his vague memory, there is a secret cave on the Temple Island in Novigrad, but he can't remember what's inside clearly, so Marvin decided to look for it.

Temple Island is named after the headquarters of the Eternal Flame. Many Redanian nobles and wealthy businessmen have properties on the island.

Temple Island is connected to the main city by a huge and beautiful covered bridge, and tourists are not refused to visit.

Rejecting the girl soliciting customers from the brothel, Marvin blended into the crowd and stepped into the Temple Island through the covered bridge.

Temple Island has a pleasant climate, beautiful scenery, and is built quite luxuriously. Buying a house here is not just about having money.

The edge of Temple Island is a steep cliff, and there is a low wall on the top of the cliff to prevent the nobles from accidentally falling down.

The surrounding scenery is very good, and there are many gorgeously dressed men and women picnicking, painting, chatting, and meeting on the cliff.

Marvin walked along the edge of the cliff, feeling the magic fluctuations as he walked.

It took dozens of minutes to find two suspected locations.

He ignored the exclamation of the lady, jumped off the cliff, and landed on a protruding rock below.

He used his hands and feet and levitation to find a cave, but the cave was blocked by a big stone.

He judged based on the magic fluctuations that there was an illusion in front of him.

Eye of True Vision.

The big stone disappeared, and a cave appeared, and a stone door that was not tight in the depths of the cave.

Pushing the stone door open, Marvin continued to go deeper...

The light in the cave was not bad, and there were many luminous plants on the top.

It was a huge space with obvious elven architectural style. I don’t know what it was originally used for.

He saw the magic place in the middle of the cave at a glance. There was no danger around, so he walked forward and touched the stalagmite.

[Hint: Found a low-level magic energy source, do you want to absorb it? ][Yes][No]

Choose yes.

[Hint: The low-level magic energy source has been absorbed, and the ability point is rewarded +1]

The building on the front of the cave is relatively well preserved, there is an extinguished brazier in the corner, and the intact stone door on the wall is closed tightly.

He tried, but couldn't push it open. He only found the keyhole of the door.

There are two passages on the left side of the cave. One of them leads to a dormitory with rotten and collapsed wooden beds, tables, chairs and books.

He found a piece of paper with barely recognizable words in a rotten book.

"Research notes: We conducted a series of studies on the genes of creatures commonly known as water ghosts according to the instructions of our supervisor, Alannis Stangard. Unfortunately, the injection of pufferfish toxin caused all research subjects to fall into a coma. After 24 hours, all research subjects lost signs of life and the research could not continue."

After entering the leftmost passage, there is a strange stone chamber. There is a stone tablet at the door, which reads "Staring into the abyss, you have to lift up" in Ellyron language.

What the hell is this? This guy's language teacher should spank him.

The stone chamber is six or seven meters high, with a stone pavilion in the middle. There are six stone statues of elven wizards around the pavilion, facing different directions, and there are metal rods next to the stone sculptures.

Marvin moved the metal rod and tried. Every time the metal rod was moved, the stone statue next to it would rotate 90 degrees.

He recalled the words on the stone tablet at the door. This mechanism was a bit simple.

Just as he was about to continue moving the metal rod, there was a sudden fluctuation of magic behind him, and a pale green light lit up. He rolled sideways without hesitation to avoid it.

When~, the iron sword of the demon spirit hit the pillar of the stone pavilion.

With his left hand, he slapped the Aden seal, and a nearly ten-meter purple magic circle unfolded.

Frost breath, the demon spirit was suppressed severely, and was gradually frozen in the ice crystal,

The long knife rune lit up, continuously cutting the ice layer, and slashing the demon spirit's body...

Ao~~

The demon spirit dissipated in an unwilling howl, and continued to solve the puzzle...

When the direction of all the stone statues was adjusted to face the center of the stone pavilion, the floor of the stone pavilion split from the middle, revealing the clear pool water below.

There were two water ghosts swimming slowly in the pool, and a broken skeleton was sinking at the bottom of the pool.

Marvin tried all ways to lure the water ghosts up, but failed.

He tried to shoot the water ghost with an ice arrow, but the ice arrow quickly lost its kinetic energy after entering the water, sank, and then floated up... This was a bit confusing.

After thinking for a while, he thought of a solution that he didn't know if it was feasible.

He half-knelt by the pool, put his left hand into the water and waited... Two water ghosts stopped underwater, looking at the hand...

These two water ghosts hadn't eaten for a long time. After dozens of seconds, one of them finally succumbed to hunger and swam towards Marvin's hand...

It didn't come rashly to bite, but stretched out its webbed claws...

This is what Marvin was waiting for. He suddenly reached out and grabbed the slender wrist of the water ghost, and pulled it up to pull it out of the water.

He turned over with his waist and abdomen and slapped the water ghost on the ground behind him.

Gus pattern appeared, chopped down, and chopped off the head, neck and one shoulder of the water ghost with one knife.

