Countess Lisilina's Brand of Gentle Kindness

"What, what are you going to do?!"

Elaine's eyes widened, and she cried out in terror.

But she couldn't move her body.

Now, no matter what Dekan tries to do to her, she is unable to move.

"Don't worry, I'm kind-hearted and won't torment you. This is as a thank you for helping Cornelia earlier."

Dekan smiled, his eyes narrowed.

When he said the word "thank you," his tone seemed to lower slightly.

Elaine looked into Dekan's eyes and noticed that Dekan seemed a little angry.

He clearly understood why Elaine had brought Cornelia here.

Could this Red-haired Girl be very important to the Gray-haired Demon?

She wasn't afraid when the Gray-haired Demon said he was going to kill her.

She would be terrified if told she had to live.

Because these twisted demons use all sorts of bizarre methods to torture their prey.

She had already experienced the excruciating pain that nearly broke her spirit.

She couldn't imagine what kind of hell it would be if this Gray-haired Demon were tormenting her with all his might.

But what's truly terrifying now is...

The Gray-haired Demon said he wouldn't torture her.

So what awaits her?

"Let... let me go, I'm still useful to you..."

Elaine's body trembled instinctively, her forehead was covered in sweat, and her lips were slightly parted, quivering incessantly.

"Huh? What are you talking about? Why do you make it sound like I'm the bad guy? And what's wrong with you? Smile and relax."

Dekan raised an eyebrow and said somewhat angrily.

He knew it was normal for villains to fear him as Sin Buster.

But every time, it terrifies the thugs like this.

It always made him feel a little uncomfortable.

It must be because of the excessive reactions of these villains that their reputations have been affected.

Hateful.

Dekan shook his head and turned away, no longer looking at Elaine.

Cornelia, understanding perfectly, took out ropes and tied them to the Jailer's corpse and Elaine's feet, preparing to drag them towards the camp.

"No!! Whatever your plans are! If you destroy me, those people will die! You're the one who killed them all!"

Elaine screamed frantically.

This was the only lifeline she could think of.

"Quiet."

Upon hearing Dekan's command, Elaine found herself speechless.

It's like having something stuck in your throat.

Dekan withdrew the Gag spell and glanced at the remaining Paralysis Potion.

I gave Elaine a boost of her dosage.

It made it completely impossible for her to even speak or blink.

She is now merely a doll with a conscious mind.

"Alright, just listen obediently for now."

After speaking in a low voice, Dekan stood up and ignored Elaine.

Dekan wouldn't waste time dealing with ordinary, low-quality thugs; he'd just take them down.

As for high-quality villains, given time, Dekan would likely give them a good military training session before taking them down.

The most wicked villains, such as the Bishop of Ruin Evans or the Bishop of Corruption Fahim, not only kill but also destroy their spirits Dekan. After torturing them, they are made to die using the very methods they once loved to inflict on the innocent.

Elaine Dekan, however, has a difficult time defining which level she belongs to.

Her sins were far less severe than those of Evans or Fahim.

It doesn't reach an excellent level.

However, her obsession with manipulating people's hearts was something Dekan had never encountered before.

Therefore, Dekan believed that she could definitely bring him some new fun.

"Cornelia, if she had ambushed you just now, could you have dodged it?"

As Dekan walked, he suddenly asked.

Regardless, this has been the question on his mind since just now.

"Yes, I don't completely trust her. I'm always on the verge of a fight."

Cornelia turned around and looked at Dekan seriously as she answered.

It was clearly mentioned in the manual that Dekan wrote for her.

After getting separated from Dekan, don't trust anyone, no matter how innocent they seem.

"Phew, but I'll find you as soon as possible."

Dekan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded in satisfaction.

"Hmm. By the way, where's Cat Teacher?"

"Cornelia meow!"

The Cat Teacher popped out from Dekan's collar, Cornelia waved her paw.

"Hmm..."

