The magic cards I made are absolutely flawless!

Zestellila was relieved to find that it had not caused much damage to Dekan.

She was worried that she might hurt the seemingly harmless doctor.

"Wow, I think you have some potential as a dragon!"

Dekan couldn't help but exclaim in admiration!

Compared to half-dragons, Zestellila looks more like a half-dragon demon.

Although her strength and magic were terrifyingly powerful compared to children her age, she was ultimately only at the first level.

Such a breath only slightly scorched the edges of Dekan's clothes, without harming him.

Before Zestellila could explain.

Dekan now understood why Zestellila stayed in the forest and wouldn't go back.

He smiled helplessly and shook his head.

This little guy is still a fool.

Presumably, she had just awakened some racial trait today, and coincidentally, she encountered the annoying doctor coming to class. Fearing that her suddenly acquired but uncontrollable dragon breath would harm the other people in the church, she took the opportunity to hide here.

However, it wasn't just her; even Dekan noticed something unusual about the forest.

Zestellila originally planned to return to town to inform the guards and adventurers, but she worried that she might accidentally trigger dragon breath on her way home and attract the enemy's attention.

So he simply hid in a tree.

"Oops!"

Zestellila suddenly seemed to remember something and quickly covered her mouth, which was still emitting smoke.

If there were any dangerous enemies nearby, her breath just now would have been as conspicuous as a signal flare!

"You weak doctor, go back now! I'll distract them!"

She quickly spoke to Dekan.

But right after those words were spoken...

The ever-approaching, intense aura of danger sent chills down Zestellila's spine.

Fear, like an invisible claw, gradually gripped her heart, as if a cold current was climbing from the base of her spine all the way to her neck.

The surrounding air seemed to freeze, and every breath became unusually heavy.

Her heart was pounding, as if it would jump out of her chest.

Before my eyes, it was as if night had fallen in an instant, and the tranquility of the forest was replaced by an unsettling silence.

The gradually cooling, thin sunlight draped a veil of mystery over the surrounding environment.

Suddenly, a cold wind swept in, and the leaves rustled.

"Hehe, too late."

A ghostly voice, seemingly from nowhere, echoed across the empty grassland.

"You two shouldn't have seen me."

With that hoarse voice, a dark figure finally appeared in Dekan and Zestellila's sight.

The silhouette of the figure that walked step by step from behind the tree became clearer, exuding a strong bloody aura that sent chills down Zestellila's spine.

She felt her limbs stiff and unable to move, as if bound by invisible shackles.

Her warning was right; an extremely dangerous individual, filled with malice, had approached the vicinity of the town!

However, Dekan simply stared in that direction expressionlessly, grabbed Zestellila by the collar, and dragged her behind him.

Side Story 05 Cornelia's Doubts

The dense forest was filled with an eerie, dark atmosphere, as if magic had made the area so dark that it blocked out the sun.

A figure slowly emerged from the shadows deep within the trees, like a predator that had locked onto the scent of its prey.

The cloak fluttered in the wind, and the steps were as steady and cunning as a ghost's, each step seeming to carry the killing intent of approaching.

now.

Dekan and Zestellila, who was trembling behind him, finally saw the true face of the newcomer.

She was a woman who looked young, yet was terrifying.

Although her face, visible beneath her cloak, possessed a delicate and youthful charm, her blood-red eyes seemed to conceal a sea of ​​blood, a sea of ​​countless murders.

The cloaked woman stared at Dekan and Zestellila as if looking down on an inferior race, and approached.

Zestellila was almost completely overwhelmed by fear, clutching Dekan's clothes tightly with her trembling little hands.

It seems that without capturing Dekan, they can't even stand still, let alone escape.

Various terrifying images kept flashing through her mind, one after another, and this sense of fear was pervasive, spreading to every corner of her body.

This was the first time she had felt so clearly her own weakness and helplessness.

She knew that even with the doctor's bravery at this moment, he was only slightly delaying her death.

but.

His tall figure, which stood in front of me, seemed like a fortified city gate at that moment.

It gave her a final, indescribable sense of security.

Dekan gently rubbed Zestellila's head, but his gaze remained fixed on the cloaked woman.

"The Church of the Resurrection, or the Church of the Tribulations?"

Dekan asked the question calmly and deliberately.

It's like trying to find out the other person's name.

"?"

This question clearly puzzled the cloaked woman, who frowned slightly.

However, she quickly relaxed her brow and let out a mocking sneer.

They seem to find this human question ridiculous.

"understood."

Seeing the other party's reaction, Dekan nodded slightly.

It seems they are not remnants of a cult.

After all, most of the high-ranking remnants of those cults wouldn't dare to run around the kingdoms in the central and southern regions.

The magic power emanating from this cloaked woman is probably in the range of the sixth to seventh rank.

The environmental spell that just blocked out the sunlight was at least level six.

If it's a level seven enemy, then that's going to be a bit tricky...

Dekan sighed inwardly.

He had actually detected the presence of an unknown threatening creature on his way here.

And now his magic cards... 9 mana is Talomatti, and the rest are a full 60 mana cards that reduce mana cost and speed up mana regeneration.

The last Tier 1 card.

It was the Eye of the Heart that Clay gave him.

It was with this card that Dekan was able to detect the surrounding situation.

After returning from the Chaos Realm, Dekan, together with Ikadinos and Chloix, finally fulfilled his promise to heal Clay's eyes.

After regaining his sight, Clay no longer needs this card.

During the two years he lost his sight, Klay, who carried the [Eye of the Heart], almost mastered the supreme mystery of Holy Thunder.

Before embarking on his journey, he gifted Dekan this epic card, which could protect him.

Why aren't you afraid?

It was as if the forest had been stained black with ink.

The cloaked woman stopped slightly, slightly wary, and looked at Dekan, who remained calm even now, and asked.

She believed that the child's reaction was correct.

This equally weak young human was unusually calm.

He had magical energy fluctuations, but they weren't strong.

Their physical fitness is also quite weak.

He is definitely not a martial artist who has undergone rigorous training.

It's roughly at the level of a fourth-order human.

Why do you think I'm not afraid?

Dekan smiled gently and asked in return.

He was as gentle and approachable as he was when teaching children.

"Heh... Answering questions with questions only makes you look stupid."

The cloaked woman's eyes were filled with indifference.

Her face was like a cold stone sculpture, devoid of any pity.

Whether the other party was bluffing or genuinely capable, this attitude made her very unhappy.

The cloaked goddess, her expression chilling, approached Dekan once more, her movements elegant and composed, like the Grim Reaper in the night.

Dekan sighed helplessly, seemingly unwilling to take action.

He currently has no magic cards that he can use in battle.

Neither the "Broken Poet" nor the "Elegy Mermaid" are on me anymore.

Despite possessing a seventh-tier rank, his E-level strength makes him resemble a true office worker; he might not even be able to defeat Cornelia, whom he first met at Hevenlit Academy, when wielding a hammer.