Dekan's Angel Debt Collection Business

In the Croix family's drawing room.

"Buck ya ge er!"

As Dekan struck, the Void Gate Void Gate, which seemed to transform into a mirror-like surface, remained motionless for a long time.

The Void Gate seemed to be stuck.

It couldn't disappear smoothly, and it didn't want to reward Dekan.

The energy contained within a Shadow World can transform into either calamity or miraculous power, and what determines all of this is the challenger's performance in interpreting that Shadow World.

The problem now is that the ninth-tier Shadow World has been cleared, but the original challenger has also disappeared.

Therefore, the reward should also be distributed to this Void Gate.

So it instinctively wanted to devour Dekan's reward!

But I couldn't process it all at once, so I just left it here.

"I just finished playing through the New Shadow World!"

Dekan kicked the Void Gate twice more in a fit of rage, but still couldn't open the void vortex that seemed to have solidified into a physical form.

He knew that the Void Gate was devouring his reward!

However, the rewards of a ninth-tier Shadow World cannot be analyzed by a single Void Gate in a short time, so it may take a long time before it begins to digest them.

According to the rules, Void Gate's actions were both within the rules and somewhat unfair to the challengers.

But since it's not against the rules, it will pretend it knows nothing, stay here and play dead until it digests the reward and then leaves!

"Fine, you think I'm disgusting?"

Dekan pointed at the Void Gate and sneered.

This was the first time he had ever seen something like this dare to mess with him.

Then don't blame him for being inhuman.

One of the rules of the Void Gate is that all who come are welcome.

Dekan and Croix were unable to enter the Void Gate because no suitable high-level Shadow World had descended into the mortal realm, and their goal was not to challenge the Shadow World, but merely to offer the reward.

However, the other challengers are a different story!

There are many low-level Shadow World out there!

The temporary Void Gate needs to remain in its original state and continue to operate normally!

As long as a challenger needs to enter the Shadow World, it must send them in, and it must remain there until the challenge is completed!

However, these temporary Void Gate usually appear in rather tricky locations.

For example, the temporary Void Gate that allowed Morion and Clay to enter the Demon Realm Prison Shadow World was located in the middle of nowhere, while the temporary Void Gate that sent Dekan to the Demon Realm Hospital Shadow World was directly located in the Devil King Tomb.

Therefore, it is rarely found by others.

And this temporary Void Gate is located right in Croix's private mansion.

Therefore, during the Dekan Challenge, no other challenger was likely to use it.

Logically speaking, since King Norton Royal Capital a large Void Gate, no one would be crazy enough to try and break into Croix's mansion to enter the Shadow World.

That opened up a new avenue for thought.

Dekan grinned maliciously and patted the Void Gate:

"Tomorrow, I'll notify all combatants from nearby kingdoms who want to challenge the Shadow World to enter through your place. Let's see if you can devour my ninth-tier reward first, or if you'll get ruined first."

[?!]

There is also a limit to the number of times Void Gate can be used.

For example, the largest Void Gate in the Havenlit Academy also limits the number of people who can pass through each day.

Otherwise, the Void Gate may become overloaded and operate sluggishly!

After explaining his plans, Dekan continued muttering and calculating on his fingers.

"Getting a thousand people into your place every day is no problem... If that's not enough, I'll just organize a big event and bring in challengers from the Kingdom Association and the Empire, making you the first Void Gate in the world to have ten thousand people trying to break through it in a single day."

The Void Gate: [??!]

You're a beast!

How could such a small Void Gate be attacked by a line of people like that?!

It will definitely break!!!

Finally, as if it were frightened, it quickly spat out a card!

It then immediately began to disappear.

Dekan took the card, which shone with a dazzling red light, and put it in his pocket without even looking at it.

Because there is a more urgent matter to be done right now.

"Wait, you stop right there."

Just as the Void Gate began to fade, Dekan's voice rang out.

