022 Dekan Begins Military Training with a Demon
“Good job, Baron Bachel, you’ve finally been honest once.”
Dekan clapped his hands in appreciation.
This reaffirmed to Baron Bachel that Dekan could read minds!
Any lies in his presence were meaningless.
He could discern genuine emotions!
“Alright, then your earlier assault scared me, leaving my fragile heart irreparably harmed. Thus, you subjected me to cruel torment, do you admit that?”
Dekan continued to inquire.
Baron Bachel didn’t hesitate much, once again aggressively deceiving himself, and replied: “I… I admit.”
He guessed Dekan was testing his loyalty, trying to adjust his education with lie-detection magic in different ways.
No matter how absurd Dekan’s words were, he had to go along with them.
Dekan asked again: “Next, Cornelia tried to rescue me. You, in your goodness, decided to let me go, thus allowing her to successfully rescue me. Do you agree?”
Baron Bachel: “Agreed, agreed.”
[Task Target 2: Rescue at least three humans, current progress 1/3]
Dekan’s smile grew even brighter: “Finally, you suddenly stopped remembering that I am human, correct?”
Baron Bachel: “Yes, yes!”
[Task Target 3: The number of imposters whose cover as humans is breached does not exceed three, current status 6/6 intact]
The task interface changed as Dekan had anticipated.
“Very good, Baron Bachel, you are now an honest demon, and it seems you have finally opened your heart to me.”
Dekan’s expression was very satisfied, and he wasn’t stingy in praising Baron Bachel.
Baron Bachel trembled, unsure how to respond to Dekan’s words.
To be honest, even if his fear of Dekan overpowered every other emotion right now.
The phrase “opened your heart” was still too much.
But he dared not object, only continuously hypnotizing himself: I have opened my heart, I have opened my heart.
Only after confirming that he had started to feel some admiration for Dekan did Baron Bachel dare to respond: “Yes, I have opened my heart to you.”
“You are teachable indeed!”
Dekan smacked his legs and stood up from his chair.
Success had finally been achieved.
He was cheerful and gave Baron Bachel further instructions: “Alright, then your next task will require some effort. Do you still remember our entire conversation and the journey of your thoughts in detail?”
“Ah?”
Baron Bachel was stunned.
Dekan frowned slightly: “Do you not remember? Shall I help you recall?”
Baron Bachel instinctively shuddered all over: “I remember, I remember!”
“Good! Baron Bachel, repeat your internal journey one hundred times, aloud!”
Dekan’s expression became serious as he commanded.
Baron Bachel: “Yes!”
Thus Baron Bachel started shouting repeatedly to Dekan: “You are human! I tortured you! You were saved! I forgot you are human! I have opened my heart to you!”
[Task Target 3: The number of imposters whose cover as humans is breached does not exceed three, current status 5/6 intact]
[Task Target 2: Rescue at least three humans, current progress 2/3]
[Task Target 3: The number of imposters whose cover as humans is breached does not exceed three, current status 6/6 intact]
[…]
…
At the same time, elsewhere where other Challengers were challenging different classrooms, they noticed unusual changes in the task status.
Among them were veterans who’d tackled the Shadow World multiple times.
Based on their experience, Task Target 1 (increase exploration degree) was a large task by volume, but one with rather dispersed difficulty, classified as a “regular task.”
As for Task Target 2 (rescue three humans), it should be a task achievable only by clearing Elite or Boss Rooms, categorized as a “high-difficulty task.”
Thus far, they had not found any humans in the classrooms they had entered.
The humans to be rescued were most likely only in the much more challenging Elite Rooms or Boss Rooms.
During the exploration, they also needed to gradually gather clues, find the clues for the Boss Room and the weaknesses of the Boss.
But…
How was this task already complete?!?
They even noticed Task Target 2’s progress starting to increase at a uniform rate!!
It eventually stopped at the bizarre [Task Target 2: Rescue at least three humans, current progress 101/3]!
As for Task Target 3, which was the “restriction task,” it kept toggling between “current status 5/6 intact” and “current status 6/6 intact.”
Was this Shadow World… buggy or defective?
They were delighted and astonished but also deeply uneasy inside.
They had never seen, nor heard about, a situation like this…
Hopefully, no terrifying things would happen next.
…
In the Hewenlit Academy’s viewing hall outside the field, the discussions had already set off explosions.
Both students and teachers were fiercely discussing Dekan’s outrageous maneuvers.
Many people were twitching at the corners of their mouths, having just recovered from their initial confusion.
Is this how one is supposed to play a fourth-stage Shadow World?
Never has it been heard of anyone tackling a higher-level Shadow World with such complete freedom!
Even a high-tier seasoned adventurer entering a fourth-stage Shadow World would not have achieved 101/3 progress on the hard tasks this early in the game!
“Is this Dekan’s problem, or maybe there’s something off with this Demon Academy…”
A student could not help but express such doubts.
“Could there be a possibility… Dekan has merely found the school that suits him the most…”
…
The meeting room of the Knight Academy was now as silent as the grave.
A group of professors had earlier been watching Dekan’s and Cornelia’s battles. Their initial concerns gradually gave way to reassurance, and then their expressions grew increasingly bizarre.
So these are this year’s freshmen?
What scenes have they not witnessed?
Humans brainwashing demons?
That’s something they’ve never seen…
They even began to doubt Dekan, no— including Cornelia!
Could these two possibly be demons from the start?!
“Are we… over-concerned about these two?”
Professor Arno massaged his temples, looking at the principal.
He thought that no matter how outrageous Dekan’s behavior, he wouldn’t be surprised anymore.
But it now seems that one can’t use the human’s lower limits to measure Dekan’s limits.
If in the future, they encounter a “Challenger Combat Type” Shadow World, he can’t even imagine what Dekan might do.
“…”
The principal also fell silent.
In the principal’s judgment, the Dekan seen during the entrance exam wasn’t this terrifying.
But ever since Dekan met Cornelia,
Everything changed.
The two individuals who probably shouldn’t and couldn’t meet in the world,
Meeting was often portrayed in many storylines as “boy meets girl,” where they cure each other and bring redemption to one another.
But the meeting between Dekan and Cornelia…
Was blocking each other’s way, and together stepping towards the abyss without end…
