The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

“I think Dolois is pathetic. He’s been trying so hard to emulate humans, searching for an answer. Ironically, the student he picked up has already grasped the nascent understanding of the human heart before he has.”

Dekan shook his head with a self-deprecating smile.

He clearly doesn't have Deloitte's memories.

In this world's timeline, it felt as if I could empathize with Doloice.

"Perhaps Deloitte has already come to understand human nature at this point in time? He just hasn't realized it yet."

The master conveyed a gentle thought.

"Who knows?"

Analyzing Deloitte's state of mind is a very delicate matter for Dekan.

"Although I don't know what kind of journey Deloitte will embark on after world peace, in her quest for the human heart, I am now fairly certain of where Deloitte will go after this cold winter passes."

Dekan muttered to himself.

After completing all the mission objectives in this shadow world, he also wants to go to a place he has long wanted to explore.

In that sacred dreamland, there are seas of flowers and tombstones—

The southern territory where Delois and Corlotia met and parted ways.

……

Upon returning to the warm and bright mansion, Dekan was greeted with cheers from the servants as soon as he entered.

It is thanks to this amazing engineer that they are able to enjoy such a warm winter.

In previous years, even Lenn wouldn't have squandered such precious energy in winter.

In order to save energy, the lord's manor will also maintain a minimum level of heating, just like private residences.

However, as soon as he entered, Dekan heard footsteps coming from the second floor.

It was Chloeux, the lobby manager of the lord's manor.

“Dekan, Morion and I are in trouble. We need to make a decision.”

With a somewhat serious expression, Chloeux walked up to Dekan and whispered a few words in his ear.

"Ah."

Dekan nodded and followed Chloeux up to the second floor.

For some reason, Talomatti also came along.

Chloeux tugged at Dekan's sleeve; though he didn't speak, his meaning was clear—

Their next topic of discussion was the objective of the Shadowworld mission, and Chloeux was unsure whether it was appropriate to involve a character from the Shadowworld.

Moreover, Talomatti's identity still belongs to the Demon Realm.

In this short month, the Demon King has already signed a ceasefire agreement with Lunn as promised.

This coercive contract stipulates that if the Demon King initiates a war against the Holy Kingdom, the backlash could even put the Demon King's life on the line.

Correspondingly, Lunn cannot launch a counter-invasion against the Demon Realm.

Of course, besides the effects of the contract, the Demon Realm also fears Delois.

Even if the demons didn't know the truth, they could almost all guess that the final battle between Len and Irenos was not so simple.

The unseen hand behind the whole incident is enough to terrify even the devils.

Delois did indeed become a true peace ambassador for the demon world in some respects.

"It's okay, you can trust her completely, just trust her as much as you trust me."

Dekan spoke without any hesitation.

Chloix nodded and apologized to Taromati.

Talomatti didn't seem to care at all; what Delois had just said seemed to please her.

……

Pushing open the door to the familiar office of the head of the household, I saw Morion sitting at his desk, looking somewhat overwhelmed, rubbing his forehead and working on some calculations among the documents.

A thick stack of papers had already piled up into a small mountain on the desk.

Dekan walked over with a hint of curiosity.

These Tendekans were primarily responsible for the energy stations, while the coordination of resources was handled by Chloeux and Morion.

It looks like there's a big problem.

But this did not worry Dekan.

Instead, it gives you a sense of exhilaration, like "That's right!"

The fact that his teammates were nowhere to be seen made Dekan very worried.

Now that the problem has been exposed, Dekan is relieved.

The man who has been missing for so long must be about to make his appearance!

"It really is the end of the whole series as soon as Clay appears..."

Dekan sighed helplessly.

337 Clay's Savior Descends

"Let me see what happened."

Dekan walked over to Morion's chair, pressed the back of the chair, and looked at what Morion was calculating.

“The situation is not right. If this continues, the mortality rate will likely still exceed 10% in the remaining month and a half.”

Morion, who had been concentrating, realized that Dekan had finally arrived. He put down his pen and said wearily.

He then picked out a few key pages from a list of reports on the table and handed them to Dekan.

Dekan quickly flipped through a couple of pages, most of which contained Morion's calculations of future mortality rates based on historical data.

Strangely, the final data conclusions came in several versions.

According to the initial versions, which were based on the calculations they made when they first arrived in Krantes, the mortality rate would be far below 10% within the three-month mission timeframe if the goal of capturing Irenos was achieved.

However, in the most recent calculations, the predicted mortality rates have become increasingly abstract.

Is there a problem with your regression model?

Dekan asked, somewhat puzzled.

Half of the time limit for Mission Objective 2 has now passed.

Although the current mortality rate is only 0.6%, the severity of the problem lies in—

Yesterday's mortality rate was only 0.2%, and the day before it was even lower at 0.1%.

In other words, the mortality rate began to increase rapidly at a strange pace!

"My calculations should be fine; the problem is that one variable has changed unexpectedly,"

Morion provided a revised statement of refugee acceptance from the Kraken Territory, which had been signed by Lenn.

“There are just too many refugees, and in the death rate calculation for this mission, refugees that Lunn put in the Krann territory will also be counted as residents! Even refugees who die on the way will increase the death rate!”

Morion said in a deep voice.

Many refugees were already physically weak or injured, and with the added burden of the long journey, many died on the way, even before reaching the city-states after entering the territory of Ukraine.

The frigid temperatures are a cruel killer, with the vast majority of refugees freezing to death.

Morion had already done the calculations, and given the flood of refugees, even with ample resources, the mortality rate would inevitably far exceed 10% under this trend.

Are there that many refugees?

Dekan picked up the other statistical reports on the table and found that the numbers were indeed far higher than they had originally predicted.

“Then we must get Len to stop accepting refugees like this, even if he can’t save these people.”

Dekan did not deny Lenn's compassionate desire to save as many people as possible.

Even Lenne has his limits.

Even with the support of Morion's merchant guild and the powerful Irenos, the territory of Kran is already operating at an excessive capacity.

While continuing to accept refugees may ultimately save more lives in terms of numbers, it will also threaten the lives of the original inhabitants of the Ukrainian territory due to issues such as security, crime rates, and resource allocation.

“I’m going to find Lenn and ask him to change his strategy.”

After finishing his sentence, Dekan prepared to leave the office to find Lenn.

“Len is not at the manor right now, and you can assess our trustworthiness first.”

Morion grabbed Dekan's sleeve and said.

Dekan was slightly taken aback. Although he checked the trust level every day, he hadn't noticed anything wrong before he went to work at the energy station today.

Dekan then brought up the mission information interface.

The current level of trust that Lenn has in each challenger is:

[Dekan: 75]

【Croix: 100】

Morion: 47

[Clay: 50]

"Huh?"

Dekan frowned.

Compared to their initial level of trust, neither Kroix nor Clay's level of trust has changed.

Dekan's trust level rose from 69 to 75 because he helped Lunn resolve the territory crisis and end the war.

however.

Decan discovered that Morion's trust level had dropped from 58 to 47 in the short time it took Decan to work at the energy station for half a day!