The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

"—Reported by Ludwig, reporter for the Kingdom Union Daily."

After reading it, Dekan was still holding the newspaper, deep in thought.

"Dekan, you absolutely mustn't mess this up, or I, as the one who kept it a secret, will be finished too!"

Teacher Cat recalled the maximum bounty she had just seen and gradually felt a little scared.

At this price, it was even a little worried that Dekan would report Morion.

"Trust me, you'll be perfectly safe as an accomplice and will never be exposed."

"How did I become an accomplice, meow?!"

"Don't worry about the details, it's all capped at death anyway."

"..."

Teacher Cat stared wide-eyed at Dekan, then shook her head helplessly:

"Fine, meow. To be honest, you [Dekan Gospel] are even more of a beast than I imagined..."

"The effect was indeed better than I expected. After all, who can withstand such one-on-one torture, being watched and cursed every day? I myself couldn't stand it."

In fact, Dekan knew that to slowly curse someone to death like this, the other party's rank needed to be low enough.

For example, Laxus VI himself was only of the third rank.

Dekan's curse on him was quite deadly.

The King of Ashuston, whom Dekan initially cursed, was a sixth-tier powerhouse. If it weren't for the fact that the internal strife was accelerated by chance, Dekan wouldn't have expected to be able to curse a sixth-tier powerhouse to death in three months.

If the enemy is of a higher rank, it will be even more difficult.

Dekan put down the newspaper.

He took out the Gospel of Decan again and used it to curse Laxus VI as usual.

Why are you still cursing him, meow?

Teacher Cat looked at Dekan with disbelief.

He's already gone to the underworld, why aren't you letting him go?

"Let me confirm whether he faked his death. No one can escape my punishment."

Dekan closed the Death Pen in his hand and put it away.

"You beast, meow..."

Just now, after Dekan wrote Laxus's information, it failed to activate its effect.

It seems that Laxus VI is indeed dead.

However, I've already used up today's daily incantation.

"Now my top-tier review should be fine."

Dekan took out the list that Ice Princess had given him and looked at it with satisfaction.

After eliminating the two kings of the northern kingdoms, the kingdoms are now in complete chaos.

They're probably already overwhelmed with dealing with the new alliance and quelling the internal strife, not to mention there's a ferocious tiger lurking just further north—

The most powerful country in the world, and the only empire.

The Saron Empire has been a sworn enemy of the Kingdom Federation for many years.

It possesses a vast territory and comprehensive national strength that would make any kingdom tremble with fear.

A century ago, if the scales of the gods had tipped a little more, the Saron Empire might have even succeeded in conquering the entire continent through the "War of Destruction".

However, it was precisely because of this war that both the Empire and many kingdoms neglected the Shadow World, causing it to continuously trigger severe natural disasters.

Furthermore, the disruption caused by the Church of Resurrection triggered the collapse of a ninth-order shadow world.

Coincidentally, the natural disaster caused by this ninth-tier shadow world fell entirely within the empire's territory, nearly destroying four provinces and causing the loss of one-third of the empire's population.

The Saron Empire, which had been advancing triumphantly, suffered a severe blow, and its offensive was seriously hampered.

This gave the kingdoms a chance to catch their breath and form alliances.

Ultimately, a formidable organization was formed—the Kingdom Federation—to resist the Saron Empire.

It can be said that the unity of the Kingdom Federation largely depends on the existence of the Empire.

It wasn't until a little over a decade ago, when a new emperor ascended the throne, that relations between the two sides gradually eased.

The two sides gradually shifted their conflict to the Church of Resurrection.

The Church of Resurrection can be described as a centipede that dies but does not fall; it has experienced several periods of rise and fall in its nearly 100-year history, but has never been destroyed.

Even now, with both the Kingdom Federation and the Saron Empire targeting the Church of Resurrection, they are unable to eradicate it completely.

The Card Makers Association and the Sun God Cult are considered neutral forces.

It is not hostile to either the Kingdom Federation or the Saron Empire, and even cooperates with both.

of course.

All forces are hostile to the Church of Resurrection.

After the resistance from the northern states to Dekan decreased.

Although his card-making agreement is still blocked by the Empire's top-tier card-makers, the resistance is no longer as troublesome as before.

After all, Dekan's top-tier review still has quite a few supporters.

In addition, there's Dekan's achievement of defeating the bishop twice.

Dekan's identity now goes beyond what can be summarized as a prospective master card maker.

A balance that was just right has now been broken.

The review process will proceed smoothly.

"Meow... But you won't let the Emperor of the Empire go, will you...?"

Teacher Cat moved closer to Dekan and asked.

After all, Dekan had wreaked havoc on the Kingdom Federation's northern defenses. Since the Kingdom of Norton was also a member of the Kingdom Federation, Dekan would likely target the Empire as well, as a way to maintain balance.

Furthermore, it knew that Dekan was always vengeful and would eliminate any enemy who could be killed from a moral high ground as soon as possible, never giving them time to develop or gather intelligence.

Therefore, the emperor of the empire was destined to face a calamity.

Of course, Dekan probably never imagined that the chaos in the northern kingdoms would produce this effect.

The consequences of this Gospel are too difficult to predict.

"No, we can't curse the emperor of the empire next."

Dekan pondered.

He had originally planned to curse the emperor of the empire next.

Although the emperor of the empire is quite special, his combat prowess is extremely terrifying, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he is the strongest in the empire.

The curse from the Gospel of Decan alone could not possibly have killed the emperor.

At most, you can only break the emperor's mentality through patience.

But the problem is coming.

Even Mir said yesterday that he felt Dekan was quite suspicious.

Unless there is an absolute alibi, it would be very easy to associate Dekan with this incident.

So if the next step is to curse the emperor of the Empire, that would be another person with a clear grudge against Dekan.

Even if Dekan had the perfect alibi.

By cursing his enemies one by one, he perfectly satisfied his own interests.

Furthermore, the method he used was the curse, which was Dekan's forte.

It's hard for others not to start to suspect him!

They might even start speculating whether Dekan possesses some kind of magical means of long-range attack.

Therefore, Dekan felt that he now needed to change his approach to completely clear himself of suspicion.

The most crucial point is that you can no longer curse people whose motives align with your own interests!

First, we must completely clear ourselves of any suspicion!

So there's only one answer left.

Dekan decided to start by symbolically cursing each of the kings of the Kingdom Federation countries every day with the least amount of curse power.

This will confuse the public!

After cursing all the kings, Dekan temporarily refrained from cursing the emperor of the empire.

You need to pretend to be quiet for a while.

And ideally, this could be used to frame the Empire, making others speculate that "this mysterious sorcerer wants to help the Empire."

Of course, Dekan wouldn't waste the opportunity to cast a daily spell.

He just happened to have an enemy he needed to deal with.

Even if you curse him, it probably won't be known to the whole world.

That person was—the False Bishop Carlos!

Dekan made up his mind: after cursing all the kings, he would first go and capture Carlos.

During this time, he sent his slave Isabel to investigate and also asked Alice to help him confirm the true name of the false bishop.

By using connections in both the underworld and legitimate circles, they finally determined the true name of the illusory bishop.

Although Dekan also didn't expect to be able to curse Carlos, who was at the eighth rank.

But if they curse him for a year or two, it should break Carlos's mentality!

By eliminating half of the Resurrection Church's second-in-command and strategist, it will be much easier to completely destroy the Resurrection Church later.

So, what happened next?