Chapter 298: Dekan’s Gospel Shines on the World |
After Sheen and the Pontiff disappeared into the arena.
Dekan looked at the crystal blue bracelet on his hand without saying a word, as if his soul was immersed in it.
Before dragging the Pontiff into the Phantom Canyon, Sheen had handed this bracelet, which controlled the city defense barrier hub of the Filowen Royal Capital, to Dekan. This was equivalent to entrusting the general command of the Filowen Kingdom to Dekan.
She would deal with the Pontiff.
And what Dekan needed to do.
Was to help her intercept the Bishops until she could defeat the Pontiff.
"Bastard reporter, you really trust me enough..."
Dekan smiled bitterly and muttered to himself.
"Throwing such an arduous task to me..."
Six points of fierce combat appeared on the map.
Outside the arena, there were 11 friendly Tier 8s. Except for the Silence Bishop who was furthest away and was only assigned one Tier 8 and multiple Tier 7s to contain him, the other five Bishops were each assigned two Tier 8s to intercept.
Although one Tier 8 plus several Tier 7s were not enough to stop the Silence Bishop, due to the extreme distance, he could rest assured for the time being.
The Devouring, Plague, and Shadow Bishops were all successfully delayed by friendly Tier 8s, showing no signs of movement in the short term.
The problem lay with the Falsehood Bishop and the Finality Bishop.
If the former Holy Knight Commander Judith was used as a unit of measurement for Tier 8 combat power.
A full-state Ruin Bishop Ivans required three Judiths to contend with.
So Bishop-level combat power could roughly be regarded as three Judiths.
Without considering winning against a Bishop, and only wanting to stall, at least two Tier 8s were needed to stop one.
And based on their current performance, Falsehood and Finality were conservatively estimated to be above six Judiths.
The Falsehood Bishop was originally contained.
But just now, his battlefield merged with the Shadow Bishop's, and subsequently, the Falsehood Bishop broke free and started approaching the arena at high speed!
The situation with the Finality Bishop was even worse.
In just a brief exchange, the two Tier 8s responsible for interception had already been beaten to a near-death state.
Even Dekan was stunned watching it.
Tier 8s couldn't even stand up in front of the Finality Bishop!
This was a one-sided crush.
The Kingdom Federation side, which already had a gap in combat power, would have this gap completely torn open from the Finality Bishop's battlefield.
And soon, the Finality Bishop would also come towards the arena at full speed.
Dekan put down his right hand wearing the bracelet, feeling mentally and physically exhausted.
If this were a high-pressure tower defense game.
When Sheen handed it to him, it was already in a state of collapse.
The only operators he could dispatch immediately now were Holy Knight Commander Argel, Imperial Sword Saint Adair, and himself.
"You two, please go intercept the Finality Bishop. I will figure out a way to deal with the Falsehood Bishop."
Dekan didn't hesitate much; he looked at the two and spoke.
"I refuse. I have no need to risk my life for you Kingdom people."
Adair crossed his arms and shook his head with a mocking expression.
It seemed that after the Pontiff was restricted, all threats had nothing to do with him.
Even though due to the establishment of diplomatic relations between the Empire and the Kingdom Federation, Adair's stance should be to help the Kingdom Federation fight against the Resurrection Church.
But in this time and place where the world situation could be leveraged at any moment.
Adair's stance became somewhat hard to surmise.
What was more troublesome was.
Adair just staying here.
Without Sheen's deterrence.
He could no longer be regarded as a friendly force.
But a huge hidden danger!
Both Dekan and Argel frowned and stared at him.
But soon, Argel didn't stay any longer; he turned around directly and rushed in the direction indicated by Dekan to intercept the Finality Bishop.
It was meaningless for Argel to hesitate here. No matter what Adair chose, Argel had to go support those two Tier 8s who were about to die in battle at the fastest speed.
"Are you... serious?"
Dekan felt his blood pressure soaring.
The situation that was barely manageable.
Had become even more difficult because Adair refused to obey commands.
A character like Adair shouldn't have been able to mess with Dekan's mindset.
But Adair just happened to strike at the critical moment when the entire pressure of the Resurrection Church fell on Dekan.
Perhaps it was the personal grudge from the battle with Dekan.
Perhaps it was because he was greedy for life and afraid of death, unwilling to face the Finality Bishop directly.
Perhaps Adair still had some scheme based on the Empire's stance.
But no matter what.
At this critical juncture, Adair was not only threatening Dekan.
He was treating the lives of hundreds of millions of Kingdom people as grass.