After shaking off the stains on the blade and putting away the Guswen, he crossed his arms and thought about what to do with the other one...

The water ghost probably won't come up, even wild beasts will seek benefits and avoid harm.

But I still have to give it a try...

Sure enough, the last water ghost said he would not come up no matter what, and was almost lying on the bottom of the pool.

There was no choice but to go into the water.

Marvin took off his armor, shirt, and boots and put them in his inventory, then slapped himself a Quinn shield, held his breath and jumped into the pool with the Guswen.

The pool is not big, it is a square of about 4 meters square and more than 5 meters deep.

The water ghost swam over...

Marvin kicked the wall behind him with his feet and jumped forward, avoiding the claws of the water ghost. The long knife in his hand slashed across the water ghost's shoulder, crippling one of its arms.

His feet just touched the bottom of the pool, and before he turned around, he felt his back was hit, but Quinn's shield was not broken.

There was no time to think about anything else, and the long knife in his right hand tried his best to slash back horizontally in an attempt to force the water ghost back.

Turning around in the water is not as fast as on the ground. The water ghost was dragging the immobile arm and rushing from top to bottom. One arm cannot move, making it uncoordinated.

Marvin kicked the wall behind him with his feet again, avoiding the attack from under the water ghost, and stabbed the long knife upward into the water ghost's chest.

After reaching the other side of the pool, Marvin looked back and found that the monster was struggling underwater with its wound covered. He immediately swam over and stabbed frantically...

After getting ashore, Marvin stood by the pool and waited for a few minutes.

Finally, the water ghost bled to death and the body floated up.

He dragged the water ghost's body and threw it aside.

Although he now has a physical attribute of 22, he was still exhausted in the underwater fight of less than 20 seconds.

Underwater fighting is really unfriendly to humans.

The pool water was a little turbid due to the blue-green dirty blood of the water ghost. Marvin followed his memory and dived down to grope for the corpse.

With his not so clear vision and touch, he luckily touched the metal key on the broken corpse at the bottom of the pool.

After climbing ashore, Marvin put away the key and quickly took out the clean water stored in the inventory to wash his eyes.

After drying his body and putting on armor, he left the stone chamber and walked towards the last passage.

Only half of the other stone chamber was left, and the other half had collapsed.

Beside the intact wall, a golem lit up the magic rune and started.

Marvin stepped back and waited for the golem to start completely, and by the way, he found the golem's magic core.

Based on the appearance of the golem, he judged that it was a mass-produced standard golem, and the core was in its chest.

Marvin sprinted low, dodged sideways when the golem attacked, and took a picture of the Yaden seal by the way. He stood up, staggered his feet to the back of the golem, climbed up by the bulge on its back, reached out from the golem's shoulder and touched the magic core on the golem's chest, and turned it off.

The whole process took less than 5 seconds.

[Hint: Found a low-level magic puppet, do you want to submit it? ][Yes][No]

Choose yes.

[Hint: The low-level magic puppet has been submitted. ]

No reward again?

What exactly does the learning machine want to do?

After dealing with the golem, Marvin took a circle in the collapsed stone chamber.

This is a warehouse, but the things stored are either rotten or buried by the collapsed earth and rocks.

The only thing that is somewhat useful is a receipt in the corner.

"Mattiou Sikura... Opened by: Jehuda Lowbird. Purchased by: Alannis Steingard... Purchased category: Guardian Golem, (clay ceramics)... Warranty: If the ceramics are damaged, please notify the nearest Jehuda Low and Apprentice branch as soon as possible. This golem is only maintained by authorized staff."

It is indeed a standard commodity golem, and the cheapest one.

Finally, Marvin came to the stone door in the middle and inserted the metal key into the keyhole. The stone door trembled and slid to one side...

As Marvin entered, rows of candles, oil lamps, and braziers suddenly lit up on the opposite side ten meters away...

Another alchemical laboratory, with a laboratory table and an open book...

In front of the opposite wall, there is a stone statue that looks like a cat or a leopard. The ground in front of the stone statue is painted with an inverted pentagram array. In the center of the array, a thin and dark figure kneels. Note ①

As Marvin approached, the man's eyes lit up red, and he grabbed the long sword beside him and rushed forward.

It was nearly 4 meters away in one flash, and Marvin only had time to put up the Quen Seal - active shield.

Bang!

The spherical shield shook, and the long sword that the black shadow stabbed forward was bounced up.

The Alder Seal, the fan-shaped telekinesis rushed towards the black shadow, and the black shadow dodged more than 5 meters to the side.

While the opponent was far away, Marvin added the Quen Seal to himself, set up the Gus Pattern and stared at the black shadow. This person was too fast.

He kind of remembered who this was. If I remembered correctly, this was an unlucky cat-style demon hunter, the kind that was very unlucky.

Marvin rushed forward, raised his hand, and used the Burning Eyes Technique.

