199 Dekan's Expert Assessment

The carriage traveled along the brightly lit streets of the Randir Kingdom.

Dekan looked out the window; they were gradually moving away from the densely populated commercial district and seemed to be entering a rare forest park in the city.

Presumably, the residence allocated to them by the king was located in this park.

However, as they approached the manor, Dekan saw a group of fully armed knights.

The leader was none other than Captain of the Knights Gavin, whom they had met at the city gate that morning.

"Mr. Dekan, please wait a moment."

Gavin quickly stopped the carriage by waving his hand.

Gavin seemed to have been waiting for Dekan here for quite a while.

"What happened?"

Dekan looked out the car window at Gavin, whose Gavin was grave, and asked.

Gavin nodded helplessly.

"We have received an alert from the Kingdom Association. The activity areas of four Cardinal of the Resurrection Church appear to overlap in the north-central part of the continent. Judging from their movements, their most likely target is the Randir Kingdom!"

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing Gavin's words, Dekan was startled.

I was surprised, but not entirely.

After all, he himself was a bishop.

According to the intelligence Dekan had gathered, the Kingdom Association's Astrologer had been in a semi-conscious state.

The movements of the bishops of the Resurrection Church are also monitored from time to time.

Moreover, conventional calculations can only roughly estimate the bishop's range of activities, but cannot pinpoint the bishops' exact locations.

Generally speaking, it is normal for any kingdom to fall within the sphere of influence of a single bishop.

Occasionally, when the activities of the two bishops overlap, nearby Kingdom Council begin to prepare for war.

If the three bishops show any inclination to travel together to a certain place, it will raise the highest level of alert!

However, if four bishops gather, the concept is different.

This could directly lead to the finals.

"The Randir Kingdom is currently facing an unprecedented crisis. Although all eighth-tier powerhouses have been summoned back to defend the Royal Capital, it is still impossible to prevent the four Cardinal from taking any action in the Randir Kingdom."

Gavin seemed a bit exhausted.

This was no longer a situation he could handle.

Although the Randir Kingdom's decision was somewhat like sacrificing a pawn to save the king, abandoning the defense of all other city-states and concentrating all its forces on the defense of the Royal Capital.

But this is still better than scattering the eighth-tier combat power and then having the bishops hunt them down one by one.

After all, even the strongest eighth-tier warrior has almost no hope of surviving a combined attack from four bishops.

"What did the Kingdom Association say?"

"Dekan asked."

"Various countries have already sent support, but the Kingdom Association's support will not arrive for another three days, and the seventh-tier team assessment has been urgently canceled."

As Gavin answered, he took out a document and handed it to Dekan:

"However, the assessment has been transformed into a new mission, and the Kingdom Association urgently needs to conscript your forces. You must protect the Royal Capital from destruction until reinforcements arrive."

Dekan took the document; he was not surprised by the Kingdom Association's decision.

There are currently four Tier 7 teams in the Royal Capital.

They were a crucial fighting force until reinforcements arrived.

Although there might be a bishop in this group.

Dekan saw the following written on the document:

[Seventh-Tier Team Assessment (Temporarily Changed), Mission Objective: Protect the capital of Kingdom Landil from destruction by the Church of Resurrection for three days.]

[Complete the task objectives to pass the assessment; the initial team score is 0.]

Contributing to the defeat of the Resurrection Church will increase your points.

In the original assessment, the Kingdom Association would use the Artificial Shadow World Initiator to simulate a seventh-tier Shadow World, and then determine whether the team was qualified based on their performance, and give them a score, which would be converted into the team's initial points.

The points earned by a Tier 7 team are very important.

Aside from being obtained by passing the seventh-tier team assessment, it can only be obtained by clearing the seventh-tier or higher Shadow World with a subsequent team.

It determines the priority order for the team when participating in the Shadow World in the future.

If a seventh-tier Shadow World appears and there are more teams than available to challenge it, then the team with the higher score will be given priority.

Because points are the most direct reflection of a team's overall strength and experience.

The difficulty of this new, temporary assessment task is hard to say.

It might be too difficult, or it might be so easy you could just coast through.

However, if you lie down, you'll get 0 points.

If you make a significant contribution, you will have the opportunity to receive a very high initial score.

Even if you pass this new assessment without any effort, starting with 0 points makes little difference whether you pass or fail.

If I try to challenge the seventh-tier Shadow World again, I'll only be able to get lucky, and the queues will be insane. I might as well just take the test again.

Therefore, each team needs to go all out to fight against the Resurrection Church and strive for high scores.

"Don't worry, Mr. Gavin, I can capture at least one bishop for you alive. I'm an expert in this area."

Dekan smiled calmly, as if he already held the reins of power.

For Dekan, this new test question felt like a professional athlete participating in an amateur competition.

No one understands the Resurrection Church better than him!

"... Mr Dekan, I know you're trying to comfort us, but please also take care of your own safety. After all, it's not your obligation."

Gavin stared blankly at Dekan's confident demeanor, then shook his head and smiled.

He was actually very touched.

Of the four teams, one team seemed reluctant, which basically confirmed they would be slacking off.

There was also a group from the Northern Kingdom; it was obvious to anyone with eyes that they were up to no good.

Only one force from Dekan and the Southern Kingdom demonstrated their determination to protect the Royal Capital.

Gavin knew that Dekan was arrogant, and he also knew that Dekan had indeed participated in the defeat of Bishop of Ruin Evans of Ruin.

But this time there are four bishops.

Even Dekan is probably in dire straits, barely able to save himself.

After exchanging a few words with Gavin Captain of the Knights Gavin, Captain of the Knights led his troops away.

Dekan's carriage continued towards the manor.

Before long, they arrived at the lodgings arranged for them by the king.

It looked like a detached old house, and the lights inside indicated that Cornelia and the others had returned.

"Ha, the king is quite magnanimous."

Dekan led a surprised Tata back to the mansion.

Led by a servant, Dekan entered the lobby on the first floor and immediately spotted Cornelia and Mie.

They seemed to have finished dinner and were comfortably lounging on the sofa, applying Mie's newly developed plant-based face masks.

Upon noticing someone returning, Cornelia and Mie lazily turned to look at the newcomer.

They were tired after playing all afternoon and now just wanted to leisurely enjoy their evening.

However.

Their attention was quickly drawn to the small figure beside Dekan!

The two of them stood up from the sofa at the same time, removed their face masks, and stared intently at Tata.

Cornelia seemed to have crashed instantly.

The Cat Teacher I was holding accidentally fell onto the sofa.