Dekan made a prompt decision to equip [Sword of Bachel’s Despair] and activated [Three Corpses Berserk] again.
Rather than keeping Adair, this ticking time bomb, in the base, it was better to see his true composition first!
Although the Artificial Shadow World Activator was protected by an external barrier, it couldn't withstand a few full-force attacks from Adair.
Dekan couldn't rest assured leaving Adair here!
The second the mental magic hit Adair.
After Adair's desires were stimulated by [Three Corpses Berserk], the killing intent all over his body seemed to be liberated. His pair of cold eyes were full of chill, like sharp blades cutting through the night sky, staring fixedly at Dekan.
He actually attacked Dekan without hesitation to kill him.
Obviously, he had wanted to kill Dekan for a long time, only enduring it until now!
Dekan, who had prepared long ago, directly used the defensive barrier inside the Filowen Arena to separate Adair.
This was the last defensive force Sheen left for Dekan.
"Did you originally plan to wait for Argel to leave and backstab me at the critical moment?"
Dekan asked coldly.
"Hehe, so what if I was?"
Adair stopped acting too.
The killing intent on his body permeated the air; he didn't care at all what the Kingdom people watching the live broadcast would think upon seeing this scene.
"A corpse is talking."
Dekan's voice was incomparably cold.
...
"Bastard Empire person!"
"This is a war crime! He's a war criminal!!"
Adair's intentions were already revealed when he refused to fight.
Dekan just used mental magic to induce Adair to show it in advance.
The audience watching the screen also discovered.
This was the first time Dekan showed no intention of taking pleasure in torturing the opponent when encountering a villain.
Even though for a guy like this, no matter how he was tortured, the Kingdom people would only cheer for Dekan.
But at this moment, Dekan seemed to have no such mood.
He only wanted to solve the crisis before him first.
As for Adair.
If they waited until Dekan had freed his hands and had the mental energy to deal with him.
People could hardly imagine.
What kind of hell Adair would witness.
...
"Die, all of you!"
Adair seemed to finally release the emotions he had suppressed for a long time, desperately attacking the barrier separating him and Dekan.
His attitude was also very obvious; he knew the risks of his actions.
But the prerequisite for all consequences to happen.
Was that Dekan and the Kingdom Federation could survive today's calamity!
He wanted to take this opportunity to kill Dekan and give the Kingdom Federation a fatal blow!
Because the instruction Adair received before setting off was—
PART 2
Given the opportunity, try to make the Kingdom Federation and the Resurrection Church suffer mutually heavy losses.
Now in Adair's view, the winning chance of the Kingdom Federation had risen sharply.
Then killing Dekan shouldn't count as violating the order, right?!
"Dekan!"
The Holy Knight Commander noticed the situation in the arena and wanted to return to support Dekan.
"Argel! Don't worry about me, go intercept the Finality Bishop!"
Dekan shouted at the Holy Knight Commander.
The Finality Bishop, who was about to kill two friendly Tier 8s, was the biggest threat currently.
Now besides letting Argel delay for a while, true hope could only be placed on Sheen's trump card "Unicorn."
However.
The approaching Falsehood Bishop, and the disrupting Imperial Sword Saint—urgent matters came one after another, giving Dekan no chance to contact the mole!
Especially fighting Adair again within a short time.
Dekan had no chance of winning.
Adair wouldn't make the same mistake twice.
But.
Dekan felt there was a turning point because someone would help him!
Just then.
A staff member.
Unknown when, had unknowingly approached Dekan and Adair's direction significantly.
Not only did he not evacuate, but he looked like he wanted to intervene in the battlefield.
This made Adair frown.
It seemed to be this guy who fixed the live broadcast just now.
"Dekan, leave this guy to me. Just do your commander work with peace of mind."
As the disguise on the staff member dissipated, a figure familiar to Dekan was revealed—
That profiteer who made him both love and hate.
For some reason, Morion's support made Dekan's gradually anxious heart settle down a lot.
"Phew."
Dekan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
When he first released [Three Corpses Berserk] to shake the Pontiff but completely failed to affect Adair and Argel, Dekan knew.
Morion was nearby.
He helped Dekan release an [Aura of Friendship], canceling the effect of [Three Corpses Berserk] on allies.
It was just that Dekan didn't know when Morion would choose to come out.
And Dekan didn't blame Morion for hiding for so long after coming to the Royal Capital.
If he had found Morion first, they might have been wary of each other, started internal friction, and maybe even disrupted each other's plans.
Morion autonomously helping him at the critical moment was undoubtedly the best cooperation between them.
