The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

He's always been like this, handling people with ease.

Before he started swindling people, everything he did was smooth and proper, and he was also good-looking.

Although Morion's expression was smiling, his eyes never revealed much of a smile.

He possesses both an inexplicable affability and a subtle sense of danger, a contradiction that draws some people in.

Even now, Dekan is wearing a mask.

Morion also recognized the strange priest in front of him as Dekan.

However, Dekan remained silent at this moment.

It seemed as if death was staring down on Morion.

"Don't make it sound so scary. Our business is fair and just. I just made a tiny bit of profit."

Morion sensed an unfriendly aura emanating from Dekan and quickly raised his hands as if to make a show of it.

He knew why Dekan was angry.

It's nothing more than the problem of that group of "ruthless goblin bandits".

Is it really just a little bit?

Dekan seemed to find Morion's words somewhat amusing and countered with a question.

"Absolutely true, let me calculate it for you..."

As he spoke, Morion pulled a small ledger out of his pocket and began to write and draw on it.

And he kept repeating to himself: the price difference between the border and the capital, market supply and demand, transportation and sales costs, investment risks, and so on.

"..."

Dekan didn't say anything.

But he gradually clenched his fists.

Because the more he listened, the more something seemed off.

Dekan might have a misconception—

He felt that Morion wasn't doing the accounting, but rather preparing to issue a parking ticket!

"Wait a minute, if this keeps up, I might end up owing you money."

Dekan quickly told the unscrupulous merchant to stop.

Mo: "I've always been a businessman, how could I possibly cheat you?"

De: "Aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning for saying that?"

Although Morion didn't seem to make any moves just now.

However, Dekan noticed that Morion had secretly used a mental spell card at some point.

It seems to reduce the target's aggro level.

For a moment, Dekan even considered whether he should just let Morion go.

Dekan sneered inwardly and secretly used [Three Corpse Frenzy] once (to entice and enhance the desires of individuals within range).

This was to deepen his resentment towards Morion and his obsession with money.

It largely neutralized the effects of Morion's mental magic.

He also used [Three Corpses Frenzy] to interfere with Morion.

They were trying to force Morion to expose his ugly desires.

In the best-case scenario, he could be killed on the spot.

however.

For some reason, the [Three Corpses Frenzy] did not affect Morion.

It's as if it's never been started.

So there's only one answer left.

Morion also used mental magic on himself to negate the effects of [Three Corpses Frenzy]!

Tsk.

You little rascal.

Dekan cursed inwardly.

"Forget it, let's settle this score later. Let's deal with the current situation first."

Dekan shook his head with a rather helpless expression.

Pretend nothing happened.

Then he looked at the mayor and engineer who were lying on the ground.

His meaning was clear: deal with urgent matters first, and then deal with important but not urgent matters later.

"That's only natural."

Upon hearing this, Morion calmly put away the ledger, a smile appearing on his face.

Dekan returned the smile to him.

It evokes a feeling of reconciliation and forgiveness, like peach blossoms still smiling in the spring breeze.

Dekan had already made up his mind.

Reasoning with Morion won't work if you want him to behave.

The two of them, being clerical staff, are unlikely to fight, and even if they did, it would be difficult for them to subdue each other quickly.

We still need to reunite with Cornelia and then work together to subdue Morion.

Dekan thought to himself.

Then you can talk about your business ethics, and I'll talk about my martial virtues.

Let's see who's more reasonable.

"What were your original plans?"

Morion looked at the two victims on the ground and then asked Dekan.

"Put them in the confessional, increase the dosage of hypnotic gas so they probably won't wake up for a day, then leave them some food and water in the confessional and weld the door shut."

"First, investigate the town's intelligence, then leave the town and head to the city-state as quickly as possible. Even if they can file a report, it will probably take about four days for the news to reach the city-state, taking into account the journey."

"At the start, you'll receive 100 Holy Gold Coins as event funds. Use four days to speedrun through this Shadow World. Being wanted afterward doesn't matter; once you complete the mission, you can embark on a life on the run in the Holy Kingdom."

Dekan had no intention of hiding anything and told Morion about his plan.

Dekan's goal was clear: having finally come to the Shadow World with an open map, he had to make sure he had plenty of time to explore the Holy Kingdom, a limited-time map, without any regrets.

"Well, our ideas are still a little different."

Morion said, resting his chin on his hand.

Dekan: "Let's hear your opinion."

Morion: "The first two steps are similar to yours, but after I get the start-up capital, I will use it to build my empire, devour this city-state within four days, and then use the power of the entire city-state to clear the Shadow World in the remaining six days, and also to hunt down and capture all the Resurrected cultists."

"It's alright."

Decan thought Morion's plan was also good, quite in line with the style of this unscrupulous capitalist.

However, Dekan couldn't help but laugh at Morion in his heart.

The poor lonely man has to play this game all by himself.

Dekan has a good travel companion.

"But now that we've encountered this, there must be a better solution, right?"

Morion smiled meaningfully and continued speaking to Dekan:

"After all, I'm quite interested in the travel you mentioned, and when traveling, the more money you have on hand, the better, right?"

Dekan: "Indeed, I'm also curious about what you mean by nibbling away, or rather, getting rich."

Morion: "How about...?"

Dekan: "Then what is there to hesitate about? It is our duty to save the city-states and towns that are on the verge of collapse."

Morion extended his hand to Dekan, who quickly grasped it.

The two hit it off immediately and decided to do something good.

154 Morion is a master of making money.

Although he still needed to discuss the missionaries with Morion, the immediate priority was to resolve the issues in the Shadow World.

Once Morion experienced the harmony and warmth of the team, joining them was a natural progression.

Of course, Dekan respected Morion's own wishes.

Whether Morion agrees or refuses, Dekan will find a way to maximize Morion's value.

We need to keep an eye on Morion first.

After reuniting with Cornelia, just find an opportunity to take him down.

Inside the church at this moment.

Decan and Morion both sat down on the church pews.

Although the two of them seemed to be on very friendly terms when they reached an agreement.

But now, the two of them are surprisingly in sync, sitting on the benches on either side of the aisle.

They naturally kept a distance from each other.

After all, the two of them had a certain understanding of each other's methods.

Dekan was quite certain that Morion might surprise him with poison or mental magic at any moment.