295 Dekan Does Not Want to Fast Forward to the Great Battle
“Sky-piercing Annihilation Battlefield?”
“How does he know? Is he just guessing?”
The audience, seeing this scene on the broadcast, all furrowed their brows, confused and asking each other.
They knew Dekan was likely to use his unique thinking process, asking a question that might somehow extract more intelligence.
But they didn’t expect Dekan to directly confirm his conclusion with the answer.
However, was this really just a random guess?
Such a reckless question could easily waste a valuable opportunity!
Dekan’s question clearly surprised Shien.
She didn’t expect Dekan to directly state the name of the Shadow World.
Nevertheless, though Shien looked surprised, there was a hint of amusement in her eyes as if she had anticipated this situation.
“Alright, then I will divine the answer to your question.”
She smiled faintly, yet at the corners of her eyes, there was a slight glimmer of satisfaction, as though she had finally waited for something.
Even though she couldn’t divine more information about the Tenth Level Shadow World,
After beginning to pay attention to Dekan, she had used divination on him and discovered an inexplicable connection between him and a Shadow World even she could not probe!
Since then, Shien had been closely observing Dekan’s every Shadow World challenge, becoming more convinced that Dekan was bound by some cosmic destiny.
Even the Empire Sword Saint Adair and the Holy Knight Commander Aljeer couldn’t help staring at Dekan.
If things were this specific,
Even using a ninth-rank card to divine a tenth rank question would probably yield a definitive answer—“yes” or “no.”
The question was,
Could Dekan really be correct?
Those who had crossed paths with Dekan felt that he wasn’t someone who would attempt something without being certain.
He seemed to truly know some secrets unknown to others!
Shien raised her palm, revealing a card glowing with a blazing orange-red light.
It was even closer to red than Dekan’s [Dekan’s Gospel], and as a ninth-rank magical card, the energy it contained made Dekan, who was a cardmaker, shudder in his hands.
Rather than looking away, Dekan seemed to prefer risking eye damage from the card’s brilliance for a closer examination.
Even though it had reached or surpassed the limits of magical cardmaking techniques, it still didn’t meet the standard of a red legendary.
What was the difference between that Crimson Luminescence Epic and a red legendary?
What more was needed to possibly create a red legendary?
Dekan was intensely curious about this.
Shien raised the ninth-rank Epic Divination Card and began to seek answers to Dekan’s question.
[Divination of Destiny]
[Category: Magic Card]
[Grade: Crimson Luminescence Epic]
[Class: 9]
[Effect: Perform a divination of the future, present, or past. The level of detail in the answer will depend on the impact the answer would have on the world. Cooldown time: 360 days.]
[Note: A unique ability magic derived from a long-lost god of another world]
The swirling halos of [Divination of Destiny] surrounded Shien’s hands, and her pupils had transformed into flawless white, like a divine being surrounded by stars flipping through the truth.
All the viewers, including Adair and Aljeer on the scene, became tense.
Because of Dekan’s previous question, the truth would soon come to light, whether it was divine or infernal.
They might be witnessing history.
…
However.
As Shien’s star divination spell was ongoing,
As if something was about to descend,
The entire sky suddenly became eerily dark, and an unnatural silence enveloped the earth.
The broadcast was entirely cut off.
At that very moment,
It felt to Dekan like he couldn’t even hear his own breath.
Raising his gaze towards the sky, he was on high alert.
At that moment, in the oppressive silence, a distant “rumble… rumble…” of thunder could be heard, accompanied by a fierce wind.
A deep purple crack appeared in the sky, and a terrifying magical energy spewed forth from it.
This fissure kept stretching and stretching until it reached the horizon.
It was as though a purple aurora borealis were trying to break through the sky, the source of this calamity revealed at the crack.
A floating door-like magical mechanism appeared, with a piece of violet meteorite embedded in it, constantly releasing terrifying electrical arcs.
It hovered directly over the Philovin Colosseum, continuously expanding the spatial rift.
While all the spectators were stunned by the celestial changes occurring in the Philovin capital,
Shien ceased her divination ritual.
The changes in the sky were not caused by her.
She knew the real crisis had arrived.