Although he never actually went to collect debts, people often said that he had a real talent for debt collection.

They even suggested he open a branch company with a name like "Angel Finance".

Dekan always refused, because he never believed that anyone would default on his payments.

And he really hopes that one day he will meet a benefactor who is willing to help him with his debts.

Now.

Dekan's thinking was very clear.

The problem he encountered was--

The concepts of voluntary return and passive collection are different.

It's no longer a matter of simply repaying the principal.

[??]

The Void Gate had already sensed something was wrong, and now it realized how foolish its impulsiveness had been.

I won't even go into how terrifying humans would be if they could clear a ninth-tier Shadow World.

This guy can even mess up the entry and exit mechanisms of the Shadow World; he's definitely not normal!

The only option is to disappear and escape faster!!

However.

"I've memorized your scent. If you dare to run away without listening to me, I'll send people to find you no matter where you are in the world, and I won't communicate with you at all then."

Dekan was in no hurry at all.

He even went to the back and relaxed on the sofa, looking up at the Void Gate with a mocking expression like a spoiled brat.

Meanwhile, Croix, who was standing to the side, also knew what she was doing and took out a recording magic device and a communication magic card, and began to record all the characteristics related to this Void Gate and the clubs that she would be notifying.

Void Gate: [??!!!]

Its fading appearance seemed to tremble, then solidified again...

It knew the problem was serious.

Did they somehow mess with some kind of evil force?!

Judging from their professionalism, not a single action was superfluous, and eleven out of ten sentences they uttered were threats!

"Very good,"

Seeing that the Void Gate had calmed down, Dekan continued.

"It seems you have already repented, and I gladly accept your sincere apology and compensation."

The Void Gate: [?!]

Compensate??

"If you don't agree, I'll make you suffer. Even after I die, I'll make sure my descendants continue to torment you, generation after generation, without end. Wherever you appear, millions of people will come to torture you."

Dekan's words were calm but also firm.

It was as if he was certain that as long as he said those words, he would achieve them, even at a loss or at any cost.

[...]

The Void Gate remained silent for a long time, seemingly extremely helpless and aggrieved.

While it may be suspected of trying to steal the Dekan reward, does it warrant this level of targeting?

Any other Void Gate would have made the same choice...

"Aren't you wondering why I'm targeting you to this extent? Other Void Gate do the same thing, and if I really wanted to blackmail you, I could have chosen another Void Gate."

[...]

You knew perfectly well why you did it?

The Void Gate wanted to vent its resentment, but dared not; it was mostly filled with fear.

So Dekan, adopting an attitude of trying to win people over with virtue and wanting to teach the Void Gate a lesson so that it would be convinced, began to speak to it:

"It's a very simple principle. If I were a teacher, and I walked into the classroom during evening self-study and found the whole classroom noisy, with many students not studying but playing around, they would instantly pretend to be studying when they saw me open the door."

"It's impossible for me to remember every student who broke the rules, and it's not realistic to single out everyone for punishment. So what should I do?"

Dekan stood up and paced around the reception room like the Dean, before posing this question.

When faced with this problem during evening self-study, most teachers would fly into a rage and become impotently furious, or simply reprimand the entire class, at most resorting to some superficial collective punishments that don't address the root cause, only to have the students repeat the same mistake next time.

But Dekan is no ordinary person.

He wants to discuss it on a case-by-case basis.

If it were summer, and Dekan was in a good mood, he might just turn off the classroom air conditioner and turn on the heating instead.

But even if it's not summer, Dekan isn't in a good mood.

Then Dekan wouldn't be so lenient.

Dekan stopped in his tracks, standing to the side of the Void Gate, and lowered his voice as if giving a lecture:

"The answer is to catch the student who broke the rules the moment I walked into the classroom and punish them severely."

"And they blamed all the chaos in the class on him alone, giving him dozens of times the punishment."

