The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

The behavior of these unscrupulous merchants cannot be judged by common sense.

Once there is a possibility of cashing out, or an opportunity to make huge profits with no investment.

Morion may appear to be a normal person for the time being, but he is already mentally prepared to become inhuman at any moment.

"Tell me your thoughts first."

Dekan spoke first.

In the world of Shadows, the profession of merchant is generally not very useful. Instead, they often play an important role in supporting other challengers.

However, in the open-world Shadow Realm, Morion also created a unique way to complete the game.

Just like what Dekan learned about Morion's solo run of "The World of the Hero and the Demon King".

Morion amassed a fortune through swindling and deception, which to some extent compensated for the difference in their social standing with their economic advantage, allowing the hero to forcefully defeat the Demon King.

In this type of film world, the money-making path of Morion is much easier than the demolition path of Dekan.

Morion: "Do you have any other companions?"

Dekan: "There are thugs and cats."

"cat?"

Morion seemed a little puzzled as to why pets could be brought into the Shadow World.

"Cat-shaped backpack".

Dekan explained it in a simple and easy-to-understand way.

Morion nodded.

In just a few seconds, he had gained a comprehensive understanding of the team's configuration.

“Now that we’re cooperating, we can change the initial plan of ‘stealing the Holy Gold Coin and then resolving the issue before we’re wanted.’”

"Oh?"

"With your help, I can earn money legally much faster, without risking being wanted and racing against time, and I can earn far more than 100 Holy Gold Coins."

"That's what Morley replied."

According to Dekan's communication with the town mayor, the price of a Holy Gold Coin on the border of the Holy Kingdom is roughly the same as that of a Gold Coin in the original world.

If you have more funds, the difficulty of this movie world will be greatly reduced.

If the funding becomes excessive, the complexity of this film world could be completely destroyed.

For example, you could simply go to another city and recruit a mercenary group to gang up on the boss...

Dekan: "Okay, how can I help you?"

Morion: "Dekan, do you know anything about bridges? I remember you know a little bit about these weird things."

Dekan: "I know a little about it, but I'm not sure whether the bridge I designed will be safe."

Morion: "It's fine, it's better if it's not safe. I'll tamper with the contract."

They both nodded.

The basic strategy for earning start-up capital has been established.

Not only do we need to make this money, but we also need to gain control of this crucial bridge.

After all, it can isolate the terrain on both sides.

Although the cliff cannot stop flying enemies, it can greatly hinder most enemies.

For example, resurrected cultists who do not possess the [flight magic] will be isolated by the terrain.

The native inhabitants of this world do not use magic cards; to fly, they need to master specific magic or skills.

Among the vampires suspected to be the greatest enemy of this Shadow World, only those of the seventh rank and above can freely float in the sky.

Vampires possess powerful abilities and vitality.

However, all vampires have one weakness: they fear sunlight.

They cannot be killed directly by sunlight, but sunlight will render them powerless, allowing them to exert only about 1/10 of their fighting strength.

Therefore, vampires generally do not appear during the day.

Dekan only needed to worry about high-ranking vampires crossing the cliff at night to attack the town.

“Let’s go back to the city-state together today and find the thugs and cats you mentioned. Tomorrow we’ll operate on two fronts: you gather intelligence in town, and I’ll start making money.”

"no problem."

Decan had no objection to Morion's plan.

Their respective jobs and original travel strategies were not significantly different.

However, the division of labor and cooperation greatly increased efficiency and made it possible to accomplish things that were originally impossible.

So Morion squatted down.

He reached out and touched the mayor, then activated a spell card.

Contact mimicry

[Category: Spell Card]

[Rarity: Orange Epic]

[Class: 5]

[Effect: Perfectly mimics an object touched within the past hour. Maintaining this mimicry requires continuous mana consumption. Cooldown: one hour.]

[Note: Let me see how many faces you have.]

Then Morion's figure transformed into the mayor's appearance.

"How about it?"

Morion looked up at Dekan and asked.

At this moment, even his voice sounded as old as the town mayor's.

"Good heavens, no wonder the Church of Resurrection couldn't catch you."

Dekan instantly understood the pain of the Church of Resurrection being manipulated by Morion.

This guy probably carries mostly spell cards focused on mental magic and disguise tricks.

Compared to a businessman, his true profession should be called a con artist.

"I'll become the town mayor first, take his key, and go to his house to investigate."

"Got it. I'll give the engineer a boost and then lock him up."

The two began carrying out their respective tasks without much communication.

Morion's purpose was very clear.

He wanted to take this opportunity to visit the town mayor, who was not very easy to talk to, and see if he could gather any crucial information.

Then he returned to the church, transformed into an engineer, and began his path to wealth as a member of the Chamber of Commerce.

......

"Has another formidable guy arrived?"

"This guy... I feel like I vaguely remember him..."

"※! This one is quite a heavyweight! He's the young master of the Earl of Hanover! He disappeared after causing an internal strife! And he's still alive!"

"If those two were of a higher rank, the Holy Kingdom might have faced annihilation..."

155 Dekan doesn't cheat honest people.

Inside the church.

Morion took the keys from the mayor's pocket and hasn't returned for almost an hour.

Meanwhile, Dekan, who remained in the church, had already skillfully tied up the unconscious engineer and locked him in the confessional.

Then he helped the mayor to a seat.

He was left lying on the long table.

Finally, Dekan took paper, pen, and documents from the engineer and studied the bridge design proposal Morion had requested.

Several tens of minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

Finally, the heavy doors of the church were pushed open again, and Morion seemed to have obtained useful information.

Dekan glanced up at Morion, then continued to focus on his design task.

After all, fulfilling Morion's request would be quite difficult.

But this didn't stump Dekan.

It's just a budget of 30 Holy Gold Coins, isn't it?

Morion, disguised as the mayor, slowly walked up to the real mayor and stuffed the key back into the mayor's pocket untouched.

Then I went to the confessional, touched the engineer, and activated [Contact Mimicry].

When Morion returned to Decan's side, he had already transformed into an engineer.

"Did you find anything out of the investigation?"

Dekan asked without looking up.

When Morion got a certain distance away from him, he naturally became alert.

"We searched thoroughly, including the mayor's house and places only he has the authority to enter, but found nothing related to the mission, and absolutely no clues related to the vampires you mentioned."

Morion leaned back at the table, speaking as he examined Dekan's unfinished design with great interest.

“There’s definitely something wrong with this town. If there are no clues in these places, it’s very strange, as if it’s been deliberately cleared out.”

Dekan put down his pen, frowned, and muttered to himself.

After all, the story's background is clearly stated: an event is brewing between the town and the city-state.