Chapter 247: Dekan, the One Even Demons Fear in the Demon Realm |
"Meow meow meow! So cold meow!"
Cat Teacher in the shadow couldn't stand the cold either.
It jumped out and burrowed into Dekan's cotton coat in a flash.
"Hey hey, your body is so cold!"
Dekan had just gotten a bit warmer when he felt Cat Teacher freezing him again.
Cat Teacher poked its cat head out of Dekan's collar, revealing a contented look:
"Dekan, don't change back, okay meow."
Dekan: "?"
It seemed his cat was asking for a beating again; after returning to the real world, he should harden his heart and send it to Mi'e for some adjustment education.
Cat Teacher felt Dekan's mood was a bit off and quickly changed the subject.
Seeing Dekan prepare cotton coats early before coming to the fifth layer, it knew Artis told him.
After all, as a banishment zone, the fifth layer had no shopping points.
Of course, Dekan had the express delivery service from the third layer; even in the banishment zone, he could order delivery.
"Mm, you absolutely must not be afraid later. Trust me, this layer is very safe."
Dekan patted Cat Teacher's head and said.
At the same time, he also saw the information of this layer through the Demon Bracelet.
[Wrath Hell]
[This prison layer is a Banishment Zone; Jailers can kill each other.]
[The Warden will indiscriminately attack all lockable targets.]
[Jailers will obtain Phantom Disguise on this layer, appearance changing to prisoners.]
[There are no shopping points in the Banishment Zone; random survival supplies will be dropped periodically.]
[Leaving the protection area of the teleportation gate is considered entering the fifth layer.]
[On the fifth layer of the prison, for every prisoner death, Jailers will be rewarded with 500 Devil Points, which will be shared equally among all Jailers present on this layer.]
[To go to the sixth layer, 6000 Devil Points must be paid.]
The fifth layer was also a banishment zone, but the rules had changed compared to the second layer.
Firstly, this layer wasn't as dangerous as the second layer, at least for Jailers.
Artis had basically told Dekan the key points of the fifth layer in advance.
The Warden of this layer, Faceless Igna, was a felonious Tier 8 demon. The Demon King punished him with extreme torture—gouging out his eyes, piercing his eardrums, and burning his skin, almost stripping away his five senses.
And this demon, who was practically crippled, still possessed Tier 8 combat power and vitality.
He would wander in the corridors of the fifth layer prison, hunting all captureable jailers and prisoners.
As long as one wasn't too close to him or attacking him, it was very hard for him to detect the specific location of a target.
He would only occasionally perform area-of-effect attacks like swatting flies.
However.
One absolutely must not underestimate the Warden of this layer, Faceless Igna.
Senseless and dull as he was, he possessed a unique innate perception.
He could perceive the sweet scent of negative emotions like anger, fear, and sorrow with extraordinary acuity.
So on the fifth layer.
Guys with weak minds would be quickly locked onto by Faceless Igna.
And unable to escape.
Because the weak would only get more and more afraid until killed by Faceless Igna.
But if it was a guy with an extremely strong mental state.
Even strong to the point of somewhat losing humanity.
On this layer, the threat from the Warden was almost zero.
Precisely because of these mechanisms, the fifth layer didn't have special regulations like the second layer's "daily increase of Devil Points for survival" and "access to the next layer without fees".
Its assessment for Jailers wasn't pursuit and escape either.
Instead, it was mainly reflected in deceiving, toying with, and manipulating human emotions.
When Jailers arrived at the fifth layer, they would obtain Phantom Disguise; their appearance and attire would change to look like human prisoners.
Thus they could freely mix into the group of human prisoners.
For example, the moment Dekan arrived at the fifth layer, his appearance completely changed into a harmless gray-haired, blue-eyed young girl, losing his demonic characteristics, and his attire also transformed into a prisoner’s uniform.
Of course, all this was just an illusion covering the layer on top of Dekan’s original mimicry.
On this layer.
Compared to the clumsy Warden.
The true masters were the human prisoner group.
Currently, it was the time of war between humans and demons, so an exceptionally large number of human captives were sent to this layer.
And the prisoners who could successfully survive on this layer must have discovered and understood the Warden's characteristics after experiencing certain sacrifices.
So whether they truly had strong mental fortitude or were forcibly suppressing their fear.
The prisoners who could survive would not have poor mentalities.
Artis deduced that the surviving humans on this layer would think of ways to help each other, even forming a community and establishing rules to survive.
After all, they needed to find ways to bypass the Warden and collect supplies to maintain their lives.
And the Jailers' goal would be to disguise themselves as humans, mix into the crowd, and find every means to sow discord, incite their negative emotions, and guide the Warden to destroy them.
The more evil the Jailer, the faster they could earn a large amount of Devil Points on this layer.
Compared to the power of evil, what Jailers needed more on this layer was an evil heart.
"The above are the key details of this layer. Artis only knew the information for the fifth layer and tried her best to help me; she didn't know about the subsequent layers."
Dekan didn't rush to leave the safe area of the teleportation gate; instead, he quickly told Morion and Cat Teacher this information.
Looking at Morion's appearance, he seemed completely unconcerned, even acting a bit like a sightseeing old man.
Dekan couldn't help but rejoice that Morion wasn't assigned to the fifth layer at the start.
Otherwise, this person would be terrible whether as a Jailer or a prisoner.
If he were a Jailer, Morion would be a disaster for humanity.
And if he were a prisoner, presumably it would take Morion less than a day to turn this layer into his black-hearted sweatshop.
"Are you thinking about something rather impolite?"
Morion saw Dekan's disdainful expression and seemed to understand what Dekan was thinking.
"No, no, I just feel that having you as a teammate is sometimes quite reassuring."
Dekan waved his hand.
However, speaking of which, Cat Teacher did worry Dekan a bit.
After all, it had always been the most cowardly one in the team.
If Cat Teacher were scared out of its wits and attracted the Warden, Dekan would have a headache.
"Cat Teacher, you aren't afraid, right?"
"Don't worry meow. After listening to you explain the rules of this layer, I only feel incomparably safe following you meow."
Cat Teacher guaranteed proudly.
Having experienced the Shadow World [Mysterious Figure in the Barren Mountain’s Blizzard], Cat Teacher had completely reached enlightenment.
Under this mechanism of killing werewolves, Dekan and the companions beside Dekan would never be in danger.
Because Dekan himself was the most dangerous one.
This time Dekan had revealed his identity as the mole to it.
Plus, there was the heavyweight guest Morion assisting.
Protected by these two ghosts that everyone feared, Cat Teacher was so comfortable it just wanted to have a good sleep in Dekan's arms.