Cornelia looked at the Cat Teacher with a pitiful expression.

Because she had been staring at the Cat Teacher for so long, the Cat Teacher showed no intention of jumping on her.

"Meow, Cornelia, it's too cold outside, meow. I'll come here after I get past this floor!"

After saying that, Cat Teacher crawled back into Dekan's cotton-padded coat.

For a moment, Dekan had the urge to grab it and throw it over to Cornelia.

But I'm still too lazy to bother with it.

The main reason it's clinging to me so much right now must be because I generously spent 50 Demon Point on the third floor to rescue it.

When it finally realizes its true worth, things will get interesting.

"Okay, let's quickly do some makeup next."

Dekan took out a palette of paints and quickly turned the three unharmed individuals into battle-damaged ones.

Although he couldn't master Mie's disguise skills, having consulted Mie and being skilled in drawing, he could still manage to make the three of them look like they had just gone through a fierce battle.

They then found the bodies of the two Scout Team scouts.

However, Dekan and Morion each carried one of the two corpses back to the camp.

And so, they drew closer and closer to the camp.

While still some distance from the campsite.

At Dekan's instruction, Morion stacked the corpse he was holding onto Dekan's hands, and then Cornelia delivered several more stabs to Elaine.

Dekan looked at Elaine on the ground and said:

"Alright, Morion, go and pick up Elaine. Be as careful as if you were carrying a hero."

"Ah?"

Morion frowned, as if he was very resistant.

"Cornelia, dragging the Faceless Ignis, my hands are already full. This princely job is yours."

Dekan nudged Morion with his elbow and said.

"Tsk, prince? More like a gigolo. Don't think I don't know, you even planned to have me seduce Countess Lisilina last time."

Morion clicked his tongue, reluctantly untied the ropes binding Elaine's feet, and then picked her up.

Elaine was terrified.

Although she had never seen this young man with Pearwood hair make a move.

But she felt that even if she were in this state of being unable to move, she wouldn't have enough lives to survive in this guy's hands.

Holding him, I felt no sense of security whatsoever.

There was only an inexplicable fear.

She tried desperately to struggle, but her body was numb and she couldn't move.

"Alright, alright, how could we let you become a gigolo... Watch your expression, from now on we need to make our expressions more serious, like we're going to school or work."

Under Dekan's guidance, Morion and Cornelia quickly understood how they should return to camp.

Then.

The group finally returned to the camp.

First, it alerted the Temporary Guard Team stationed outside the camp.

The scene that startled everyone in the camp was immediately aroused.

"What... what is this?"

"What happened to Elaine?!"

No one in the camp could believe it.

This nightmarish Jailer is now nothing but a corpse!

Moreover, Elaine looked like she was on her deathbed.

She still possessed a tenacious will to live.

But even the camp's strongest mage, Ryan, had examined her.

Her injuries were beyond the healing magic to save.

Perhaps only an eighth-rank priest could save her life.

However, it's impossible to find an eighth-rank priest in this prison.

She's beyond saving.

Instead, the gray-haired girl and the Pearwood- haired youth that Cornelia brought back were no longer the focus of everyone's attention.

Everyone wore expressions of sorrow and despair, and a deathly silence fell over them.

It all happened so suddenly; they were like a group of helpless children who had been hit so hard they couldn't accept reality.

We can only watch as time slowly slips away.

Every second that passed in the camp felt like an invisible blade, tearing at their will and devouring them, leaving only endless darkness.

They felt no joy at the Jailer's death.

She simply stood beside Elaine, tears welling in her eyes.

"Cornelia, what's going on...?"

Finally, the mage Ryan shifted his gaze from Elaine and looked at Cornelia, asking her a question.

He looked ten years older in an instant.

"When we got to the bodies, we found two new companions. They had just arrived on this floor when they encountered the Jailer, but they weren't as lucky as me; no Scout Team pointed out the Jailer's characteristics to them..."

