Dekan Gets Dirty

Cornelia did not hesitate after receiving the answer sheet; she raised her hand immediately to signal the proctor that she was ready to submit.

Not only the other challengers but even the demon students stared at her in shock.

The exam had only just begun ten minutes ago, and you want to hand it in already?

However, Cornelia was not flustered; in fact, she felt a sense of delight.

She had never experienced anything like this before.

To think there would come a day when she could turn in her exam early.

Both proctors noticed Cornelia's signal at the same time and moved toward her almost simultaneously.

The one with the more ferocious appearance was closer to Cornelia.

Seeing this, the other could only click his tongue and give up on collecting the paper.

The proctor reached Cornelia's desk, snatched the paper away with a sharp tug, and began to review it with a sinister grin.

In his eyes, he was about to kill this little demon.

In this school, it was impossible for any student to complete this set of questions in just over ten minutes.

Handing in a paper this early—if that wasn't seeking death, what was?

Of course.

The formalities still had to be observed.

After all, he had to determine that the candidate's score was below 60 to justify killing her.

Otherwise, he would violate the rules and trigger the Principal's murderous intent.

The Principal was watching the proctors like a hawk as well.

However, as the proctor looked over the paper, his brows gradually furrowed, and he seemed to start doubting his own reality.

Multiple-choice questions... correct, correct, correct, correct...

Did she actually guess every single one of them right?

Hiss...

The written responses... they were also spot on?

Could it be that in this world, there really are academic geniuses?

Not only did she pass, she scored 90 points!

What the hell.

"Tsk! You can go."

The proctor put away the paper, making no effort to hide the annoyance on his face.

But the rules could not be broken; since she was the first to submit and had achieved a high score, he was required to provide the student with a reward.

He pulled a red ticket printed with a demon silhouette from his pocket and tossed it onto Cornelia's desk.

Without explaining what the ticket was for, the proctor walked away.

He resumed his patrol.

Clearly, he was too angry to speak.

The cooked duck had flown away, leaving him exceptionally depressed.

Cornelia picked up the ticket and happily left the exam hall, her little dragon tail swaying unconsciously the entire way.

Then, she waited for Dekan outside the hall as he had instructed.

Peace of mind.

Having a teammate who was good at studying was truly such a relief.

Although Dekan had been writing furiously, he had noticed the attitude of the two proctors when they went to collect the paper earlier.

At first, they were both convinced that submitting so early was a death wish.

Moreover, they were both eager to slaughter the examinees.

They had wanted to rush over to collect the paper just to kill the student with their own hands.

A smile curled the corners of Dekan's lips.

As expected, his hypothesis was correct; Cornelia's submission process had helped him verify everything.

It seemed these two demons could be thoroughly exploited.

Cornelia was already safe, and his own paper was finished.

Now, he could act without any reservations.

He decided to refer to the two proctors as Lion and Goat for the time being.

One of them had a terrifying face, while the other looked relatively refined and possessed goat horns.

It is known that the Lion's movement speed is 1.25 times that of the Goat.

Both proctors, upon seeing an examinee voluntarily hand in their paper, may deviate from their fixed patrol routes to decide whether to walk over and collect it.

Furthermore, their walking speed remains constant.

So then...

If the distance between the Lion and himself happens to be exactly 1.25 times the distance between the Goat and himself, he should raise his hand to signal for submission.

Could he make them arrive at the same time??

Heh, worth a try.

Dekan placed his exam paper face down on the desk, preventing the proctors from seeing his accuracy at a glance.

After waiting a short while and gauging the distance of the two proctors, Dekan raised his hand to signal for submission.

As expected, neither of the two proctors gave up this time!

They both walked toward him from their respective directions!

Just as Dekan had estimated, the two proctors arrived simultaneously!

Both the Lion and the Goat reached out abruptly to grab Dekan's exam paper.

They glared at each other, seemingly struggling to restrain their emotions.

However, neither showed the slightest intention of letting go, resulting in a stalemate.

"Who are you handing it to?"

Both proctors looked at Dekan and asked in unison.

Deep down, they were both harboring a bit of suspicion—could this kid also be a genius?

If so, getting into a dispute over this kid's paper wouldn't be very cost-effective.

Originally, they had imagined that this examinee's expression would be as confident as the girl who handed in her paper ten minutes ago.

However, they saw faint tear tracks hanging from the corners of Dekan's eyes.

His gaze held three parts sorrow and seven parts resignation.

It was the look of someone who had seen past life and death, achieved total enlightenment, and reached a state of oneness with the world.

It seemed as if this kid truly couldn't answer a single question and was only handing in his paper for the sake of liberation.

Dekan looked up with a bitter smile, gazing at the two proctors.

"To die at the hands of powerful demons is my only wish now."

His expression was exactly like someone saying, "Isn't that just fine?".

Good lad, he's a piece of prime meat!

This convinced both proctors that this prey in their grasp must absolutely not be let go easily!

The gazes of the Lion and the Goat quickly shifted back to each other, sneering.

"You let go."

"It should be you letting go."

"Don't tell me you think you're stronger than me?"

"Want to try?"

The conversation between the two proctors was filled with the scent of gunpowder.

The Lion even cracked his neck, the popping sound making the surrounding examinees tremble.

The entire classroom, which was not very bright to begin with, felt as if it were shrouded in a heavy, dark cloud—a cloud that seemed ready to swallow everything before it at any moment.

Dekan remained unflustered.

His hand, hidden behind his back, stealthily retrieved a spell card.

[Mental Interference]

[Category: Spell Card]

[Rarity: Purple Rare]

[Tier: 2]

[Effect: Performs mental interference on the target, affecting their actions for a very brief moment. It cannot affect targets with a vast disparity in mental attributes, and the stronger the target's spirit, the higher the mana cost.]

[Note: Sorry!]

Dekan decisively activated Mental Interference, commanding the Lion to suddenly slam a fist into the Goat's face.

"Motherf*cker! So you want to throw hands, huh!"

"I... I f*cking, you think I'm afraid of you?"

The Lion had originally intended to explain himself, but the Goat retaliated with a punch to the Lion's face without hesitation, causing the Lion's rage to explode as well.

"Let's see me beat you to death!!"

"I've had my eye on you for a long time! Today, you're the first one I'm taking down!"

The two demons seemed to have lost their minds, tearing into each other in a frenzy.

It was as if they had completely forgotten their duties.

The students nearby who hadn't managed to dodge in time were caught in the crossfire; some were sent flying, while others were killed on the spot.

Many desks and chairs were smashed into splinters, and bright red blood stained the originally pitch-black walls.

The battle between the two proctors was brutal, not merely a clash of raw strength and spells, but a psychological slaughter, each seeking to utterly crush and annihilate the other.

They tore at each other's bodies, even devouring one another's flesh.

In an instant, demon blood flooded the floor, and a series of shrill, harrowing screams echoed from the examination hall, thick with the stench of blood.

Dekan had already begun his escape the moment he activated the [Mental Interference] spell card.

"Run!"

Dekan had long since confirmed that Cornelia was the only challenger near him, and the proctors' battle would not reach the other challengers for some time.

Though they didn't know what had happened, their survival instincts drove the demon examinees and other challengers to scramble toward the main gate like madmen.

The two proctors, however, were lost in their bloodlust and paid no mind to the examinees fleeing the hall.

In the observation hall.

"If I'm not mistaken, Dekan had clearly finished his exam paper, yet he deliberately toyed with those two demons?"

"How does he dare! A Tier 2 Priest entering a Tier 4 Shadow World and playing like this?"

"Good grief... he even managed to save the other challengers in the process!"