If she had forced the spell to continue any longer and it had been interrupted, she would have suffered severe backlash, rendering her unable to fight, and the spell would also have entered cooldown.
Interrupting the spell voluntarily would allow it to bypass cooldown.
The enemy seemed to be warning her not to continue the divination any further.
Shien attempted to attack the spatial gate the moment she ended her spell,
But the result was, this spatial gate magical device was as if it were hiding in the void, no attack could hit it.
“Crack… Crack…”
The sky seemed like glass being gradually shattered, that fissure slowly spreading out, soon occupying half the space.
The next moment, the entire sky above the capital seemed brighter, and faint rays of light could be seen shining through the crack and onto the ground.
Then, in the light, a figure stood, whose face couldn’t be clearly seen. Only his eyes were discernible, as if they had seen through all of the real world, radiating a brilliant yet daunting glow.
And within the depths of those eyes lay an endless coldness. This coldness did not come from lack of empathy, but rather from seeing through everything, and thus no longer needing any emotions.
Like gods don’t need emotions.
Behind him stood six mysterious shadows, waiting alongside him for the spatial gate to be fully completed.
Soon.
They would all arrive at the Philovin capital through this rift!
“Agamemnon… you’ve actually succeeded in obtaining the powers of space…”
Shien, gazing upwards at the figure in the sky, her expression turning increasingly solemn, murmured.
There was no doubt that this figure was the most dangerous individual in the Rebirth Church—the Pope.
Although the Rebirth Church referred to the Pope as “Agamemnon,” no one knew the true name of this enigmatic figure.
Behind him were the six Bishops who were supposed to be stationed in the northern kingdoms!
They had arrived together with the Pope via spatial magic, transcending vast distances!
The people of the Philovin capital looked up at the sky, their expressions shifting from panic to sheer terror.
The sky over the entire capital was like a mural depicting an apocalyptic epic, and the life of every commoner would soon become worthless as straw.
The calamity that had struck the Northern Kingdoms would now be recreated in the Norton Kingdom.
Finally, the people understood what the Rebirth Church intended.
Including the three bishops already present in the Norton Kingdom,
The Rebirth Church had gathered its full strength through a clever feint and unreasonable spatial magic, aiming to sweep through the Philovin capital!
Even with the presence of numerous eighth-rank powers and Shien,
It would be impossible to withstand the sudden attack by the Rebirth Church!
Unless a large number of eighth-rank powers from other kingdoms, or even ninth-rank powers, provided reinforcement, there would be little hope of surviving this disaster.
When the spatial magic completed,
The end of the Norton Kingdom would surely be near.
And,
Their target was unmistakable.
They had aimed at Shien at the awards ceremony!
The diviner, Shien, was undoubtedly the thorn in the side of the Rebirth Church and even could be considered the intelligence core of the Kingdom Union. She had continuously restrained the church’s activities in the present world.
If they could kill her, the Rebirth Church would be fully liberated in this world,
Then they would become true calamities.
In the mansion where the Norton Kingdom delegation was stationed, Chloix and the Ice Snow Princess Judith had already rushed towards the direction of the stadium where Shien was.
Other eighth-rank powers were also speeding to the stadium for reinforcements.
However, judging by the formation rate of the spatial gate in the sky, it would be hard to arrive in time.
Under the encirclement of the Pope and the bishops, Shien, and even Dekan and the others, wouldn’t stand a chance and would be easily crushed.
Cornelia and Mia took Flora and Alice, protecting them and evacuating them quickly from the Philovin capital.
In the air.
The Pope didn’t seem to pay attention to Shien but coldly stared at the [Divination of Destiny] in her hand.
“This is a domain you shouldn’t have touched.”
The sound of the Pope’s voice descended from above, like a deity condemning a person’s sins.
Initially, the purpose of this trip was merely to kill Shien, but unexpectedly, there was a bonus.
At other times, even if the movements of Shien could be detected, her true self could not be confirmed.
Only now, having Shien perform a ninth-rank epic magic spell personally ensured catching the real body of Shien!
“So, you feel uneasy?”
Hearing the Pope’s words, Shien was first taken aback, then smiled solemnly.
She knew that the domain unsuitable for humans referred to was the Tenth Level Shadow World!
This indirectly confirmed that her guess about it was accurate.