Ah~~~

The black shadow howled and covered his eyes and took two steps back, holding up a spherical shield.

Marvin took a Yarden Seal on the spot, retreated and waited. The opponent was now in the shield, and it was meaningless to attack.

The Burning Eyes spell only affected the shadow for less than 2 seconds...

He ignored the purple magic circle and rushed forward again, slashing at Marvin's calf with his long sword.

This time Marvin could see clearly and swung his sword to block.

Bang!

Marvin lowered his shoulder and rushed forward.

Bang, the shadow's body was as hard as a rock, but his weight was average, so he staggered.

Marvin raised his long sword, and the shadow was not standing firmly and was hit by the sword, but he immediately kicked the ground and stabbed the long sword as if he was not injured.

Marvin did not expect this.

Crack~

Quen's shield exploded, and the automatic counterattack of the broken shield pushed the shadow back, but he reacted very quickly and touched the ground with his long sword to stand firm.

Marvin's reaction was not slow either. He chased after him with an Alder seal and pushed the shadow back again. Then he teleported behind the shadow and pierced his chest from behind. His heart must have been pierced.

The shadow actually ignored the long sword that pierced his chest and hit back with his right elbow.

Marvin felt a hammer on his right face, and was stunned for a moment. He instinctively drew out his long sword, turned sideways, and cast the Quen Sign - Active Shield, but was still hit on his right arm by the opponent's long sword.

The black shadow ignored him and stabbed and chopped at the spherical shield.

Marvin half-knelt to support the spherical shield, and shook his head hard to wake up.

Crack~, the shield only lasted for a few seconds before it collapsed.

Marvin took advantage of an opportunity to remove the shield and teleport behind the black shadow.

The black shadow's stab missed, and he couldn't stop for a while, stumbling forward a step.

The Gus pattern lit up, and a knife slashed at the opponent's side neck.

Crack~, the long sword was blocked by the cervical vertebrae, and the black shadow was chopped and staggered.

Marvin put away the knife and stepped back, raised his left hand, and exhaled frost.

The magic torrent with broken ice only attacked the black shadow for 1 second, and he slid out of the purple magic circle with his inhuman speed and flexibility.

The two of them pulled a few meters apart, and Marvin made a Quinn seal, standing in the Arden magic circle and looking at each other in surprise.

The black shadow touched the wound on his neck with his left hand, and his neck was already difficult to turn.

The wound that would bleed profusely and kill a normal person, but he only bleed a very small amount, without even a sound.

This is neither scientific nor magical!

Marvin suddenly raised his left hand, and the ice arrow flew out across the afterimage, and the man rushed forward.

The black shadow easily chopped off the ice arrow, stepped forward and slashed, and the two continued to fight together...

Three minutes later, Marvin took the Arden seal again, holding the knife and staring at the black shadow for a breath.

He felt the wounds on his right arm and left ribs, which were not serious and could still fight.

In these three minutes, he had a slight advantage because the opponent could not turn his head to the right, and the magic teleportation helped.

The two men were about the same in strength, but the shadow was so fast that the eyes could not keep up, and it could only be seen clearly in the Arden Array.

This man seemed to have only the fighting instinct left. He could not communicate, did not bleed, had no pain, and his physical strength seemed to be at the monster level.

There was also good news.

As the muscles continued to be injured, the strength and flexibility of the damaged parts of the shadow would decrease.

And he only knew how to use one Quen Seal - Active Shield, and he used it poorly.

In the battle, the shadow could only block. If he could not block in time, he would not dodge. He would fight back immediately even if he took a knife.

Now the shadow had 4 knife wounds and freezes that affected his strength, and he could win.

Marvin took a deep breath, rushed forward, and started with the Alder Seal. The opponent rolled sideways to avoid it.

He slid close to him, slashed down with a long sword, and the shadow supported the ground with one hand and raised his sword to block.

Marvin's knife was a feint, and Guswen turned and slashed at the opponent's right wrist holding the sword.

This knife became too fast, and the shadow's posture was restricted. He did not dodge and took the knife hard.

Marvin dragged his sword back, and the blade cut the opponent's tendons.

Clang~, the black shadow who had stood up found that his sword had fallen. He wanted to pick it up, but found that his hand was out of control and couldn't hold the hilt.

The opportunity was created, Marvin would not be polite, rushing forward and slashing horizontally.

The black shadow no longer stubbornly wanted to take the sword, and raised his right arm to block the blade.

Marvin only attacked and did not defend, and only a dozen swords crippled the black shadow's hands and feet.

Finally, the black shadow knelt down and couldn't get up.

Guswen slashed down with a sword, and the head fell to the ground...

Aww...

A puff of black smoke rose from the completely motionless corpse, condensing in the air into a black panther phantom with red eyes roaring at Marvin.

Marvin was startled, dodged back, and held up the Quen seal-active shield.

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