Chapter 179: Dekan Felt the Shadow World was Getting Desperate |
On the beach in the southeastern part of the Holy Kingdom.
Under a patio umbrella, Dekan and Cornelia, both wearing sunglasses, were lying on beach chairs, basking in the sun.
They had enjoyed a wonderful seven-day vacation for two.
Now, the time limit of the Shadow World mission was finally about to be reached.
“I must say, this Shadow World was quite good, much better than the previous two.”
“I want to come again.”
“We'll definitely come to the Holy Kingdom again.”
“Anyway, just bring me along and it'll be fine, meow!”
The Cat Teacher always complained that Dekan wasn't a good person, but whenever it finished enjoying itself, it would still honestly stick to Dekan and Cornelia.
After being forcibly teleported out of the Shadow World, they were temporarily in a familiar small liminal space.
This was a temporary resting place between the Shadow World and the real world for reward settlement.
Soon, the mission interface also began to update, feeling as if it wanted to rush them out.
【Shadow World: The Secret Tale of the Waning Holy Rite has been cleared】
【Calculation in progress】
【Evaluation generating】
【Due to the high degree of team coordination, team settlement method is adopted】
【Challengers: Dekan & Cornelia & Demi】
“Wait, who is Demi?”
Dekan asked with some confusion.
The Cat Teacher was so angry it jumped on his head and clawed at his hair.
“Demi is me, meow! You've known me for so long and you still don't know my name?!”
“Ah? I thought your name was Cat Teacher.”
Dekan replied with feigned surprise.
This made the Cat Teacher even angrier!
“I'm not going home today, meow! I'm going to live with Cornelia!”
“Is there a difference who you live with between the two of us?”
“Meow... I guess you're right...”
While they were chatting, the Shadow World continued to refresh the settlement information.
【Successfully unlocked hidden mission objectives 2 and 3 through unorthodox means in this story-based Shadow World, successfully killed the final boss Countess Lilislina, and successfully induced Marquis Roderick to self-destruct】
【The team has achieved the following accomplishments】
【I've Put Up With You For a Long Time E — Forcibly destroyed the Shadow World's clear difficulty on a far too early timeline using alternative methods】
【Poverty Village Creator A — Earned an amount of monetary resources in a small town that surpassed its limit】
【Absolutely No Decrypting S — Smoothly cleared the Shadow World without following its original mechanics at all】
【Scourge of the Blood Clan SSS — Caused the death of a Blood Clan Marquis x1, killed a Blood Clan Countess x1, and 6th-rank Blood Clan familiars x5】
【Enlightenment of Rites and Music E — This time you did not destroy any pianos】
...
【Seven-Day Tour of the Holy Kingdom A — Completed an achievement that contradicts the style of this Shadow World】
Seeing this, Dekan frowned.
This 【I've Put Up With You For a Long Time】, could it be what the Shadow World wants to say?
And is the prejudice in 【Enlightenment of Rites and Music】 a bit much?
【Achievement summary complete, evaluation generation complete】
【You are an unpredictable nightmare, both for the Blood Clan and the Holy Kingdom. Nevertheless, there are still many people on the southern border of the Holy Kingdom who survived because of you, even if this history is no longer remembered by anyone.】
【Team Overall Evaluation: SSS】
【Due to the high degree of synergy between Dekan and another non-team challenger and their joint significant contribution to mission objectives, a synergy trait will be granted】
【Dekan & Morion have obtained the synergy trait: Partners in Crime】
【Partners in Crime: When the two appear in the same Shadow World, Dekan has a higher probability of obtaining an authoritative identity, and Morion has a higher probability of obtaining a merchant identity.】
Dekan looked at the prompt and felt that today's Shadow World was very aggressive.
【Reward Settlement: Rank Increase (Dekan 3rd-rank → 4th-rank, Cornelia 4th-rank → 4th-rank, Demi 5th-rank → 5th-rank), Blood of Destruction (6th-rank Epic Spell Card)】
“How come it's only one item this time, meow?”
“It's a 6th-rank Epic Spell Card, after all, which is pretty good. Besides, there might be another lesser card or material that went to Morion.”
Logically, a card with such a domineering name must have a very powerful effect.
Dekan grabbed the Spell Card floating in the air, its surface occasionally surging with orange electric arcs.
“As expected of a 6th-rank Epic card.”
The terrifying magical fluctuations contained in this card were felt by Dekan the moment he touched it.
【Blood of Destruction】
【Category: Spell Card】
【Grade: Orange Epic】
【Rank: 6】
【Effect: After a 10-second cast time, clear all self-statuses and block all self-equipment effects, dealing devastating damage to oneself, and dealing equivalent damage and destructive effects to all living and non-living entities within range. Cooldown: 30 days.】
【Note: The last spell used by Marquis Roderick before his death.】
“Meow?”
The Cat Teacher, perched on Dekan's head, looked at the card's effect, a bit dazed.
“...”
Dekan was also silent. He finally felt the full extent of the Shadow World's malice.
The final reward of a Shadow World was related to contribution, as well as the enemies they defeated or the loot they obtained in the Shadow World.
This time, the strongest enemy they dealt with was Marquis Roderick.
Logically, for an SSS rating, if only a single card was given, it should at least be a 6th-rank Epic card to be reasonable.
But as for which specific Epic card related to Marquis Roderick would drop, that depended on luck.
However.
They were given the most insane card of all!
Roderick-style suicide!
This card probably did have unparalleled area-of-effect damage and destructive power.
But it was consumable.
Use it once, and the card disappeared along with the user!
And the Shadow World's meaning was very clear.
It wanted Dekan to die.
“This card is sick, meow! Only Marquis Roderick would use it!”
Seeing the useless Orange card, the Cat Teacher cried out in disappointment.
A 6th-rank non-soul-bound Epic card was a priceless item. If sold, the Cat Teacher could also get a share of the profits.
But this card was clearly unsellable.
No matter how powerful it was, whoever used a card that could only be used once in a lifetime was an idiot.
However.
The Cat Teacher found that not only was Dekan not disappointed, he even high-fived Cornelia!
“You guys, meow...”
The Cat Teacher looked at their reactions, its eyes wide.
It suddenly realized that this card, there seemed to be someone who could actually use it repeatedly!
“You're not freaking thinking of selling this card to Cloix and letting him go harm others, are you?!”
Dekan: “Of course! With Boss Cloix's fortune, buying it is no problem.”
Cornelia: “A perfect match!”
“Ah Ying, you're still too young.”
Dekan sneered and shook his head.
The Shadow World hadn't expected that Dekan had a good brother who had never appeared in a Shadow World with him, who could convert all spell damage into healing.
So, if Cloix used 【Blood of Destruction】, not only would he not die, but he could also heal himself from low health to full health instantly!
It was equivalent to having an extra life-saving card.
And once this card was triggered, it would cause a wave of earth-shattering group healing.
Priests and bomb maniacs would weep upon seeing it.
As long as Cloix held 【Blood of Destruction】, he could confidently and boldly shout—
“I am the nuclear bomb!”.