When Shien, who grasped part of the truth, and Dekan, truly met,
They would piece together intelligence that would threaten the “mysterious clans” possibly lurking behind the Pope!
“Initially, the purpose was just to eliminate the greatest threat, you. Now I realize, the Pain Bishop, you are the greatest threat.”
The Pope didn’t display anger at Shien’s provocation but instead shifted his gaze from Shien to Dekan.
Just from a direct gaze, even through the void, Dekan felt as if he were standing on a thin layer of ice, ready to plummet into the endless abyss below.
Dekan had faced ninth-rank powers before.
During the Shadow Realm of the Demon World Prison, the four of them had fought against the incomplete ninth-rank Warden.
Logically speaking, even against a ninth-rank, Dekan believed there were ways to deal with it.
However, the Pope, even being far away, exuded a pressure that made Dekan feel like every corner around him was filled with biting waves and chaotic currents rushing around in his consciousness!
Completely different from the Warden’s level!
Dekan finally understood why Shien had said the ninth-rank Pope wasn’t human.
Yet, Dekan also gave a small laugh.
Compared to the frightened expressions of Adair and Aljeer,
Dekan’s expression was more akin to Shien’s.
A mix of sorrow and helplessness.
As if they knew they were about to face a tough battle they had mentally prepared themselves for but still didn’t want to face.
You really opened your cheat, didn’t you, Pope?
If it weren’t for Mia’s offhand mention, even Dekan wouldn’t have paid attention to such a situation.
This circumstance was really the worst scenario.
Dekan had considered many ways the Rebirth Church could cause trouble,
But it turned out to be the least probable situation, the one most akin to magical realism.
In the sky, the spatial gate appeared to be almost complete, and soon the Pope and the bishops would successfully descend.
The Pope seemed puzzled by Dekan’s and Shien’s attitudes.
These two did not appear to have the expressions of those about to die.
As if they had a trick up their sleeves.
“Hey Blackie, didn’t expect we’d be taking on the Pope so soon.”
Dekan turned to Shien and spoke.
“Guess I really have a knack for opening my mouth, huh? Who knew the comment I made in passing would come true just a few days later, and here I am now fighting the Pope with you.”
Shien shook her head helplessly, her tone becoming slightly more like the regular reporter that she was.
Their conversation clearly shocked everyone else on the scene.
How had Dekan’s attitude towards Shien become so casual? And why wasn’t Shien angry?
What does ‘Blackie’ even mean?
Could these two possibly be familiar with each other?
Given how it seemed like both were serious now, and with the live broadcast cut off, it looked like they were more willing to let their natural personalities show.
Just as the spatial gate was about to fully open,
It started contracting rapidly, as if its energy source was cut off.
“Insufficient payment, eh, Pope?”
Dekan, seeing the space gate retreating, let out a sigh of relief.
Looks like this gamble paid off, barely.
It was such a close call; the space gate was almost complete.
Fortunately, the magical energy station stolen by the Rebirth Church from the northern kingdoms ran out of power.
In order to handle the situation of “the opposition using spatial tricks,” Dekan handed over the principles of the [Temptation of the Netherworld] barrier spell to Shien during their meeting!
They had almost no defensive measures against long-distance spatial magic.
The only related records were found in ancient texts.
With the limited but useful information available,
Shien, who held the central control authority of the Philovin Capital, also added a doubling mana consumption feature to the city defense barrier!
And she had activated it.
As a result, the spatial gate’s energy consumption skyrocketed.
The Pope whose imminent arrival to the Philovin capital made his expression turn grim.
“Shien…? Or you, Dekan? Did you guess or did someone betray information to you?”
The Pope stared at Shien and Dekan and snorted contemptuously,
“But don’t you underestimate me.”
As soon as his words finished, a black-hole-like tangible magical power surged from his body.
This was a terrifying level of magical and spiritual power that made everyone who could sense it involuntarily tremble,
As if it had already surpassed countless times the limits that a human could reach in their lifetime.
The Pope raised his hand and pressed it against the increasingly thick spatial barrier.
Instantly, the sky shattered with a mournful wail.
Using his monstrous power, the Pope filled the energy void of the space gate and forced himself to the world below!