Cornelia lowered her head and murmured.

This was the acting method Dekan taught her; she wasn't very good at acting out expressions, so she just kept her head down and that was it.

"Then what?"

Despite his despair, the mage Ryan couldn't hide his eagerness as he asked.

If it were any other time...

Even when new prisoners are brought in, they encounter the Jailer.

There will definitely be Scout Team nearby who will point out the Jailer's characteristics to them.

But it just so happens to be today.

Two members of the Scout Team were poisoned.

"Then, in order to save them, my Elaine started leading me in a direct attack on the Jailer..."

Cornelia continued her story.

At this moment, Elaine lay on the ground listening to Cornelia's nonsense.

What kind of distortion of the facts have you all done?!

But she couldn't even lift her eyelids.

They could only listen to Cornelia's nonsense and ramblings.

"The four of you worked together to kill the Jailer?"

Ryan has basically figured out the situation.

Both of the new prisoners seem to be quite strong.

With Cornelia, they might actually have a chance to take down the Jailer.

"Because they are two rather special support characters, capable of controlling the Jailer and enhancing Elaine's combat power to the eighth tier, for some reason, Elaine is desperately trying to defeat the Jailer..."

Cornelia explained according to the story Dekan had told her beforehand.

After listening to Cornelia's words, the mage Ryan glanced at Elaine with a complicated expression, then closed his eyes in anguish.

"Why... why did it have to come to this...?"

The sorcerer Ryan murmured to himself in sorrow.

He certainly knew why Elaine was doing this.

Because if a traitor appears within this group.

The Scout Team was poisoned.

The survivors will then be plunged into a Terror killing game.

I'm afraid no one will survive.

Even Elaine, who seemed to be the most intelligent and strong, probably felt powerless.

But just when she was in despair, she saw an opportunity to fight to the death.

If the Jailer can be killed, the others can still be saved.

So they risked their lives.

He sacrificed himself to save everyone.

Because it was the only foolish way she could save everyone.

"Who exactly is it?"

Ryan asked in a low voice through gritted teeth.

Although he omitted the complete sentence, Cornelia knew he was asking, "Who is the traitor who poisoned the Scout Team?"

As one of only two people who know the truth, Ryan knows that Cornelia cannot be the murderer.

Cornelia's voice became even softer, showing no intention of hiding the truth from the others in the camp:

"The cause of death for the two members of the Scout Team was poison in their food. At the time, the only person who handled the distribution of the food was Sister Elaine... When I brought the barely alive Sister Elaine to her body, I finally determined the cause of their deaths. They were simply killed by the poisoned food... It was all just a joke played by the Demon Realm Prison."

After hearing this, Ryan stood there stunned, lost in thought.

He then staggered towards the two corpses as if he were going crazy and examined them.

Just Cornelia had predicted, the outcome was indeed as Cornelia had predicted.

If the murderer wasn't Elaine herself, then the only explanation is that the food was poisoned.

But it's clear that Elaine couldn't have been the one who poisoned him, sacrificing herself to defeat the Jailer.

"Then... Elaine didn't have to die... Were we all just played with by the Demon Realm Prison?"

"Um..."

Cornelia nodded.

"Elaine!! Why are you so stupid! These damned demons, are they so happy to toy with us like this?!"

Ryan's voice sounded exceptionally desolate.

He understood everything.

Elaine didn't have to die.

She was merely a victim!

Clearly, the Demon Realm Prison discovered they were living too comfortably.

So they secretly poisoned the food supplies, hoping to sow discord among them.

However, due to the significant information gap, they failed to notice it.

They were completely outmaneuvered by the Demon Realm Prison.

Only after Elaine was sacrificed did they realize it was a trap set by the Demon Realm Prison.

If they had found those two bodies sooner, Elaine wouldn't have been so foolish as to try and take the Jailer with her.

But everyone understands.

Elaine is such a kind and noble person; given the opportunity to have the two of them attacked by the Jailer, she would definitely do the same.

