The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

A month later.

The outcome of the earth-shattering war in the Kingdom of Philovyn has been determined.

The Kingdom Federation astrologer Sheen and the former Pope Agamemnon of the Church of Resurrection have gone missing.

Of the original nine bishops of the Church of Resurrection, the fate of the Bishop of Pain is unknown, the Bishop of Shadow defected to the Saron Empire, the Bishop of Madness returned to the Kingdom Federation, the Bishop of Nightmare was taken back to the Kingdom of Norton, the Bishop of Silence was confirmed dead, and the remaining four bishops fled the Kingdom of Philowen.

The behemoth that was the Church of Resurrection collapsed almost overnight.

Even the last four surviving bishops chose to go into hiding and showed no signs of activity.

The Kingdom Federation lost a total of five Tier 8 members.

And most importantly, the Kingdom Federation lost its absolute core, its intelligence hub—the ninth-rank astrologer, Sheen.

Furthermore, due to long-standing disagreements, the looming threat of the Empire, and the absence of Shin, who played a key role in control and coordination, relations between the northern and southern kingdoms gradually fell to an unprecedented low.

And the Saron Empire in the far north.

Not only did they suffer no losses, but they also gained back a bishop-level combatant with the highest level of magical engineering skills.

The original balance of power has been completely broken.

Everyone knows that.

The world is about to change.

This is merely the calm before the storm.

The Saron Empire, which had been plotting for a long time, did not seize the opportunity to attack immediately, but instead chose to continue to observe the situation and gather intelligence.

It's simply because of that man who personally wrote history in front of everyone—Dekan.

No one knows if the Pain Pope will suddenly return with Sheen.

But now, almost everyone is convinced.

That man who kept creating miracles may never come back.

Taking the Pope away and saving the Kingdom of Philovian was the last miracle he created.

Even though he is no longer here.

This also intimidated the Saron Empire for more than a month.

[Evening Thoughts]

Thus concludes the first part of "My Magic Cards Are Absolutely Perfect!" (not really).

Breaking news!

Tomorrow, the second part of "My Magic Cards Are Absolutely Perfect!" will begin its serialization!!

just kidding.

Chapter 305 will be updated as usual tomorrow.

Were you a little scared after reading the last chapter that I'd just post an epilogue? (laughing and crying)

Actually, finishing chapter 304 really felt like the "finale of the first part." Of course, this was just a preview, and I hope that when the real finale comes, it will also give everyone the experience of "a story with a beginning and an end, a stable pace, and everything perfectly fulfilled."

If it were an anime series, chapters 1-304 would be very similar to the first season.

Starting tomorrow with Chapter 305, the timeline will shift six months into the future, beginning the Shadow World arc of Volume 5: [The Throne of Thorns and Snow]. Dekan will return to the Holy Kingdom to uncover stories buried by history. The lost memories of Talomatti, the demons, the vampires, and the entanglements with the Holy Ritual Church—all will find their answers. After a long journey, Dekan will finally reunite with Cornelia, and the story of the demon and the girl will unfold like a fairy tale...

Doesn't it feel like a preview of a second season of the series?

Such a conscientious author! He only took a zero-day break between his first and second books. How can someone be so diligent? Surely an author with such unwavering determination wouldn't be so eager for something as trivial as monthly votes, right? Wait, why is he kneeling on the ground begging for monthly votes??

305 Shadow World: Throne of Snow and Thorns

Demon King's Tomb.

The petals drifted in the wind, bringing a faint fragrance.

These pristine, full-bodied demonic plants are like gauze, like a dream, like mist, yet they seem not to flaunt themselves, silently waiting there.

Beautiful, yet full of mystery.

It is unknown what happened to the Demon King's Tomb in history that led to its current dreamlike appearance.

Dekan was like a young boy hiding in a flower field, enjoying a moment of leisure, immersed in this sea of ​​flowers.

This Demon King's Tomb no longer has the Demon King's tombstone.

