The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

"I never imagined that one day I would still have to bring you into the world."

Dekan muttered to himself, a card radiating a crimson light appearing in his hand without him even noticing!

Sheen vouched for me.

No matter how controversial the things I do next may be.

They'll probably all be exonerated.

Adair's previously unrestrained smile froze instantly.

How come this person still has a trump card up their sleeve?

And it's a Crimson Light Epic?!

To the astonishment of everyone who could see the current state of the Philvin Arena.

The epic card, glowing with a crimson light, transformed into a completely black magic book and landed in Dekan's hands.

His ultimate weapon—

[The Gospel of Decan]

Dekan gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with determination.

Regardless of the cost!

Using my entire body, soul, and everything else! [The Gospel of Dekan] – the maximum power of the curse!!

The object of the curse —

The False Bishop Carlos!!!

299 Dekan begins calling for the mole.

In the dimly lit capital, apart from the intermittent audio and video from the broken screens on the streets accompanied by a "buzzing" sound, there were also faint lights from the distant flames of war.

A dark shadow swept across the street, appearing particularly eerie in the dim light, like a venomous snake that had locked onto its target and was poised to strike—dangerous and deadly.

He was none other than the illusory bishop Carlos, who had completely broken free from all obstacles.

By this time, he was not far from the arena.

As for the two eighth-tier members of the Kingdom Alliance behind him, based on Carlos's distance perception, they had no chance of catching up with him.

The Pope has just issued an order to all bishops through his authority.

They were ordered to get to the Philoven Arena as quickly as possible and destroy the Artificial Shadow World Activator!

All the bishops also knew what had happened in the arena.

The Pope was imprisoned in the highest magical engineering research achievement of the Kingdom Federation.

Their current situation must be quite dire.

However, he was almost there.

The Bishop of the End is also about to be liberated.

Just as Carlos had already caught a glimpse of the iconic building of the capital city of Philovian—the Philovian Arena.

Without warning, Carlos felt his heart skip a beat, and instantly his whole body was enveloped in a strange black aura.

This black aura was actually a powerful, materialized curse, emanating from Carlos's body and enveloping his entire being...

Carlos, who was walking, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground, rolling several times before coming to a stop.

Carlos, lying on the ground, opened his eyes wide, his face filled with disbelief.

Although he immediately used purification to remove the curse and took extra precautions by activating [Pain Shield].

But this sudden and deadly attack still managed to hit him!

This is not a substantial injury.

It is an extreme form of painful curse!

It took Carlos a moment to stand up unsteadily.

It seemed as if he had used immense willpower to avoid falling again.

"The Lord of Calamity...?!"

Carlos was all too familiar with this feeling.

This time, however, the power of the curse was thousands of times greater than the curses Carlos had suffered before!

For a moment, he felt as if he had deliberately run into a wall, his vision was filled with stars, and he almost fainted.

The Lord of Calamity had been watching him for a long time.

Every day, I'll choose a lucky time and curse him once.

Carlos, who had been managing the church for the Pope and had to endure all sorts of trouble from Clay, became somewhat withdrawn due to the Lord of Calamity's targeting.

Fortunately, Carlos possessed exceptional mental strength, allowing him to withstand the curse relatively easily and purify it on his own.

It wasn't until recently that Carlos was finally freed from the torment of the Lord of Calamity.

but.

Wasn't the Lord of Calamity defeated?

Moreover, the Lord of Calamity cannot escape paying a price for a curse of this magnitude! Why should they help the Kingdom Alliance!

and many more.

The one who defeated the Lord of Calamity was... Dekan.

And now, the commander of the capital city of Philowen is also Dekan!

Is it possible that... he orchestrated everything himself?

Carlos seemed to understand everything in an instant.

In Carlos's mind, those who orchestrated everything behind the scenes were figures like the Pope and his bishops.

But now that I think about it carefully...

Dekan seems more like the real mastermind than any of them!

Carlos was initially convinced that the plan was foolproof and that today would be the day the Kingdom Federation collapsed.

But at this moment, an uneasy premonition gradually welled up in his heart.

Carlos quickly shook his head, trying to clear his head.

The Pope is not that simple.

He is a bottomless... creature.

The more contact Carlos had with the Pope, the more convinced he became that there was something about the Pope that could not be explored.

Even if Sheen manages to force the Pope to use his trump card by leveraging the power of the Phantom Canyon barrier.

That moment will also be the moment of the true destruction of the Kingdom Alliance!

In that brief moment, the two eighth-tier powerhouses who had been chasing Carlos also caught up.

When they saw Carlos, pale-faced and whose once spotless clothes were now covered in dust.

Although I don't know what happened.

But there's no reason not to seize such a good opportunity!

Two assassins, both of the Kingdom's eighth rank, gripped a silver short sword that exuded an aura of death and pressed close to him, seemingly determined to take the opportunity to kill Carlos with a single blow!

Although Carlos was dizzy from Dekan's sudden beyond-visual-range attack, his physical condition was intact and his mental state quickly recovered.

As soon as the enemy got close, he immediately understood their intentions.

Carlos felt as if he had finally found an outlet for his anger.

Without saying a word, he imprisoned the assassin who was about to get close into the [Void Realm] and began to use magic to strangle him!

"You guys are unlucky, and I'm in a really bad mood right now!"

Then, staring at another enemy, he raised his finger with a sinister expression and began a new round of spellcasting, filled with murderous intent.

The ancient-style streets of the royal capital have once again been transformed into a bizarre and dangerous psychedelic world!

……

At the Philoven Arena.

With his back against the artificial shadow world activation device, Dekan held a law code that exuded an ominous aura, and his whole being seemed to have transformed into a statue of a god who held the power of life and death.

Compared to what Dekan did.

All eyes were drawn to the dark magic book in Dekan's hand.

The aura it exudes is unlike any normal magic book; it's as if it were a product that shouldn't exist in this world, recording forbidden truths that shouldn't be known by humankind!

After Dekan activated it, the entire book was swept up by a whirlwind and flipped through the pages at lightning speed!

What followed was a strange black aura that surged out of the pages like a raging storm, as if it would engulf Dekan in an instant.

The black aura dissipated.

Dekan's figure gradually became clearer again.

His body swayed precariously, like a feather.

"Huh...huh..."

Dekan felt his vision go black; if he hadn't been leaning against the massive magical machine behind him, he would have collapsed.

His situation is probably only worse than Carlos's.

But if he wanted to take down Carlos from a distance, he could only do his best.

Dekan never attempted the maximum curse.

This almost completely drained his magical power, and the backlash nearly made him faint.

If his master hadn't taken over his body and shared the backlash with him, Dekan might have already lost consciousness.