The survivors around them heard most of what was going on and roughly understood the situation.

Of all the people at this moment.

The three actors are De, Ke, and Mo.

The other survivors were genuinely deceived.

Only Elaine was completely bewildered.

She lay on the ground, completely bewildered by her situation.

What exactly are you guys trying to pull off?

The survivors were clearly Enrage by the "operations of the Demon Realm Prison," but like a flame without fuel, their anger was quickly extinguished.

As their last surge of intense emotion subsided, only endless despair remained in their eyes.

Even the mage Ryan collapsed to the ground as if he had lost his soul.

Now.

Even if the Jailer is gone, so what?

They only settled down for a short time.

There will be new Jailer and new deadly threats in the future.

They originally thought that as long as Elaine was there, they could survive with her.

But now, the Demon Realm can easily drive them to the brink of despair by simply tampering with their food rations and adding a little poison.

Elaine died in vain.

Without Elaine, they didn't know how to go on.

Elaine: "..."

She couldn't speak.

But she's no longer afraid.

Dekan was clearly just trying to scare her.

Anyway, she's dying soon, so she won't suffer any more torment.

She gradually came to understand Dekan's goal.

Dekan simply wanted to distance himself from Elaine's death and his actions.

They shouldn't take the blame for causing the deaths of survivors.

It's so hypocritical it's laughable.

The atmosphere in the camp was so oppressive it felt suffocating.

Although these survivors were still alive, they all had the expressions of people who were about to die.

The light has faded from their eyes.

Once again, they saw no hope of surviving.

Just when they were at a loss as to whether to continue living aimlessly or to take their own lives sooner.

"You bunch of useless trash!!"

"Dekan shouted."

"Um?"

Everyone stared blankly at Dekan.

Elaine suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

She thought Dekan was already ready to wrap up work.

What's this guy up to now??

"Elaine's death was meaningless! She deserved to die! She was a complete idiot!"

Dekan continued shouting.

"What do you know?! Shut up!"

This caused everyone else to glare at Dekan with hostility.

This is their final line.

"To save you bunch of good-for-nothings, she faced an eighth-rank Jailer and refused to back down, fighting to the very end until she was completely exhausted. Thinking about it now just makes me laugh! Just laugh..."

Dekan continued his tirade, his eyes filled with rage, but tears were already streaming uncontrollably down his cheeks.

"Did she sacrifice herself so that she could see you bunch of dead men so easily defeated by cowardice, and then commit suicide like a bunch of idiots?"

Dekan's appearance and his words clearly left the survivors speechless.

They could only grit their teeth and cry.

But it seemed as if fire had rekindled in their eyes.

The more they recalled Elaine, the more blurred their vision became.

They really are useless.

Without Elaine, they didn't even have the will to live.

"If you think her death was meaningless, if you think Elaine deserved to die and be your slave, then go ahead and wallow in despair, or just commit suicide right now! While she may still have her last breath and can hear your voices, tell her you're going to kill yourselves! Let her die with her eyes wide open in utter dismay!!"

Dekan felt it was almost time, and shouted angrily, simultaneously triggering [Three-Corpse Berserk].

"No! Absolutely not!"

"We must live, even if it means dying, we must struggle to the very last moment!"

"We can't let Elaine die in vain..."

Everyone clenched their fists, and voices rose and fell.

It was as if something hidden deep within them had been ignited.

The will to survive, which had previously vanished, is now burning like a raging fire in their hearts!

Far from being overwhelmed by the surging tide of despair, their grief stirred the passion deep within them.

"That's right, you must live on, you must live on with Elaine's beliefs! Only in this way will her death not have been meaningless!"

Dekan spoke like an orator, inspiring the crowd.

However, behind him...

Elaine, lying on the ground. "????"

She wanted to say so much, but she couldn't speak!

He can't even open his eyes!!

