The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

"I lost to...the cardinal?"

He had challenged Frata, the rich kid who had provoked him during his first semester at Decan High School, now suddenly realized that his greatest achievement in life might have been escaping unscathed from the clutches of the Painful Bishop…

What was once a nightmare scar that he could never forget has now become a badge of honor for a true man...

……

The magical city of Tristan.

Lord Viscount Lampard slumped back in his chair as if all his strength had been drained.

If Dekan is the Bishop of Pain...

Was Dekan's glorious feat of saving the city, rescuing the Ice Princess, and defeating the Destroyer Bishop Evans essentially a battle for the position of bishop?

He felt he could no longer distinguish between truth and falsehood.

Even though Viscount Lampard knew that Dekan was a master of acting, he was still willing to firmly support him.

But what about this irrefutable evidence now?

What will Sheen think?

"If you're a con artist, I so wish none of this were true... but if you're not a con artist, I just hope you can successfully fool everyone..."

Lampard was momentarily unsure whether he was more worried about himself or about Dekan!

……

Meanwhile, in the Kingdom of Landil, those who had been rescued from Fahim by the Beautiful Minds team were filled with despair.

They were convinced that Dekan would once again turn the tide and help the Kingdom Federation overcome this most difficult crisis.

but.

If we told them at this point that Dekan, who could save the world, was actually a traitor.

It is the true embodiment of evil.

They are charlatans who deceive the world and steal fame!

That would be utter despair.

It's as if everything is fake.

The victory of Tristan City over Bishop Evans of Ruin was also a good one.

Let's leave aside the battle in which the royal capital of Landil defeated the corrupt bishop Fahim.

They are all just stages built for the birth of heroes!

A sense of impending doom gripped everyone's hearts, as if a catastrophe was about to destroy the Kingdom Federation!

However, at the Philoven Arena...

When the eyes of the entire world were focused on Sheen.

She clenched her teeth.

After a brief hesitation.

He simply shouted:

“Dekan is the highest-ranking intelligence agent of our Kingdom Federation—codename ‘Deathbird’! He reports only to me! Agamemnon, don’t even think about trying to shake the Kingdom!”

After listening to what Sheen said.

The Imperial Sword Saint clicked his tongue almost imperceptibly, while the Paladin Commander breathed a sigh of relief.

The Pope frowned.

This astrologer is really troublesome.

……

in fact.

Sheen couldn't really figure out Dekan's background either; she relied on her deductions and guesses for most things.

Even if she personally wanted to believe Dekan.

But she carries the lives of hundreds of millions of people in the Kingdom Federation on her shoulders.

Therefore, there has always been a lot of reservation about the mysterious Dekan.

But at that moment, she knew what the most correct judgment she should make was!

Not just the others present.

Even Dekan stared at Sheen in a daze.

Sheen's words completely put his mind at ease.

With just one sentence, his previously dangerous actions, which had created hidden dangers, were completely whitewashed, and he was even given an official position.

And based on just this one sentence.

Dekan felt that all his negative feelings towards Sheen had been reversed.

Although that bastard astrologer was just putting on an act again.

It almost scared Dekan away.

She wasn't surprised at all by Dekan's painful bishop status!

Sheen's previous hints about Dekan's identity as the Lord of Calamity were merely a combination of three parts magic, three parts deduction, and four parts joke, relying on Sheen's intelligence network and unique spells.

Keshien was 100% certain of the identity of the Painful Bishop of Dekan!

Because her real intelligence agent, "Unicorn," must have given her the information that "Dekan attended the bishops' council"!

But Sheehan's acting in that brief moment was meaningful.

The Pope's provocative actions indirectly confirm this point—

The Pope was completely unaware of the existence of "Unicorn," the highest-ranking intelligence agent of the Kingdom Federation within the resurrected church!

"Xiao Zong, today is the time to close the net."

Dekan simply went along with Sheen's plan, snapping his fingers and pointing at the Pope with a smug smile.

The Pope frowned.

It seems like he's not bothered by anything else.

Whether it was Dekan and Sheen's advance preparations for dealing with spatial magic, the 120x Heartbreak Attack, or Sheen and Dekan's impromptu cover-up, the Pope didn't seem particularly angry.

Because everything is still under his control.

But Dekan kept mentioning "a minor sect," and it seemed he'd heard it three times already?

297 Dekan's comrades have all arrived at the battlefield.

"I knew Dekan wouldn't be a villain from the Church of Resurrection!"

"He is the pride of our kingdom!"

"Bishop of Pain! Let the Church of Resurrection be buried!"

Not only the people of various kingdoms who witnessed this scene, but even the shouts of the residents echoed in the skies above the capital of Philowen.

Although the scene still seemed hopeless to ordinary people.

But a glimmer of hope, like a miraculous escape from a desperate situation, ignited in everyone's hearts!

At this moment, in everyone's mind, Dekan was already a true Bishop of Pain, a powerful Bishop-level figure.

With him and Sheen, this calamity in the capital of Philowen, and the impending doom of the Kingdom Federation, might truly be miraculously reversed!

……

In the capital city of Philowen, amidst billowing smoke and the seemingly trembling ground, the smoke of battle filled the air.

Even though most of the public magical projection screens on the streets were in ruins, fragmented audio and video feeds occasionally delivered crucial information to the eighth-tier powerhouses facing the bishop.

Moreover, Sheen controls the city's defense center and has already issued orders to the entire city.

All the eighth-tier powerhouses in the city who were capable of fighting were quickly deployed by Sheen to form the optimal defenses to intercept the bishop.

The streets of the capital city of Philowen were deserted under the night sky.

Everywhere you look, there are ruins. The buildings that were involved in the eighth-order battle have collapsed in half. Only a few large buildings are still standing. The streets are no longer as lively as they were during the previous festival.

On a patch of ruins, just a few kilometers from the arena.

Judith, clad in silver armor, faced the enemy, while Chloeux, staff in hand, provided continuous support.

After a brief exchange, the two of them looked somewhat disheveled.

Frost, fire, and lightning spread beneath the enemy's feet, forming a mesmerizing path leading to heaven.

Apart from them, there was no sign of Ice Princess.

The combination of Ice Princess and Judith would have been somewhat of a stretch to stop a bishop.

However, after adding the seventh-tier Chloix.

Even the Destroyer Bishop Evans from back then, the three of them were enough to contend with him.

However, considering location, distance, available manpower, and combat compatibility.

Sheen's task for them was to intercept Carlos, one of the two strongest bishops, the False Bishop.

They finally understood why illusion and the end were called the strongest.

Not only did they fail to injure Carlos in any way.

Just trying to hold off Carlos was enough to send the three of them into a rout with a single [Void Illusion].

【Illusory Realm】

[Category: Spell Card]

[Rarity: Orange Epic]

[Class: 8]