A candle was lighting the path in the damp tunnel.
It was a complex tunnel with numerous secret rooms.
Each room had strong defensive mechanisms. Though some rooms were left open, the stuff inside those wasnât as good.
This was Overlord Digglesâ hidden treasure trove.
After he established the Decaying Plateau, he put all the treasures he collected from various planes there.
Shadow Thief Owl quickly progressed through this cave.
He didnât have much time to take care of the locked rooms, so he swept those open rooms clean!
Despite this, the stuff inside was still priceless.
At that moment, Marvinâs voice echoed from the Thousand Paper Crane at his waist. âHow is it, Sir Owl? Visiting the hidden treasury should be quite pleasant, right?â
Owl answered while still working on collecting the treasures, âPleasant my ass!â
âDiggles sent a doppelganger after me!â
âEven though I followed your method, rushing as fast as possible to the treasure cave, while Diggles needed to use some complicated spells to enter, I still only have two minutes to steal everything! Damnit, is this the âplenty of timeâ you promised me?â
On the other side, Marvin watched the White Deers leave as he shrugged. âTwo minutes should be plenty of time for you, right?â
âRemember to move your hands faster, I also get a part of these treasures.â
Owl couldnât help but curse, âYou deceitful kid, you made this Great Thief do the most dangerous work while you sit and wait for a share!â
âI am a thief, I can only steal things. But the situation has changed, Diggles is waiting for me outside! Iâve already turned from a thief snatching from the shadows to a robber stealing in plain sight!â
Marvin laughed for a bit. âCongratulations on your class advancement.â
âI believe that with your strength, holding back Digglesâ doppelganger shouldnât be too hard.â
âBut if you really canât resist, strategic retreat is also part of the plan.â
Owl stayed silent, apparently busy snatching some more things, ignoring Marvin.
Marvin knew that Shadow Thief wasnât a very suitable class for battle. Holding off the Evil Spirit Overlordâs doppelganger would be highly difficult.
Regardless of how long he could hold him back, his part of the plan had already been achieved.
At that time, Hathaway received his signal and cast a Teleportation Door.
He unhesitantly walked in.
As a result, he saw Digglesâ expression. It looked like Diggles wanted to eat him alive.
Despite having experienced countless storms, seeing such an angry expression on the Evil Spirit Overlord made his chest instinctively fill with apprehension.
But he had no intention to fight with Diggles. After being teleported by Hathaway, he jumped on the World Tree and went inside a hole in the trunk.
In the hole there was a pale yellow piece of thin leather calmly lying there.
Marvin went over and grabbed it.
It was time to implement the second part of the plan.
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Time flew by quickly in the hidden treasure trove. As Owl put away a locked treasure chest, Diggles finally caught up to him!
He was extremely angry!
He was actually slowed down by his own defenses.
Yet he didnât know how this vile Shadow Thief managed to bypass them and stealthily enter his own treasure trove!
This was unforgivable.
âThis is my domain. If you want to steal my things, you have to be prepared to pay the price!â
Digglesâ doppelganger coldly glared at Shadow Thief Owl. âAnd the price is death.â
Owl bitterly laughed. âI donât want to die.â
His body then disappeared!
Diggles coldly snorted and his doppelganger also disappeared from the treasure trove.
Two minutes later in some corner of the Underworld, Owl awkwardly fell on the ground!
Diggles was invincible on this plane.
Even someone overpowered like Inheim was also unable to harm Diggles. All he could do is barely hold his own against him.
As for Owl, he couldnât even resist at all!
In a mere two minutes, he cut a sorry figure under the chase of Digglesâ doppelganger!
Ultimately, a flaw appeared and he was caught, almost losing his life.
âYup, no way I can hold that one back,â he thought gloomily.
Then, his body suddenly split into a thousand doppelgangers!
Each doppelganger fled to the Shadow Plane, using [Shadow Travel]!
As those thousand Owls fled to the Shadow Plane, a bit more than eight hundred of them were intercepted by Diggles while the remaining hundred-something doppelgangers managed to escape!
It was a big blow to his vitality.
âDamn, next time I wonât listen to that bastardâs sweet words!â
Owlâs heart was still furiously beating as he cautiously moved through the Shadow Plane.
This was a lot more terrifying than standing against the Ancient Red Dragon!
He had the backup of many powerhouses in Tornado Harbor, and just had to play his role.
But this time he was facing the Evil Spirit Overlordâs doppelganger on his own, which was too much for him!
âThey should be about to start the second part of the plan.â
âThat Marvin really doesnât fear deathâŠâ Owl was thinking as he continued through the Shadow Plane.
