The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

The prompts for the Shadow World seem a bit slow this time.

It's been so long and there's still no news.

"Once you go through this door, you might not be able to leave?"

The demon guiding the way looked around at its surroundings, a hideous smile creeping across its lips.

The first checkpoint into the Demon Realm Prison is this "Gate of Hell," inscribed with the following words:

O one who comes, quickly cast aside all hope!

It was clearly not a joke.

"Ccrunch! Crunch!"

The beings imprisoned within the Gates of Hell seemed to sense the opening of the gates, and immediately emitted terrifying scraping sounds, as if trying to break free from the prison. However, the prison seemed to be bound by an incredibly high-level magical incantation, as if sealed and unshakeable.

An ordinary person might have already made the wrong judgment due to this pressure and started thinking about how to run away.

But Dekan is different.

Even if demons were blocking his way through the gates of hell, he would still really want to go in!

Just like how he couldn't refuse to enroll in the Demon Academy!

Seeing Dekan's fearless, even somewhat excited expression, the guiding demon was taken aback.

Generally speaking, the new demons in this prison are quite afraid of it...

This new demon seems a bit off...

"Hehe, I hope you live a long time. Come with me."

Another eerie, cold laugh rang out, and the demon's figure vanished from the spot.

And Dekan stepped into the gates of hell without hesitation.

The familiar notification finally appeared the instant he stepped through the gates of hell.

[Shadow World: The Endless Purgatory of Chase]

[Level: Seven]

The number of challengers is 6.

[Regular Challengers: 5]

[Special Challenger: 1]

Special challengers possess unique identities and status advantages, and will face different initial situations than other challengers. If a special challenger is eliminated, it will significantly impact the mission's success rate.

Several years have passed since the holy war between the demon realm and humanity began, and many human heroes are imprisoned in the demon realm's prisons.

The war between the two sides has now entered a stalemate, or at a stalemate. If it continues, neither the demons nor the humans will be able to withstand it. Therefore, both sides have begun to look for an opportunity to break the balance.

[In the demon realm prison, known to humans as "purgatory" or "hell," lies a human hero who will have the greatest impact on the situation—the Saintess of Darkness.]

Originally, no one on the human side would have dared to plan a rescue operation for the Dark Saintess; there was no precedent for a human escaping from this demonic prison.

But even the Demon King hadn't anticipated the appearance of a traitor...

[Mission Objective 1: Rescue and assist the sealed Dark Saintess in escaping the Demon Realm.]

[Mission Objective 2: All challengers must survive until the end of the Shadow World and successfully escape the Demon Realm.]

[Mission Objective 3 is currently hidden and must be explored and its information exchanged by the challenger to unlock.]

[13 days, 23 hours, and 59 minutes remaining.]

[Due to the large size and open-world nature of the map, the starting point varies depending on the challenger's assigned role.]

Special Challengers...

It seems there's no doubt that it's me.

Dekan thought to himself.

"So, as a special challenger, my special identity is that of a prison guard, and my special state is that I've acquired a demonized disguise...?"

Based on the character information, this hint clearly indicates that the challengers' starting locations are all different.

The mission objective is clear: to target this prison.

It's very likely that everyone else is in this prison.

Moreover, unlike Demon Academy, this time the story background does not mention that everyone is disguised.

If everyone else is in a human state, they are most likely prisoners in this prison!

My teammates are probably waiting for me to rescue them!

Dekan felt as if he had been entrusted with a great responsibility this time.

It felt like fighting a lone battle, with no time to face death.

but.

Then again.

Starting from just now.

Dekan felt a slight sense of unease.

My body felt a little lighter.

My line of sight also felt a little lower than usual.

Upon closer inspection, you can see that her hair has grown a lot; her long, smooth, gray hair can even drape over her shoulders.

Dekan suddenly realized.

Perhaps I'm not just pretending to be a demon now...

"No way, officer, I'm still live streaming..."

Dekan's expression gradually became complicated.

If his guess is correct.

He could hardly imagine what the outside world had become at this moment...

217 Dekan: Gentle, kind, respectful, frugal, and modest

"What the hell?! How did Dekan turn into a little succubus prison guard?!"

"They're just as good as his girl group! In fact..."

"Hush! Be careful what you say!"

Since this Shadow World challenge was a last-minute replacement for Dekan and his team, there was no prior announcement in the real world that the Beautiful Minds team would be facing a Shadow World challenge.

The broadcast of the film world was only temporarily started after they successfully entered it.

However, the audience who happened to be the first to see the opening scene were all stunned.

Their expressions varied; they wanted to discuss it, but dared not say anything out of turn.

Flora, who had gone to the viewing hall out of curiosity, was completely dumbfounded and frozen in place.

"How did Tata grow up so much? Wait a minute! How can Tata go to the seventh-tier Shadow World!"

Flora shook her head, patted her delicate face, and then stared intently at the screen again.

"Oh...it's Dekan..."

Flora has become quite familiar with Tata during this time.

Tata seemed to have some trouble getting along with Ice Princess and was inexplicably afraid of Judith, but the kind, sincere and enthusiastic Flora quickly won Tata's favor.

The two spent a very close time together every day.

So when Flora saw Dekan in his succubus girl form, her first reaction was to mistake him for a grown-up Tata.

It took me a while to realize...

……

Inside the Devil's Prison.

Dekan followed the demon who was guiding him through the gate, through the Hell Passage, and to the riverbank at the edge of Hell. Together they boarded a pitch-black boat and headed to the first underground level of the Demon Prison.

On the boat, looking at his reflection in the river, Dekan finally understood exactly what he had become.

Not only was I disguised as a demon, but I was also given a gender-swapped disguise!

She found herself transformed into a succubus and dressed in a prison guard uniform.

Fortunately, both the prison guard hat and the uniform were worn very neatly, covering him up completely; otherwise, Dekan would have found it hard to accept.

He rummaged through his pockets and found a small booklet. It seemed that apart from the magic cards, this was all he had on him at the moment.

After a simple self-assessment, Dekan discovered that the Shadow World had thoughtfully marked him, as a [Special Challenger], with additional status effects.

[Blood Mimicry: A special disguise used in this Shadow World; it can be dispelled.]

"It's vampire magic again; it's all been stolen."

Dekan sighed inwardly.

However, in this shadow world, he was given this extra disguise.

It's unclear whether the Shadow World is deliberately messing with him or if it's truly necessary.

Dekan's fate is uncertain at the moment.

Unfortunately, the background story of the Shadow World doesn't reveal much about the specific information about the identity he's currently playing.

Dekan was also unable to see the specific effects of the Blood Mimicry spell.

Along the way, although Dekan tried to ask questions, the guiding demon didn't pay much attention to him.

Seemingly used to seeing new demons die quickly, he didn't bother to say much to the corpses.

However, Dekan quickly flipped through the booklet in his pocket.

The text above is written in a demonic language familiar to Dekan, recording some basic information about the prison.