163 Dekan Didn't Have Any Cheats

[The Marquis Roderick is dead; Mission Objective 3 has been achieved in an alternative manner.]

With the Marquis Roderick's suicide, the quest prompts in the Shadow World have been updated once again.

At this moment, the other challengers in the city-state were completely bewildered by the new hint.

First.

They didn't know who had skipped the locked mission objective 2 so quickly and unlocked mission objective 3 ahead of time in an unknown way.

Secondly, mission objective 3, the ultimate mission, is often the most difficult part of the entire Shadow World.

The result was amazing! It appeared right after the update, and it was achieved in less than half a day?!

And most importantly, in this mission, they should be on the defensive, doing everything they can to prevent the Blood Race marquis from reviving.

The Marquis Roderick was a formidable foe that challengers could not defeat.

After all, in the sixth-tier Shadow World, there are almost no challengers who can fight against eighth-tier enemies.

Moreover, he was a Blood Race marquis who was difficult to kill.

So what happened to the Marquis Roderick?!

Did someone cheat?

You can't exactly tell me that such a powerful boss committed suicide, can you?

They only suspected that this Shadow World was broken...

At this point, Dekan also resumed the live stream that had been cut off.

The audience erupted in uproar upon seeing the situation inside the church and the new clues from the Shadow World.

"How come Marquis Roderick is gone as soon as the live stream ended?"

"What did Dekan do?!"

"Impossible! Marquis Roderick is invincible!"

Dekan seemed to realize the audience's confusion and patiently explained to the screen, "The Marquis Roderick just committed suicide."

"You're kidding me!!"

You might as well say he was scared to death by you!

Dekan's explanation clearly angered the audience.

Even though Dekan couldn't see the audience's reactions, he could roughly guess the doubts everyone had about him.

So Dekan could only take a deep breath and say seriously, "I, Dekan, didn't cheat! I didn't cheat!"

It's unclear whether the audience will be convinced.

Dekan couldn't be bothered with it anymore.

"Phew, thank goodness we managed to fool Marquis Roderick."

He stepped down from the pulpit, leaned back on the bench, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Have a dessert."

Cornelia seemed to think that Dekan was having a bit too much trouble.

So he handed a mango crepe to Dekan's lips.

"Yes, thank you."

Dekan deftly tilted his head, snatched the pastry, and then swallowed it, chewing it slowly.

Morion stood there, stunned.

"Is this how you usually are?"

Morion, watching the two getting along so naturally, as if they had lived together for many years, couldn't help but ask.

"Well..."

Dekan and Cornelia exchanged a glance, then both looked at Morion.

"I just touched the coffin, Cornelia's hands were clean, so I ate it directly."

"This is the first time I've fed Dekan."

Neither of them initially thought there was anything wrong with their actions just now.

But after Morion said that, they all seemed to realize that they had unknowingly gotten a little too close.

"..."

Morion looked at the two of them with a somewhat helpless expression.

"Is there cream on my face?"

Dekan asked Morion, puzzled.

"No..."

After speaking Morion walked to a row of benches some distance away from Dekan and Cornelia and sat down.

(You two should get married soon!)

He pounded the back of the chair, gritting his teeth and muttering under his breath.

Before anyone knew it, Cat Teacher had jumped onto the back of the chair next to Morion.

It whispered in Morion's ear, "Watching them interact every day is one of my greatest pleasures, meow."

(Let's chat next time; I missed so many shows.)

(No problem, meow.)

The person and the cat seemed to have found a buddy in watching the anime, and their relationship instantly improved.

Are you guys criticizing me?

Dekan frowned and looked at Morion and the Cat Teacher in the distance, asking a question.

He always had a feeling that this scoundrel cat and that old fox Morion wouldn't be plotting anything good together.

Morion: "Ahem, we were talking about Croix and his childhood sweetheart. Don't you think they're both a bit slow?"

Dekan: "Of course, that blockhead Croix. Ah well, let him figure it out himself. I'll just keep quiet about it."

"Right?"

Morion's tone was full of amusement.

"What do you mean?"

Dekan seemed to sense Morion's sarcastic remarks towards him.

"Nothing."

Morion simply smiled and waved his hand.

Then, his expression became slightly more serious, and he asked, as if changing the subject:

"So, were you actually unsure about yourself just now?"

Morion was referring to the incident where Dekan had just intimidated the Marquis into committing suicide.

He sensed that Dekan had breathed a sigh of relief after confirming the Marquis's suicide.

"I'm not 100% sure I've managed to kill the Marquis. What if this guy has some extraordinary potential or inclination, and actually chooses to submit to me? That would be troublesome if the seal were broken then."

Dekan shook his head helplessly.

Dekan felt somewhat depressed whenever he thought about Isabel's transformation.

The thing he hates most in his life is masochism.

"To be honest, I'm actually looking forward to that kind of situation."

Morion laughed unkindly.

If Dekan fails, he will most likely be hunted down to the ends of this Shadow World by the crazed Marquis.

"Don't get your hopes up, you won't be able to escape it in the end."

"All I need to do is run faster than you."

"Is this even human language?"

"Priest, are you in the church?"

Just as they were chatting idly, there was a knock on the church door.

They had locked up the church because their team had been doing some great things.

The three people on the bench all turned around and looked towards the church door.

It was the familiar voice of the town mayor.

"The God of Wealth has arrived!"

"Go and greet them quickly."

Dekan quickly opened the door to welcome their dear mayor in.

When the mayor saw Dekan and Morion sitting in the church, he opened his mouth wide but couldn't speak for a moment, appearing extremely excited.

It was like finding a savior.

"Oh, I've finally found you! This bridge has been destroyed again for some reason! Can you seek help from the city-state?"

The mayor finally gathered his thoughts and spoke anxiously.

His attitude towards Dekan has completely changed.

Although the bridge was destroyed the previous time, the town was not attacked.

The town soon made contact with the city-state.

The town also has a powerful knight captain.

Therefore, the town mayor was not too worried afterward.

However, the fact that the bridge was damaged twice in succession undoubtedly caused great panic among the town mayors.

It was as if some force was watching them from around the town!

The bridge that was just repaired has been vandalized again without anyone noticing!

It's like someone deliberately severing the connection between the town and the city-state, then surrounding and slaughtering them!