Chapter 165: Dekan Bids Farewell to the Town |
Dekan had learned that High Priest Kevin was a rank-seven powerhouse.
To undo the first layer of Marquis Roderick’s seal while also defeating the High Priest.
It would require at least a Vampire Count.
But that enemy did not continue to slaughter the town’s residents to perform the blood sacrifice and completely release Marquis Roderick.
A possible reason was that the Vampire Count, while defeating the High Priest, was also pushed to his limit, and was not even strong enough to defeat the knight captain in the town.
So the one currently hiding in the city-state was most likely a Vampire Count in a very weakened state, gradually recovering his strength.
And Mission Objective 2 was actually an investigative and deductive mission against time.
The challengers needed to find the Count before he recovered.
If they could find this Vampire Count before a certain point in time, the challengers would be at a great advantage and could easily defeat him.
Once this Vampire Count recovered his strength, even if the challengers found him, it would probably be difficult to defeat him.
There was also the possibility of the Vampire Count launching a sneak attack, leading to a chain reaction that resulted in Marquis Roderick’s escape and the failure of Mission Objective 3.
But now, this unknown Vampire Count probably never dreamed of it—
The Marquis was already dead.
Dekan couldn’t help but look forward to seeing the expression on this Vampire Count’s face when he found out about the Marquis' death.
He really wanted to admire his or her terrified and desperate appearance.
Ahem.
A person shouldn’t think like this.
It was all Shijiang’s fault for teaching him bad things.
“Even I don’t have such tastes. Look for the reason within yourself more often.”
Shijiang seemed to have heard Dekan’s thoughts and responded with her own thoughts in his mind.
“You’re a great demon, how can you be so pure? It makes me feel quite embarrassed.”
Dekan accused without any sense of danger.
“Pure? Are you provoking me?”
“No, no, no, I used the wrong word. You are the most ferocious, cruel, and violent ancient demon!”
“……”
Shijiang seemed to be really angry, because she was silent for a longer time this time.
Then she angrily took control of Dekan’s body, grabbed the dessert plate that Cornelia was holding, and stuffed the desserts into her mouth one by one.
Her movements were elegant, yet the desserts disappeared very quickly.
Just like that.
When Dekan regained control of his body, he only felt very full.
He might not even need to eat dinner today.
Cornelia was already stunned.
“Are you very hungry, Dekan? Should I get you some more food?”
Cornelia quickly and caringly tugged at Dekan’s sleeve and asked.
She felt that Dekan was starving.
“No, no, that was the price of power just now. I can’t eat anymore now.”
Dekan explained, waving his hand.
“You’re full, but the Vampire Count should be starving right now, right?”
Morion asked from the side.
For a weakened vampire to recover, besides needing time, they also needed to consume a large amount of blood.
There were still seven days left in the mission. Considering the difficulty and reasonableness of a rank-six Shadow World.
Even if they ignored this Vampire Count, he would inevitably recover his strength step by step.
And before the end of the Shadow World, he would definitely be in good condition to come and rescue the Marquis.
So during these few days.
The city-state at night would be the Vampire Count’s hunting ground.
“Yes, he will inevitably hunt, but the method of hunting will definitely not be as simple as a murder case.”
If this Vampire Count’s method was just like a serial killer, coming out to attack a target every night.
Then not to mention that the Holy Rite Church and the security forces in the city-state would hunt him down, even the remaining nine challengers could quickly discover the Count’s tracks.
“That Count must have an unconventional hiding place, possibly an extremely safe or extremely dangerous place, making it difficult for challengers to find.”
“It’s fine, no matter where he hides, we just need to act according to the plan. We’ll give him a big surprise then, and let him see what it means to be able to do whatever you want with money…”
Just as Dekan and Morion were discussing going to the city-state tonight to solve the mission of Mission Objective 2.
There was another knock on the church door.
The mayor had finally returned with the gold coins.
Dekan and Morion quickly went to open the door for their honored guest, with a “welcome” expression.
“Here are 900 Holy Gold Coins. They are for you, Mr. Engineer.”
The mayor anxiously walked up to Morion and stuffed a large bag of Holy Gold Coins into his hands.
However, Morion didn’t say anything this time.
He just smiled and held his breath.
Dekan, standing behind the mayor, released a 【Sleep Gas】 card.
Instantly, the mayor’s eyelids drooped, his body swayed, and then he fell to the ground.
“You two regulars, meow…”
Cat Teacher jumped out from the mayor’s shadow.
It felt that the coordination between Dekan and Morion was becoming more and more ridiculously proficient.
If there was a telepathic connection between Dekan and Cornelia.
Then there was absolutely no difference in what Dekan and Morion wanted to do.
They didn’t need much communication at all. As long as they acted according to their thoughts, they would naturally coordinate with each other.
“How was it, Cat Teacher?”
Dekan asked.
“Found it, meow.”
Cat Teacher helplessly flicked its tail, walked out of the church, and began its job of leading the way.
So the three of them divided the work efficiently.
Dekan, as always, did his work as a priest, skillfully tying up the mayor and sending him to the premium seat in the confessional.
Cornelia, on the other hand, followed Cat Teacher to dig for treasure.
And Morion changed into the appearance of the mayor and went to the mayor’s house to help him clean up his treasures.
When the three of them met again in the church, they were already prepared to leave this small town that held so many of their fond memories.
“When the mayor wakes up, I hope he can find his original intentions.”
As he locked the church door, Dekan said with considerable regret.
“So you were also teaching him a lesson, is that it, meow?”
Hearing Dekan’s sigh, Cat Teacher couldn’t help but twitch its eye.
“Of course.”
“Meow meow meow! Although the mayor is hateful, meeting you is truly the worst luck in eight lifetimes, meow!”
The three of them chatted as they quickly crossed the bridge, and took the bridge with them again.
Having no bridge was also a form of protection for the town.
When Dekan first started investigating the incident, he also thought that the bridge was destroyed by the enemy.
Thinking about it now, it was also possible that it was actually the High Priest who destroyed it.
A rank-seven Vampire Count should have some familiars, but these familiars were now honestly lurking and had not come to the town to kill.
On the one hand, these familiars might have to stay by the Count’s side to protect their weakened master.
On the other hand.
The familiars also feared the sunlight.
If they spent two days crossing the mountains to come to the town, it was very likely that they would encounter adventurers or search parties in the wild during the day and be sent away directly.
So they should also be waiting for the bridge to be repaired, and then quickly attack the town at night.
Unfortunately, this bridge’s surname was De.
It had flexible business hours.
And so the team of three headed towards the city-state with laughter and cheer.