"He clearly didn't deserve this crime, but so what? He was just unlucky that I saw it, that's all. As long as he's not innocent, that's enough."

As soon as Dekan finished speaking, the Void Gate began to tremble violently.

It finally realized what it had messed with.

Meanwhile, Croix was standing to the side, listened to Dekan's words and thoughtfully rested his chin on his hand.

It seems certain that this could be applied to his teaching at the Havenlit Academy.

Upon seeing the Void Gate, he was so terrified he looked like he was about to shatter.

Dekan felt that it should have already accepted the situation, so he said to it again:

"Void Gate, you wouldn't want millions of people to pass through it so easily, would you?"

The Void Gate was still trembling unstablely.

"But this is the punishment you deserve. What can we do? If we don't punish you, what if other Void Gate do the same thing? Wouldn't that create even more victimized challengers in the world?"

Dekan's eyes became bright and clear, and his voice became firm and powerful.

Just as he wasn't acting for himself at all, but selflessly for the well-being of the world's challengers!

"Someone like me, who has the ability to stand up, cannot sit idly by and discourage challengers from all over the world!"

Dekan finished expressing his blackmail intentions in a righteous and stern manner.

If the Void Gate could speak, it would probably be cursing Dekan already.

But after calming down and thinking about it, I realized I didn't dare at all.

Because it is convinced that this human is the type to do what they say, no matter how outrageous their plans may be.

Finally, as if using all its strength, it displayed a piece of text on the blue-black vortex mirror surface:

What will it take for you to let me go?

Even so, this proactive communication with humans is a serious violation of the rules.

But for it now, the seriousness of the problem is no longer whether the rules are rules or not.

"Oh my, you've finally agreed to communicate with me. It seems you like me quite a bit. I knew my strategy was working!"

Dekan said happily, sounding just like a player who successfully made a girl in a visual novel confess her love to him.

[???]

It always felt that its understanding of humans might be flawed.

"I always believe in repaying evil with kindness. If you can become our friend, we naturally won't make things difficult for our friend."

Dekan concisely and politely expressed his intentions.

[...]

The Void Gate naturally understood Dekan's slang.

It has now been forced to break the rules by this human...

If it continues, it will either be completely erased by the rules, or it will become increasingly entangled in its communication with this human!

But will the latter be a glimmer of hope, or a bottomless abyss...?

"To be honest, I'm missing a really cool pet. If you're willing to become my pet, I might be willing to feed you some natural Magic Card produced in the Shadow World. You should really like eating those, right?"

Seeing the Void Gate's hesitation, Dekan finally laid his cards on the table.

Whenever Dekan thinks of the Little Flower from his past life, he feels that he should find an equally cool pet in this life.

Unfortunately, even if the Ruin Dragon existed in the mortal world, there wouldn't be a suitable environment to properly care for it.

Then let's catch a Void Gate instead.

No one else has this.

[?!]

The Void Gate was both angry and terrified.

On one hand, I felt insulted and wondered if this human had gone mad; on the other hand, I was amazed that such a good thing could happen.

"With my financial resources, feeding you three or four level 8 natural purple cards every month is no problem. If you perform well, I can even buy epic cards to feed you!"

[?!]

Indeed, anyone who can defeat a ninth-tier Shadow World will never be poor in the real world.

Moreover... once it has tasted the flavor of natural Magic Card, it will never forget it.

Now there's actually a chance to reliably get cards?!

Isn't this better than continuing to work a normal job?!

Accepting bribes from humans is unprecedented for any Void Gate.

But now it seems there's no going back...

"Deduct 1 to receive a natural epic card".

Ultimately, the Void Gate struggled repeatedly.

It made a choice:

[1]

Dekan smiled with satisfaction, just like a trainer who had acquired his desired Pokémon.

"Very good, you are a clever Pokémon, making the judgment a good child should have."

After saying that, he didn't forget to add a sentence.

"I told you you don't need Poké Balls to catch Pokémon!"