The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

Why is this guy's speech suddenly so proper?

The logic is sound.

Then Dekan pushed the bewildered cat teacher directly out of the church and shouted:

"Teacher Cat, please teach us what justice is!"

"Meow!"

The cat teacher spun around in place, seemingly going through a quick internal struggle, before finally running out of the church courtyard to chase after the mayor.

Dekan: "Once we finish the remaining objective 2, we'll help the mayor clean up the attic and restore his integrity."

Morion: "But do you have any clues about mission objective 2?"

Mission objective 2 remains locked.

Its clues are most likely with the city-state.

For the first three days of the mission, Dekan and his two companions mainly stayed in the small town.

They also failed to make contact with other challengers, so intelligence was completely lacking.

"I've made some speculations, but I think mission objective 2 should be to find the vampire count hiding in the city-state."

Dekan said with considerable confidence.

After successfully verifying mission objective 3, he also drew many conclusions.

Since mission objective 2 is hidden.

This suggests that it is unlikely to be a progress-based task such as "exploring a certain percentage of the map" or "collecting a few clues".

There's no need to hide such a mission.

The situation where concealment is necessary is always when the mission objective specifies that the information cannot be disclosed.

For example, mission objective 3 reveals the name of Marquis Roderick and the existence of this hidden boss, so it needs to be hidden.

Therefore, mission objective 2 is very likely to contain the real name of a vampire, and its identity should be that of a regular boss in this Shadow World.

Therefore, Dekan boldly speculates that mission objective 2 is likely to find a hidden vampire count in the town!

Dekan sneered:

"This count is probably still foolishly plotting to revive the Marquis of Roderick."

Morion adjusted the glasses that had originally belonged to the engineer:

"Since this vampire count is still so motivated, shouldn't we squeeze out as much of his remaining value as possible? Otherwise, it would be such a waste."

Dekan: "As expected of you, you immediately started talking about old street lamp ornaments."

165 Dekan bids farewell to the town

Dekan learned that High Priest Kevin was a seventh-tier powerhouse.

The goal is to remove the first layer of Marquis Roderick's seal after defeating the High Priest.

He must be at least a vampire count.

However, the enemy did not continue to slaughter the town's residents to perform a blood sacrifice to break the seal and completely release Marquis Roderick.

The possible reason is that while the vampire count defeated the high priest, he was also driven to a dead end and was not even able to defeat the town's knight captain.

Therefore, the one currently lurking in the city-state is most likely a vampire count who is in a very weak state and is gradually recovering his strength.

Task Objective 2 is actually an investigative reasoning task that is a race against time.

The challenger needs to find the count before he recovers.

If the challenger can find the vampire count before a certain point in time, they will have a significant advantage and be able to defeat him easily.

But after a certain point in time.

Once this vampire count regains his power, even if the challenger manages to find him, he will likely find it difficult to defeat him.

There's also the possibility that the vampire count could raid their base, leading to a chain reaction that would allow Marquis Roderick to escape, resulting in the failure of mission objective 3.

However, this unknown vampire count probably never dreamed that—

The Marquis is dead.

Dekan couldn't help but look forward to seeing the vampire count's expression when he learned of the marquis's death.

I really want to see his or her look of fear and despair.

cough cough.

People shouldn't think like that.

It's all the master's fault; he corrupted him.

"Even I don't find that kind of fun. I should look for the reasons within myself."

The master seemed to hear Dekan's thoughts and responded with his own thoughts.

"You're such a devil, how can you be so innocent? It makes me feel really embarrassed."

Dekan accused without any sense of danger.

"Innocent and kind? Are you provoking me?"

"No, no, no, I used the wrong words. You are the most vicious, cruel, and violent ancient demon!"

"..."

The master seemed genuinely angry, as she remained silent for an unusually long time this time.

Then, in a fit of rage, she snatched control of Dekan's body, grabbed the plate of pastries Cornelia was holding, and stuffed the pastries into her mouth one by one.

Her movements were graceful, yet the snacks disappeared very quickly.

that's it.

When Dekan regained control of his body, he only felt very full.

I probably won't need to eat dinner tonight.

Cornelia was stunned.

"Dekan, are you hungry? Shall I get you some more food?"

Cornelia quickly and anxiously tugged at Dekan's sleeve and asked.

She sensed that Dekan was starving.

"No, no, that was the price of power. I can't eat any more now."

Dekan explained, waving his hand.

"You're full, but the vampire count must be starving right now, right?"

Morion asked from the side.

A weakened vampire needs not only time to recover, but also to ingest a large amount of blood.

There are still seven days left in the mission, taking into account the difficulty and rationality of the sixth-order shadow world.

Even if we ignore this vampire count, he will inevitably recover his power gradually.

He will definitely recover to his best condition before the end of the Shadow World to rescue the Marquis.

So, in these few days...

The city-state at night is the hunting ground of the vampire count.

"Yes, he will definitely hunt, but his hunting methods will certainly not be as simple as a murder case."

If this vampire count's methods were simply like those of a serial killer, attacking his targets every night.

Not only would the city-state's religious churches and security forces search for him, but even the remaining nine challengers could quickly discover the count's whereabouts.

"That count must have an unconventional hiding place, which could be extremely safe or extremely dangerous, making it difficult for challengers to find."

"It's alright, who cares where he hides, we'll just stick to plan. We'll give him a big surprise and show him what it means to have money and do whatever he wants..."

Just as Dekan and Morion were discussing going to the city-state that night to complete mission objective 2.

The church door was knocked on again.

The mayor finally returned with the gold coins.

Decan and Morion hurriedly opened the door for their esteemed guests, greeting them with a "welcome" gesture.

"Here are 900 Holy Gold Coins, for your use, Mr. Engineer."

The mayor anxiously approached Morion and shoved a large bag of holy gold coins into his hands.

However, Morion did not say anything this time.

He simply smiled and held his breath.

Dekan, standing behind the mayor, released a [hypnotic gas].

The mayor's eyelids drooped instantly, his body swayed, and he collapsed to the ground.

"You two habitual offenders, meow..."

The cat teacher jumped out from the mayor's shadow.

It felt that the teamwork between Dekan and Morion was becoming increasingly absurdly skillful.

If Dekan and Cornelia are on the same wavelength.

Dekan and Morion, on the other hand, wanted to do exactly the same thing.

They don't need much communication; they just need to act according to their ideas, and they will naturally cooperate.

"How was it, Cat Teacher?"

"Dekan asked."

"Found it, meow."

The cat teacher wagged its tail helplessly and walked out of the church to begin its role as a guide.