The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

However, once inside this shadow world, Dekan's feelings were extremely strong.

He seems to have some real entanglement with the Holy Kingdom.

The lord sighed, clenched his fist as if he had figured something out, and said in a low voice:

"Actually, it's not just a problem with the Holy Ceremonies Church in this city-state; the Holy Ceremonies Church throughout the south is like this. I think the root of the problem lies in the Holy City."

Dekan: "The Holy City?"

The Holy Capital is the imperial capital of the Holy Kingdom, located in the south-central part of the Holy Kingdom.

Lord: "Rumor has it that the northern part of the Holy Kingdom is currently embroiled in a war with the demons, while the south seems to be doing nothing about it, and the Holy Capital is also doing nothing."

"This attitude is very much like abandoning the people of the North, who only seek to protect themselves."

"And now I understand that the Holy Capital hasn't abandoned the North, but rather it's indifferent to the safety of all its citizens! It's the same with the South!"

"But to truly protect us, we need priests from Lord Len's lineage who come from the north."

"You're supposed to be fighting the demons in the north, but you're also coming to the south to defend against the vampires. The Holy Capital will drag you down sooner or later!"

The lord became more and more agitated as he spoke, as if he was determined to finish his sentence even if it risked losing his head.

Upon hearing the lord's reply, Dekan nodded.

"Lord, thank you for your honest and courageous words. I have a few more questions I would like to ask you."

"Please feel free to ask!"

After further questioning, Dekan roughly figured out the background story before the beginning of this shadow world:

High Priest Kevin was sent to the south by Cardinal Lenn many years ago to guard the seal of the Marquis of Roderick.

Recently, rumors about vampires were heard in the north, so a priest named Dekan was dispatched to the south to assist High Priest Kevin in defense.

As soon as Dekan arrived in the city-state, he heard news from the town that "Kevin is missing and the bridge is broken."

Next, the priest Dekan followed the knights who had come from the town seeking help from the city-state to the town, thus beginning this shadow world...

Dekan now understood why, when High Priest Kevin had an accident in the town, only Dekan, the priest from the city-state, went to the town to investigate.

Because the priests of the Southern Ritual Church are truly inactive.

"Don't worry, I will report the situation to Lord Lunn."

Dekan had realized that he was a priest of the Lunn lineage, so he updated his wording.

As far as Decan knows, Lunn is the youngest cardinal in the Holy Church and a key figure on the northern front.

Dekan never expected that his identity was not that of an ordinary priest.

Instead, it has thighs.

Will we encounter this guy named Lenn in the future movie world...?

“Cardinal Lenn…”

Just as Dekan was pondering this, he suddenly heard his master's murmur in his mind.

"What? Master, you've heard of this name?"

Dekan responded with a thought, much to his surprise.

"No... I don't remember... but I seem to have some impression that I may have had contact with this person."

The master seemed to be trying hard to recall.

The name Lenn stirred up her memories, and it seemed that she was piecing together fragments of those memories.

However, memory is like a damaged module; the key points cannot be found, and only some fragments that were originally insufficient can be pieced together.

Her memories, like her soul, were fragmented and incomplete; there were some things about herself that she simply couldn't recall.

She had absolutely no recollection of the first half of her life, as if it had been completely severed.

The only things that remain relatively clear are her most important memories from before her death, and her culmination of knowledge.

“I’m certain I’ve seen this human, Lenn, before!”

Finally, the master seemed to have made a discovery and excitedly conveyed his thoughts to Dekan.

"!"

Dekan was also quite excited. He hadn't expected that in the third Shadow World, he would successfully find clues related to his master's background.

"...So it seems that my entry into the Holy Kingdom's Shadow World is indeed because of some connection with you?"

"Dekan asked."

Since Master has seen Lunen, it means that Master has been to the Holy Kingdom in the present world.

However, that must have been a thousand or ten thousand years ago.

This means that the timeline corresponding to this movie world is actually thousands or tens of thousands of years ago in the present world.

It's a story that happened in ancient times.

"Do not……"

The master suddenly refuted Dekan's words, causing Dekan to frown slightly.

Why is it sometimes true and sometimes false?

If it has nothing to do with you, then what does it have to do with me?

However, Dekan only heard his master continue speaking:

"My arrival in the Holy Kingdom's Shadow World...is also related to you...I've seen you before when I was with Lunn..."

The master's words exploded in Dekan's ears like a thunderclap.

"How is this possible..."

Even with his brain working at full speed, Dekan couldn't understand what his master meant.

How could he possibly be related to the Holy Kingdom!

What connection is there between him and Lenn, or between him and his master?

"look."

The master craftsman tried his best to share a piece of the fragmented image he had pieced together from his memory with Dekan.

Dekan gradually felt that he could sense his master's memories.

It was an extremely blurry picture.

It seemed as if two people were talking in a large hall, surrounded by other people whose identities were unclear.

Of the two main figures, one looked solemn yet somewhat tired.

This figure must be Lenn.

Meanwhile, another figure appeared to be talking to Lenn.

Although the image is blurry, it's not hard to tell that this is exactly what Dekan looks like!

Dekan stared at the screen as if he had seen a ghost.

The only difference between Dekan and the current Dekan is that the Dekan in Master's memory has golden eyes.

From the master's perspective, she was standing right next to Dekan.

He was all too familiar with Dekan's golden pupils in the image; Dekan looked exactly like that when his master possessed him.

But the problem is coming.

In the scene from his master's memory, even though his master was alive and right beside him, why did his pupils turn gold?

"Impossible! How could I be in another location in the Holy Kingdom!"

Dekan felt a tingling sensation on his scalp.

The master's memories must date back a thousand years, or even ten thousand years.

There should never have been Dekan back then.

Moreover, even if Dekan later enters a shadow world related to the Holy Kingdom and meets Lunn.

That's the world of shadows too!

The Shadow World is a parallel world that replicates the real world, another world, and world history!

It is absolutely different from the present world!

If this is the master's memory in the present world, then it can only mean that Dekan really did exist in ancient times!

"Could it be that I'll be traveling back to ancient times in the future?"

Dekan asked, puzzled.

"Impossible. Even a tenth-level being could not reverse cause and effect over ten thousand years."

The master answered very affirmatively.

She has a clear understanding of the limits of the power system within this worldview.

"..."

Dekan and his master remained silent for a long time.

They completely ignored the lord who was waiting in the courtyard of the lord's mansion.

For them now, figuring out this problem is more important than anything else.

"Then there's only one explanation,"

After thinking for a long time, Dekan finally conveyed his thoughts: "The Holy Kingdom, me, and you, Master, have an inexplicable connection with our past and present lives."

It's not a coincidence that he will meet his master.

It is an inevitability.

These entanglements can likely only be resolved in other Holy Kingdom Shadow Worlds.

176 Dekan had been thinking about the entire film world.