The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

Dekan put down his book, sat up, and stretched as if he had used all his strength.

He had already skimmed through the book; it was Deloitte's working notes.

It mainly records many points that Deloitte felt confused about or had potential problems during the transformation process.

In many places, Dekan felt he could understand them naturally, as if they were the work he had done himself.

There were also a few topics that even Dekan found daunting, with no idea how to approach them or even solve them.

We need more information and help.

The first objective of this mission requires Dekan to understand the supreme magical barrier of the Demon Realm and increase the completion rate of the modification to over 50%.

Upon arriving at the Demon King's Tomb in the Shadow World, Dekan saw a quest notification indicating that the current completion rate had reached 47%.

However, according to Delois's work log, he had been in the Demon King's Tomb for several years, studying there day and night, and had hardly ever stepped out of the Demon King's Tomb.

Now, Dekan needs not only a process of learning and understanding Deloitte's current achievements, but also a process of learning and understanding them.

Only then can work resume.

Logically speaking, even if Dekan were given a year, he probably wouldn't be able to meet the requirements of the Shadow World mission objective 1.

Fortunately, he had seen the final version of the Demon King's Tomb in the present world, and roughly knew some directions that even Delois was not yet certain about.

"However, judging from Delois's current work records, increasing the mission completion rate by three percent will take at least a month... and possibly three or four months..."

Dekan muttered to himself.

However, this time the movie world only lasts for three months.

If Dekan wants to return to the Holy Land, it will take at least another month on the road.

Dekan always felt there was something wrong with the progress.

But now is not the time to dwell on the difficulties; we need to find ways to solve them!

After sitting up, Dekan looked around.

This transitional Demon King's Tomb was now more clearly visible.

The grassland wasn't actually that open.

In the distance, numerous open-air testing grounds of various shapes were erected, with magical instruments and materials that Dekan had never seen before scattered around. The complexity of these objects far exceeded the scale of the projects Dekan had undertaken to dismantle the [Artificial Shadow World Activator] and repair the [Space Portal], both of which were worthy of being called ninth-tier magical instruments.

At the center of this cemetery, the tombstones of the demon kings of past generations have been stacked into a black stone throne, as expected.

It was as if the demon who created this masterpiece was completely above all other demon kings.

The throne is now surrounded by thick stacks of books and notes.

In front of the throne was a spacious magical workbench exclusively for Delois, with two obsidian carved chairs on the side that looked smaller than the throne.

In one of the chairs, Eve was sitting, intently making something.

Dekan frowned; he had a feeling that what Eve was holding looked like the tools used to create magic cards in the real world.

However, these tools seemed too old, making it difficult for Eve to make a single step in the process.

His clumsy yet earnest manner made Dekan laugh, and his brows quickly relaxed.

The other empty chair opposite Eve appears to belong to Talomatti.

After all, given Delois's personality, he would only allow his absolutely trusted companions to enter such a heavily guarded place as the Demon King's Tomb.

Since Talomaty isn't in the Demon King's Tomb, he's probably busy with something else somewhere else right now.

"Teacher, are you awake?"

Noticing the commotion on Dekan's side, Eve peeked out, quickly put down her work, stood up, and jogged over.

It seemed that the work she was doing was already almost a failure, and she was just making last-ditch efforts and struggling to salvage the situation.

Just then, Dekan woke up, so she simply abandoned her doomed work and went to Dekan.

"Teacher, you don't seem to have fully recovered from your dream yet. What kind of wonderful dream did you have?"

She put her hands behind her back, leaned slightly forward, and said to Dekan with a smile.

"Hmm, I'm still a little sleepy, time to get to work."

Dekan touched his forehead, realizing that he probably still hadn't been able to adjust his mindset.

Delois is currently under a prolonged period of high pressure, much like Dekan is about to need to work frantically to meet the mission objectives.

Dekan's expression now was noticeably more relaxed than Delois's before he fell asleep.