The second part wasnât related to him.
But he still wasnât relieved.
Suddenly, he noticed the backs of two people ahead of him!
Owl stiffened!
He stopped moving.
The Shadow Plane was a peculiar place where space-time was distorted. He stood there and watched those two backs.
Those two people were looking in another direction.
Owl followed their line of sight and saw a Shadow Thief blinking away.
That Shadow Thief was Owl himself!
âThis is the previous me!â
Owl had a good understanding of the Shadow Plane.
He instantly understood what happened.
People were watching him, or at least that image of him, when he went through the Shadow Plane to enter the Underworld earlier.
Owl was extremely familiar with one of the two people.
It was actually that Glynos who had been humiliated by him, stripped naked!
Owlâs scalp went numb.
If this was Glynosâ avatar, then that other personâŠ
âNo good!â
âMarvin and the rest are in danger!â
Owl clenched his teeth and sped up, immediately returning to Feinan.
He couldnât use the Thousand Paper Crane in the Shadow Plane.
It could only be used to communicate in a material plane. As for communication across planes, even if it could be done, it would use a lot of the Thousand Paper Craneâs lifespan. But he didnât worry too much about that at the moment!
âMarvin! There is a situation.â
âGlynos appeared. And there is another guy. There is the symbol of the Plague Godâs cult on his clothes. Itâs highly likely that this is the Plague Godâs avatar!â
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In the World Tree, Marvin heard this news and faintly frowned.
The appearance of the Shadow Prince wasnât too surprising. After all, this guy was completely humiliated by Owl last time, so he would definitely have some hard feelings.
But the Plague Godâs avatar appearing was a bit unexpected.
Furthermore, there was another invisible threat, Bamboo. He had already considered that this operation wouldnât escape the sight of the World Ending Twin Snakes. So many Legends gathered in one location, and many of them were great characters that were wanted by them.
When would those enemies hidden in the dark emerge? Marvin wasnât sure.
He had prepared good strategies against them.
But the Plague Godâs appearance wasnât in his calculations.
He thought for a while and finally said a name to the Thousand Paper Crane.
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Feinan. Marvinâs voice came out of the crane.
After Owl heard the name, he tried to ask something, but unfortunately the Thousand Paper Crane suddenly ignited.
It turned into a pile of ashes in the blink of an eye.
Communication across planes was something that consumed large amount of energy. Even though Owlâs Origami was a secret technique from ancient times, it couldnât avoid this issue.
He took a deep breath. Since things had reached this stage, he could only give it a try.
He then headed southeast!
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On his Supreme Throne, the furious Diggles didnât move his main body at all from the start!
He always sent his subordinates and doppelgangers to fight.
But the current stalemate made him extremely impatient.
The World Treeâs Seed that Endless Ocean and Sky Fury were growing really gave a powerful support to the team of Legends.
Ivan and Inheim were each fighting off one doppelganger.
And Hathaway was using a Legendary item, the Candleflame Necklace, to summon twelve Fire Elementals!
These Fire Elementals were also enjoying the World Treeâs bonuses.
The Corrupt Titans emerging from the Rotting Sea one after the other were not actually real Titans. They were merely Titansâ descendants that were caught by Diggles and turned into degenerate lifeforms by Diggles by using negative energies.
Their strength were far from a real Titanâs strength. The Fire Elementals were able to barely contend against these monsters thanks to the World Treeâs bonuses.
As for the rest of the Evil Spirits, Lorant personally took care of them.
The Heavenly Deer had many abilities and they had could naturally restrain Evil Spirits. With Hathaway also casting a large scale Legendary spell to sweep them out, Digglesâ subordinates couldnât even get close to the World Tree!
Diggles was infuriated!
Although his other doppelganger was quickly rushing back, the longer this dragged on, the worse he felt.
If these guys came to conduct a rescue, then their purpose should have already been accomplished.
So why hadnât they tried to leave yet!?
Diggles was no fool, and he felt a bit worried.
At that time, that Ranger who hid in the tree hollow came out and stood on a branch of the World Tree.
His eyes rested on Digglesâ Supreme Throne!
Digglesâ heart sank.
Even if this didnât feel logical, he still had a bad premonition.
Could they have already figured out the throneâs secret?
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âLadies and Gentlemen, Sir Owl just sent me some news. The Shadow Prince and Plague Godâs avatars are peeping on this battle.â
âI donât know how many others are watching from the sidelines, but we have to act fast.â
Marvin adjusted his breath and said with an extremely calm tone.