Dekan's Classic Bait-and-Switch
"Yes, Your Excellency."
Lisilina bowed to Morion like a professional maid, went to the lord's bedroom to wake the unconscious lord, and gave him a series of instructions.
She then quickly led her family members to the first floor.
Soon, the lord, acting like a servant, respectfully led Dekan and the other two to a suite that was no less grand than the lord's bedroom.
The three of them collapsed into the room as soon as they entered.
Dekan and Cornelia were lounging on the sofa as usual, while Morion sat at his desk.
"Not bad, he's a fairly competent hotel manager."
Dekan exclaimed in a low voice, full of admiration.
However, once they confirmed they had entered a safe zone, Cat Teacher emerged from Dekan's shadow.
It quickly ran to Morion's desk, pulled out a piece of paper, and used Magic Power to control the pen, writing and drawing on the paper.
After he finished writing, he showed the contents of the paper to the other three people.
It reads:
"Are you all crazy?! You really want to use this countess?! What if she finds out and everything falls apart?!"
Sitting at his desk, Morion took the Cat Teacher's pen and wrote on the paper:
"Wouldn't it be a waste to use her up without squeezing out every last bit of her value?"
After all, finding and capturing the remaining challengers will be quite a task.
If only this countess could have done more to prove her worth before she was killed.
Once the daytime arrives, the Countess and her retinue, once exposed to sunlight outside the building, are reduced to only one-tenth of their fighting strength.
It's fair to say they couldn't escape even if they wanted to; Ren Dekan and his two companions were completely outmatched.
Cat Teacher is gradually getting better.
After all, he had spent a terrifying night at the mansion when Dekan kept the information from him, so there was nothing to be afraid of now.
"But can we really catch the Resurrection Cultist tonight, meow?"
Cat Teacher wrote on the paper.
Morion didn't explain much, but simply took the paper and pen, stood up, and handed them to Dekan was slumped on the sofa.
Dekan accepted the paper and pen with considerable satisfaction.
Morion clearly knew what he was planning.
So Dekan wrote on the paper:
"Mission Objective 2: Defeat Countess Lisilina. If this mission fails, Countess Lisilina will be teleported to random coordinates in the challenger's original world after the mission time limit expires."
However, nothing happened after I finished writing it.
Soon, Dekan started writing on the paper again.
"Mission Objective 2: Find Countess Lisilina and defeat her..."
We'll still use the enumeration method.
The general objectives have been clarified; the only difference lies in the wording.
Once the Countess's real name is known, the mission details become much easier to guess.
As for why there was no hint from Mission Objective 2 when Dekan and his group bumped into Lisilina earlier.
The reason is simple.
Lacking a rigorous investigation process and reasoning steps, the Shadow World cannot determine whether they have truly confirmed the identity of the ultimate enemy.
If the information in the Shadow World is refreshed directly, it's equivalent to confirming and verifying the identity of the final, formidable enemy for the challenger.
This is the consequence of skipping too many steps.
Even the Shadow World cannot determine whether or not to display hidden missions.
However, having mastered the sentence structure for mission objective 3, Dekan quickly figured out the correct answer:
[Mission Objective 2: Investigate the Blood Race's conspiracy and locate and defeat Countess Lisilina, who is hiding in the city. If this mission fails, Countess Lisilina will be teleported to random coordinates in the challenger's original world after the mission time limit expires.]
At the same time, the other challengers also received this notification.
Hehehe...
Dekan couldn't help but chuckle softly.
Presumably, Countess Lisilina has also begun her sting operation at this moment.
Those greedy Resurrection Cultist, seeing the notification that the Shadow World has refreshed, will surely assume that tonight, at this very moment, a challenger has made significant progress on mission objective 2!
It's very likely that the mission is nearing completion.
When they first saw the Shadow World's hint that the final, formidable enemy was the "Countess."
They also discovered a patrol of knights in the city-state, chasing a Severe Injury and weakened female vampire.
What will they think?
Without a doubt, the opportunity to collect heads and pick up scraps has arrived.
This is a golden opportunity to increase your rewards in the Shadow World.
They wouldn't suspect it was a trap.
Humans and vampires may be colluding to set a trap.
Neither humans nor vampires could possibly collude with the Shadow World!
After all, the clues from the Shadow World must be objective and reliable.
The ones chasing the female vampire are the city-state's regular knights.
The Resurrection Cultist who noticed this opportunity would not let it slip by and would certainly rush forward to provide support.
Try to catch the vampire.
Then they will be disappointed to find that this is not the countess they are looking for, but merely her entourage.
But soon a knight would tell them that the lord had an urgent matter to discuss with them, offering a huge reward and information related to the Countess.
Next, they will be taken to the Lord's Mansion and ambushed.
There is no escape route.
"Thank you, Shadow World, your public channel is really useful."
Dekan added another sentence next to the correct answer.
I don't know if it will be available in the Shadow World.
But he was already looking forward to his comments at the end of the day.
Seeing that Dekan had finished, Morion put away his paper and pen.
Morion then wrote on the paper:
"Alright, it's time to rest. Cat Teacher and I will keep watch for the first half of the night, and you two will keep watch for the second half."
It was shown to Dekan Cornelia, who was sprawled on the sofa.
Dekan was somewhat puzzled.
(Shouldn't it be me and Morion in one group, Cornelia and Cat Teacher in another?)
Dekan seemed to want to say something, but Morion showed no intention of handing him a pen and paper.
And the Cat Teacher jumped onto Morion's head, as if determined to be in Morion's group.
(When did you, you little rascal, become so close to that old fox...?)
Dekan really wanted to complain.
But it seems that my cat has its own ideas.
I just felt helpless.
Dekan and Cornelia exchanged a glance.
I didn't dwell on it too much.
They each slept on either side of the spacious bed.
Then they all fell asleep very quickly.
It was confirmed that both of them were asleep.
Morion and the Cat Teacher began to communicate.
Morion sat at his desk, while Cat Teacher lay on the desk, scribbling away.
It began giving Morion one-on-one tutoring, making up for the plot points Morion had missed.
These are all stories it got from Cornelia when it was with Cornelia.
"The first chapter begins with the boy meeting the girl. Back then, they were two people—no, Cornelia Dekan was no longer quite human..."