He himself, a dignified demon, was elevated to the status of a saint, a supremely virtuous person, by Dekan?

And have these people gone mad?

How could they really be so inclined to believe the "optimism" she used to deceive them and continue living?

Could it be that my death will not destroy this group of people?

On the contrary, it actually made these people successful?

This is the only thing I absolutely must not do!!!

This is the greatest insult to her!!!

"Elaine, go in peace as a saint. Your death will not only fail to destroy their faith, but will also make their hearts unbreakable..."

Dekan whispered gently beside Elaine.

Although Dekan seemed to be praying sincerely.

But Elaine knew.

Dekan said this on purpose for her to hear!

Regardless of Dekan's actions.

These are still the words of that foolish human group, now brimming with vitality.

It's all so disgusting, absolutely disgusting!

Elaine's mind was screaming wildly.

She wanted to control her body, even if it was just to make a sound!

Even with all my strength, it seemed I could only lift my fingers up a tiny bit.

She was doomed.

But she didn't want these people to live on forever remembering her because of her death!

Disgusting! Disgusting!!!

She wants to tell these people the truth!

Shatter their hearts!!

But now.

She can't move.

Ironically, judging from their words, they had completely buried her in their hearts and transformed her into strength.

"Elaine, don't worry, I will never be lost again. I will uphold your beliefs and lead everyone to survive!"

The mage Ryan's voice also became exceptionally firm.

He has successfully transformed his grief and anger into strength.

As long as Elaine is in his heart, he will not be confused.

"Waaah, Elaine..."

Elaine could still hear the group of people crying for her from time to time.

She desperately wanted to self-destruct and take these people down with her.

But she simply couldn't do it.

She could only let this group express their sincere gratitude to her and venerate her as a saint.

Then I felt my life slipping away little by little.

She never imagined she would die like this.

It makes me feel like a sacrifice.

Not only did they fail to manipulate the hearts of these humans, but they also failed to win their favor.

It actually benefited them!

This makes both himself and his previous meticulous planning seem like a joke.

I do not want to die as a saint!!

Such a tragic and ironic death!

I will die with my eyes open in disgrace!!!

No matter how much Elaine roared in her heart, she couldn't feel anything in her body.

They couldn't express any emotion.

Dekan smiled with satisfaction, seemingly feeling that it was about time, and then said softly, as if bidding farewell to an old friend:

"Elaine, your deeds will be known to mankind, and even to demons. Your death was not in vain. Everyone you saved will forever remember your good deeds. Rest in peace as a human being with pride."

Elaine: "!!!"

These words finally broke down Elaine's last psychological defenses.

This caused her little finger, which she had been raising with all her might, to fall to the ground again.

Although everyone was still crying, they all forced themselves not to let their tears fall and stared at Elaine.

Dekan watched this touching scene and wiped away his tears with relief.

However, very soon...

He seemed to want to avoid being seen crying, so he quickly turned away.

At that moment, only Morion and Cornelia clearly saw Dekan's expression.

He pretended to wipe away tears.

In reality, he couldn't control the smile on his face at all.

His trembling was simply from suppressing laughter.

Cat Teacher also peeked out from Dekan's collar to check on Dekan's condition.

Then, feeling somewhat frightened, she shrank back.

It had never seen human emotions of joy and sorrow expressed in this way.

That's terrifying.

Then, timidly, it only peeked out its eyes and looked at Elaine was lying on the ground, barely alive.

It knew that Elaine was not dead, but was in a state of suspended animation, completely unable to move.

She, a demon, still has to endure this group of people's gratitude for a while longer, like burning incense and praying to Buddha.

Every minute before her death must have been excruciating for her.

Cat Teacher didn't know how to evaluate it.

You say Dekan is a demon, right?

Even though he was full of lies, using the devil's manipulative methods to bewitch these prisoners.

But he truly saved the hearts of these people.

You say Dekan is an angel, but his gentleness is darker than darkness itself.