The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

Dekan helplessly dealt with his master, and unconsciously let out a bitter sigh.

And inside the Demon King's Tomb, beside Dekan.

"Teacher, you're really good at fooling people."

Eve kept pressing for answers about the goddess, and when Dekan gave a vague reply, Eve could only complain about his attitude.

Tell me, tell me.

She still wouldn't give up.

“Eve, the Demon King won’t act like you. You need to be more mature.”

Dekan always keeps his word.

He wouldn't tell Eve the answer he didn't want to.

However, Dekan did not expect Eve to be so lively at this stage.

After meeting Icardinos in the present world, I thought Eve would gradually become much more mature.

It seems that she still needs a long period of testing before she can grow into a demon king capable of succeeding Delois.

"By the way, Eve, I'll be going on a long trip in a while. You'll stay at the Demon King's Tomb to continue your studies. I'll leave you a lot of notes and arrange your tasks."

Dekan changed the subject.

The only way to stop Eve from asking questions is to steer her to another topic.

"Ah... Teacher... please take me with you..."

Upon hearing Dekan's words, Eve seemed to forget her previous struggles and immediately pleaded pitifully.

She clearly missed the land and people of the Holy Kingdom.

“This trip is quite dangerous. I will probably bring Talomatti with me. I will give you all the authority over the Demon King’s Tomb. You can stay in the Demon King’s Tomb and help me continue to modify it.”

The only way to leave the Demon King's Tomb as soon as possible is for Dekan to finish most of the work first.

Then leave some finishing touches to Eve.

Since the journey to the Holy Kingdom will take about a month, as long as Eve can help Dekan complete the task in about a month, Dekan will likely receive a notification that mission objective 1 is complete upon arriving in the Holy Kingdom, and then see mission objective 2.

As for whether Eve can successfully complete the mission, Dekan believes there will be no problem.

Just as he trusted Icardinos, Delois also trusted his student Eve.

Eve was startled when she heard about Decan's request.

She certainly knew what the teacher's access to the Demon King's Tomb meant.

It is not a throne, but it is more practical than royal power.

Possessing it is equivalent to possessing absolute power that no ninth-tier demon can rival.

"You'll come back, won't you, teacher?"

Eve asked Dekan with some concern.

Although the teacher's entrustment of this important task to her represents the teacher's recognition and trust in her.

But she also felt a strange unease that she couldn't shake off.

The teacher's tone seemed off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on what it was.

"Of course. You don't mean you're already eyeing my throne, do you? You're two thousand years too early for that half-baked thing."

Dekan said irritably, and immediately gave Eve a sharp rap on the forehead.

"Haha! Teacher, are you exaggerating because you're afraid I'll surpass you in twenty years? Even if you don't give me the throne then, I'll snatch it from you! You can just relax and retire then!"

Eve said with a smug smile.

The teacher's praise made her a little arrogant.

She is completely different now; she is no longer timid and cowardly but full of confidence.

Of course, her confidence stemmed not only from her own rapid improvement in strength, but more importantly from having an invincible teacher.

Dekan looked at Eve and, for some reason, smiled.

But soon he turned around and walked toward the pile of books beside the workbench.

Eve followed, somewhat puzzled, and tried to walk around to Dekan's side to see his expression, but Dekan simply quickened his pace and shook Eve off.

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Author's Note:

The word count of my recent chapters may fluctuate around 4000 words, but usually it's around 4500 or 5000 words.

At this point in the story, the relationships, stances, and personalities of the characters are fully established. Compared to the earlier, more lighthearted film worlds, this volume primarily focuses on filling in the plot holes. Or rather, compared to a period with ample room for development and story expansion in the early and middle stages, this volume is more of a concluding chapter. Therefore, the viewing experience might not be as exciting as the beginning, because the plot's direction is already predetermined. It's somewhat like the final stage of a driving test, where you have to stop at a specific point, leaving almost no room for free exploration.

I feel that most of the content in this Shadow World will likely resemble ordinary, everyday stories. If you accumulate a few days' worth of reading, skipping directly to the last two chapters of the Shadow World in Volume Six probably won't significantly impact your reading experience. Of course, as predicted, the Shadow World portion of Volume Six won't be very long; in the next chapter, Dekan will return to the Holy Kingdom, and Volume Six will probably end in a few more chapters.

Thank you all so much for your continued support. Even with the updates being sporadic lately, so many of you have still been willing to follow along. I am both apologetic and incredibly grateful. I bow down in gratitude.

[Miguel's character illustration]

This is Mia's official character art. I will delete the previous unofficial character art and some illustrations around the time this book is finished, and only retain the character art and illustrations drawn by Cui-sensei as the official version.

Therefore, please do not consider the initial character illustrations and some early illustrations as the official character designs; they will all be completely remade. If any readers wish to see them removed later, they can join group 948957812 or 891852279; the old images are in the group files.