The tombstones that were originally the tombstones of the demon kings have been stacked by someone into a black stone throne, as if he were going to sit on top of all the demon kings.

And this spacious mausoleum.

Now, two more wooden houses made of demonic trees have been built, and a piece of farmland has been cultivated in the flower field, where edible demonic plants are grown.

Half a year has passed since Dekan and Sheen arrived at the Demon King's Tomb.

This Demon King's Tomb seems to be an absolutely closed world.

With the [space portal] broken, they were unable to find any way to leave.

"Creak..."

I heard the sound of a wooden door being pushed open in the distance.

Dekan stood up and looked into the distance.

Sheen yawned and sleepily pushed open her door.

"Your schedule is really regular."

Dekan greeted his neighbor.

However, it seems it's not "good morning," but "good afternoon."

"Oh? Is that so?"

Sheen asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Of course, staying one or two hours later each day can only be described as a ninth-level expert being unafraid of sudden death and doing whatever he wants. It would be a pity if he didn't go on to serialize a novel."

Dekan smiled affirmatively, as if praising Sheen.

It seems he has been waiting for Sheen for a long time.

Sheen was already used to Dekan's sarcastic remarks and rolled his eyes.

However, Dekan was unaware that she did indeed have a serialized novel published by the Kingdom Federation, but it had probably been forced to take a six-month hiatus...

Besides, Dekan was waiting for her, simply because he wanted to learn magic from her.

It's just a way to kill time.

It's funny, actually.

Although Dekan was cool when he killed Agamemnon, he was imprisoned in this Demon King's Tomb and became a Demon King without any troops.

He is probably the first demon king in history to spend his days farming and growing flowers in the Demon King's Tomb.

It highlights a tranquil state of mind.

in fact.

Six months ago, when Dekan realized that there seemed to be no way to leave, he was so anxious that he went almost crazy.

He explored and studied the Demon King's Tomb day and night, showing no sign of stopping even when there was no progress.

Until the master worried that Dekan's actions would ultimately be nothing more than self-torture.

So I talked with Dekan for a long time, telling him about my mental journey in a long period of loneliness before I met him, and how I finally chose to accept the facts and wait for a turning point instead of constantly exhausting myself.

It wasn't until then that Dekan gradually chose to listen to his master and slowly began to accept life in the Demon King's Tomb.

It's like running for a long time and then suddenly stopping.

Looking back on the past year, it seems like I've experienced so much.

Sometimes, in just one day, one has to go through a series of tasks, including participating in the examination of a top-tier card maker, attending city-state celebrations, screening city-state terrorists, rescuing an eighth-tier card maker, organizing an amusement park celebration, defeating the cardinal of the Church of Resurrection, signing contracts with two eighth-tier idols, and so on.

Fulfilling, and authentic.

This intense workload left Dekan unaware that he was actually exhausted, both physically and mentally.

For him, the biggest gain in the past six months has probably been his state of mind.

He also needs rest.

Since it has been determined that there is no way to leave the Demon King's Tomb on one's own initiative.

Why not take advantage of this rare opportunity to bide our time and conceal our abilities?

Waiting for a turning point to come.

Dekan felt that he had returned to the same carefree state he had when he first left the border town.

Seeing that the best magic mentor, Sheen, had resumed business, Dekan walked over and asked without any politeness:

"Master Da Zhan, do you have any other useful spells?"

"What else do you want to learn, you fifth-tier kid? And can you use a different way of addressing me?"

Sheen was pleased that Dekan was willing to address her as his teacher.

But she always felt that "Teacher Da Zhan" wasn't a very nice term.

After six months of magical training, Dekan was a little bit closer to the sixth rank.

However, in the eyes of the genius magician Sheen, his magical learning was still a complete mess.

For Dekan, learning magic was originally the least efficient thing to do.

Although after learning spells, you can cast spells on your own without using the cost of magic cards.

However, learning magic has a high time cost.

For most spells, it's more convenient to just buy cards.

And card makers like Dekan would rather spend their time developing new cards than learning how to skillfully use spells.