"You, are even weaker than Dekan, right?"
Adair slashed at Morion with his sword, intending to instantly kill this weak guy.
But it was inexplicably dodged.
Adair, who originally wouldn't care about this kind of enemy, had to raise his vigilance against Dekan's scoundrel friends after experiencing the battle with Dekan.
Support classes with zero attack power like this were all somewhat 'underworld'.
"Heh heh, do you want to experience a second consecutive defeat that much?"
Morion smiled and snapped his fingers lightly.
Adair instantly felt his whole body immobilized, as if firmly grabbed by countless invisible large hands.
Adair had never seen mental magic of this level.
Beside Morion, a puppet posing in a dancing posture like a marionette moved freely as if unsealed, its appearance gradually transforming into an elegant but expressionless elf.
Adair's pupils shrank violently; he recognized this summoned creature and had seen the appearance this summoned creature transformed into in intelligence reports.
It was Nightmare Bishop Alina!
[Nightmare Puppet]
[Category: Summon Card]
[Grade: Orange Epic]
[Tier: 8]
[Effect: Perfectly copies the summoner's magic and spirit attributes, and inherits all their spells. After being destroyed, it can be quickly respawned by the user providing mana.]
[Remark: What do you like me to dress up as today?]
Morion indeed couldn't beat Adair.
But Morion knew the Great Summoning Technique.
Nightmare Bishop Alina left her ace card to help Morion deal with the Imperial Sword Saint.
And her true body chased in the direction Holy Knight Commander Argel went to intercept the Finality Bishop.
"Dekan! The Nightmare Bishop is my person!"
While widening the distance between him and Adair, Morion shouted to Dekan.
Dekan nodded and notified the whole city using the city defense control hub without hesitation:
"Do not intercept the Nightmare Bishop, cooperate with her in battle! She is on our side!"
The current him had only absolute trust in Morion!
At this moment, the entire city of Filowen, whether residents, the high-tier forces of the Kingdom Federation, or the few Bishops, were all slightly stunned.
The Nightmare Bishop, rebelled?!
But this intelligence came from the mouth of the current commander-in-chief, Dekan.
For the Kingdom Federation side, its authenticity needed no questioning!
On the contrary, for the few Bishops of the Resurrection Church, they all began to struggle with whether Alina had really rebelled or if Dekan was deliberately using lies to disturb them!
No matter how unexpected, this was a morale-boosting massive turnaround point for the Kingdom Federation.
"As expected of the Bishop of Agony! He even has this kind of backup! He can really bring other Bishops to rebel together!"
"It should be Morion's work! He is the fifth member of the Beautiful Mind Squad! He brought a critical assist to Dekan!"
"Empire people, wait to be liquidated by the Bishop of Agony!!"
Even the Kingdom people seeing the battle situation everywhere couldn't help but shout excitedly.
The appearance of Dekan's partner Morion instantly solved Adair's problem for him and could fill the hole in combat power that was about to collapse on the Finality Bishop's side to a certain extent.
Now, the only fatal problem left was the Falsehood Bishop!
Adair also realized the reversal of the situation.
However.
The Falsehood Bishop was also a problem Dekan needed to solve, and an impossible problem to solve.
The rout of the Kingdom Federation was a foregone conclusion.
While awkwardly dealing with Morion and the [Nightmare Puppet], Adair shouted at Dekan with wild laughter as if gloating:
"Dekan! What other way do you have to stop the Falsehood Bishop! Your trump cards are exhausted!"
Everyone knew that even if Dekan left the protective barrier of the arena to face the Falsehood Bishop, it would just be throwing away his life!
Dekan didn't pay attention to Adair.
A disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, like he didn't want to pay attention to a corpse.
"I didn't expect that one day I would still have to bring you into the world."
Dekan muttered to himself, and unknown when, a card glowing with crimson light had appeared in his hand!!
Having been vouched for by Sheen.
No matter how controversial the things he did next were.
They should all be whitewashed, right?
Adair's originally wanton smile solidified instantly.
How did this person still have a trump card he hadn't used?
And it was a Crimson Epic?!
Amidst the surprised gazes of everyone who could see the current situation of the Filowen Arena.
This Epic card glowing with crimson light transformed into a pitch-black magic tome, landing in Dekan's hand.
His ultimate weapon—
[Dekan’s Gospel]
Dekan gritted his teeth tightly, his eyes full of determination.
Regardless of the cost!
Using his body, soul, everything! [Dekan’s Gospel] maximum curse power!!
Curse target—
Falsehood Bishop Carlos!!!