Also, I'm so sorry I didn't finish writing today... I'm so frustrated...

[Cornelia character illustration]

This is Cornelia's character art.

I'm stuck, my mind is completely blank. I've been struggling to write all day, but nothing seems right. No matter how I try, the writing just doesn't look good.

I feel like my brain is acting strangely right now. It's not just writing; even math problems that I used to be able to solve at a glance now take me a while to process.

I will finish writing it tomorrow no matter what. I'm very sorry.

( 'oωo` )

369. Dekan still couldn't catch up with that man.

A month later.

Inside the Demon King's Tomb, the wind rustled the branches and leaves, and the grass and trees.

The flowers and plants that had been growing wild for a long time had not been carefully tended to, and the rampant growth of the demonic plants made this tomb look more like a natural mountain wilderness, accompanied by a sense of desolation and loneliness.

Even so, the flowers still smelled wonderful.

A cool breeze happened to blow by, carrying a sweet fragrance.

Dekan, standing ramrod straight on the high platform erected at the edge of the Demon King's Tomb, couldn't help but instinctively recall what kind of smell it was, even though he was completely focused on his work.

However, he knew who had come, and that they had brought the aroma of the demonic juice.

It is undoubtedly Talomatti.

Although most of the official duties of the Demon Realm have now been handed over to the Demon Abyss Mage, Sincere Pusel, there are still many matters that require Talomat's involvement in this handover process.

So while she was doing her best to help Dekan at the Demon King's Tomb, she also had to quickly return to the Demon Realm to handle official business.

Dekan had informed her of his plans well in advance. The two of them were going on a long trip, so before that, she needed to complete the handover of her work with Pusel to ensure that if she didn't show herself for a while, there wouldn't be any major problems in the Demon Realm.

Whenever she finished her business and returned to the Demon King's Tomb from the Demon Realm, she would always bring Dekan and Eve a lot of Demon Realm food.

In her view, her brother hadn't left the Demon King's Tomb for a very long time.

But she understood that her brother was pursuing an ambition that no other demon king had ever accomplished. Of course, he might not have any ambition at all; it was all for something far-reaching that ordinary demons couldn't see.

In the Demon King's Tomb, Dekan has lost all sense of day and night.

Almost every waking moment is spent engrossed in researching the Demon King's Tomb.

He doesn't have much time left.

For him, a month and a half was the maximum time he could spend in the Demon King's Tomb. Otherwise, considering the journey back to the Holy Kingdom, this Shadow World would probably have ended before he even reached some key locations.

Although returning to the Holy Kingdom would undoubtedly give Dekan a head start, it was also his only chance to understand the Demon King's Tomb and receive Delois's years of research results as quickly as possible.

In any case, only by completely controlling the Perfect Demon King's Tomb can one possess the power to truly annihilate all Chaos Gods in the present world.

Therefore, Dekan did not receive any instructions to confront the mission objective this time.

Fortunately, with the help of his master, Dekan felt as if he were reviewing knowledge he had learned many years after graduation when he studied all of Delois's complex research.

It was simply a matter of picking up what had been discarded; there were never any obstacles encountered.

Every single moment now, all of Delois's research findings, whether in crafts or magic, are flooding into Dekan's mind like a bursting floodgate!

So even though Dekan's mental energy was almost overloaded, he was still unconsciously immersed in absorbing all the knowledge he could find in the Demon King's Tomb and desperately using it to personally modify the Demon King's Tomb.

Soon, after some time, he will be able to grasp the most crucial issues regarding Deloitte's final modification of the Demon King's Tomb.

At that time, Dekan can hand over the remaining renovation work to Eve as planned, and take his ninth-tier bodyguard, Talomatti, to the Holy Kingdom ahead of schedule.

Based on Dekan's calculations over the past month, combined with his and Eve's work efficiency, he has deduced the optimal departure time. By the time he arrives in the Holy Capital, Eve should be able to complete the first half of the Demon King's Tomb renovation according to the work instructions and notes he left behind.

Unlike Dekan, who was racing ahead in his research and work, Eve, standing on the other side of the Demon King's Tomb, was holding the notes left by Delois, occasionally touching her head, and slowly disassembling and rewriting the spell formula of the Demon King's Tomb barrier according to Dekan's requirements.

There are many parts of Doloice's original notes that she found difficult to understand.

Even though she was Deloitte's only student and the only demon whose talent Deloitte had ever praised, she still felt that what her teacher was currently researching was too terrifying.

He not only fully understood the supreme heritage of the demon race that had existed for tens of thousands of years, but he also wanted to modify it and make it his own.

When Dekan initially asked Eve to directly participate in the renovation of the Demon King's Tomb, she shook her head like a spinning top.

Eve, who reluctantly agreed, fully experienced what it means to study to the point of collapse.

They usually teach me to walk, so why are they suddenly asking me to fly for the exam?