However, perhaps Delois really had a beautiful dream on this day, dreaming that the story of the Holy Kingdom was as wonderful and perfect as the present world, who knows?

“It was indeed a beautiful dream. I dreamt that you became a magnificent emperor, with a power that even I had to rely on. You also had human friends, besides me and Talomatti, whom you could completely trust.”

Dekan stood up as he spoke.

"Really? Teacher, you weren't dreaming about your next life, were you?"

Eve chuckled and scratched the back of her head, clearly pleased with Dekan's words.

Even though it was a dream, the fact that I was so strong in my teacher's dream shows that my teacher approves of me.

"Who knows?"

Dekan raised the book in his hand and waved it, intending to avoid the topic.

While it wouldn't hurt to say more, it's pointless.

The most urgent task now is to understand the intelligence surrounding the current timeline.

He has many questions now, such as what he just saw—why does the Demon Realm have tools for making magic cards?

Of course, being able to meet a companion so quickly made Dekan very relieved.

"But Eve, you've really gotten stronger."

Dekan stared at Eve for a moment, his expression unchanged, but his feelings were somewhat complicated.

He discovered that Eve's magic seemed to be extremely powerful.

At least far stronger than I am now.

For Dekan, it had only been half a year since he returned to the mortal world and hadn't seen Eve. In the blink of an eye, she had already surpassed his master.

It has probably reached the seventh or even eighth rank.

However, Dekan was not feeling resentful; absolutely not.

Keep in mind that in the previous timeline of the Shadow World, Eve was only at level five.

She has grown to this point in her life, and I don't know how many years have passed.

Having reunited with Eve from ten thousand years ago, Dekan originally wanted to start by discussing some lighthearted information, but now he had to worry about the timeline issue.

So Dekan looked at Eve and the first thing he asked was:

"Eve, are Len and the others alright?"

"Hmm... Lord Lunn is quite old now, but his health should be alright."

Eve thought for a moment, then began to answer.

"Lei has been missing for a long time."

"Only Morpes's health isn't quite right..."

"But teacher, why are you suddenly asking me this? Didn't Sister Talotmaty just tell us about Morpes's serious illness a while ago?"

After answering Dekan's question, Eve still raised her own doubts.

Although she didn't doubt Doloice, her way of interacting with her teacher was always to speak her mind and ask questions if she didn't understand.

As long as you tell the truth, even if it offends the teacher, the teacher will never make things difficult for you.

"I just dreamt about them..."

Dekan frowned slightly and answered absentmindedly.

The timeline isn't the worst-case scenario; it seems his old friends are still around.

But they are indeed getting old.

Although Lenn was in his later years, at least he was doing well, which put Dekan at ease.

As for Lei... his disappearance is normal and shouldn't be a big problem.

Only Morpurse worries Dekan greatly.

Judging from Eve's words, Lenn is probably in his seventies or eighties now.

This time, at least twenty years have passed since the last time in the Shadow World.

So Ray and Morpheus are probably in their sixties or seventies.

For people of this age, any serious illness can be fatal.

Moreover, medical care in the Holy Kingdom was not advanced and lagged far behind that of the modern world.

Diseases that are not difficult to cure in the modern world may be incurable in the Holy Kingdom era.

Seeing Dekan fall silent, Eve seemed to see right through him.

"Teacher, you must be very worried about them. I suggest you stop what you're doing and go see them. After all, human lifespan is just a blink of an eye for us."

Eve said gently from the side.

This made Dekan look at her with a slight sense of wonder.

Although she still had the body of a demon, she seemed to have completely possessed the heart of a human.

Moreover, Eve doesn't seem afraid of Doloice at all anymore.

Even after spending six months with Dekan, Eve wouldn't have shared so many heartfelt words with him in the past.

"I'll go back to the Holy Kingdom once I finish this phase of my work."

Dekan lowered his eyebrows and smiled slightly, speaking as if to himself.

Only after completing the initial task can you learn the content of Task Objective 2.

Delois has probably wanted to return to the Holy Kingdom for a long time.