Dekan firmly believed in his upright and proper demeanor.
Three dolls, slightly different in appearance, were happily bouncing around.
The dolls on the left and right had small square badges hanging on their shoulders with a single stripe.
The doll in the middle, however, had two stripes pinned on its shoulder.
Apparently, it was a meaningless symbol of rank.
If a spinning light ball were installed in the cabin, it would surely make anyone think they were at a rave.
As a member of the Resurrection Cult assigned specifically to Dekan, the suited man was well-acquainted with what these dolls represented.
It was none other than one of Dekan’s commonly used cards: Captain De’Erkan.
Although its basic mocking effect was weak, its duration of mockery increased based on the enemy’s hatred towards Dekan.
It also induced a state of confusion.
The suited man understood all these principles.
At first glance through Dekan’s Shadow World operation records, the suited man had only felt that the doll’s expression was infuriating.
He was certain that his resolute mentality wouldn’t be swayed by this doll.
However, reality struck differently when the suited man was filled with hatred for Dekan and was selected as the target of Captain De’Erkan’s mockery.
He felt a sudden blankness in his mind.
Nothing but overwhelming anger and sheer killing intent filled him!
He was willing to give up everything to tear the doll that resembled Dekan into pieces!
The suited man’s eyes were bloodshot as he moved without hesitation towards the direction of Captain De’Erkan.
For a moment, he entirely forgot that he needed to keep the knife at his neck to threaten the Knight Commander.
At a further distance, the Knight Commander tightened his grip on his sword.
But he glanced back at Alice and, after a fleeting hesitation, chose the more cautious option.
He could not leave Alice unprotected.
He was uncertain if the summoned creatures sent by Dekan could restrain the suited man for enough time.
Moreover, Dekan and the Knight Commander lacked tactical communication.
Rash actions could interfere with Dekan’s plans, potentially leading to even worse situations.
The worst scenario would involve accidentally trapping the suited man in a corner, prompting him to commit suicide and trigger an explosion.
That way, the Knight Commander would not have had time to protect Alice.
Still, given Dekan’s choice to act without any communication, it implied that there was a complete strategy.
The Knight Commander decided to trust Dekan.
Mia had also once considered whether she should poison the suited man to assist Dekan.
After all, Dekan’s true form was still in the cockpit and wouldn’t arrive at the cabin any time soon.
Without his true form’s presence, totally controlling the suited man who was shielded from pain was challenging.
She hadn’t quite grasped what Dekan was planning.
But as she distantly observed the three dolls, she frowned.
She felt that there was something slightly different about the “Captain De’Erkan” in the middle.
Earlier, Mia had once asked Dekan for a Captain De’Erkan card for her collection.
Thus, she was quite familiar with the card.
There should only be one stripe on its shoulder…
Mia carefully identified the doll with two stripes on its shoulder.
【De’Erkan Lieutenant】
【Category: Summon Card】
【Rarity: Blue Rare】
【Level: 2】
【Effect: Inflict an “Enrage” condition on the opponent, which raises their attack power but lowers their sanity. The deeper the opponent’s hatred for Dekan, the stronger the effect.】
【Note: De’Erkan, go meet your doom!】
Mia quickly realized: this was a different version of De’Erkan.
This card was clearly weaker compared to Captain De’Erkan as a standalone card.
It lacked the crucial taunt effect, and if used rashly to enrage the opponent, it might even lead to instant death.
But it worked well in combination with Captain De’Erkan.
The three mini De’Erkans mixed together; under the state of extreme agitation, there was no way the enemy could distinguish between them.
Moreover, the suited man was confident in his knowledge of intelligence.
He had presumed that all these mini De’Erkans were [Captain De’Erkans].
He was completely clueless that among them was one capable of inflicting the “Enrage” status.
This left the suited man unaware of why his anger had escalated so much.
He only believed that he was under a confusion status, and that he was truly infuriated.
In fact, his state of mind had broken; his cognitive abilities and sanity had significantly decreased.
…
At the same time in the cockpit,
“Well, it’s about time; let’s send ‘Mr. Suit’ off.”
Dekan lounged with his feet up on the control panel, his hands clasped behind his head, leaning against the backrest of the co-pilot chair.
It was clear he was treating this place as his personal seat.
There was absolutely no intention of going back to the cabin.
With this seat and the spectacular view, wasn’t this far more comfortable than the first-class cabin?
For the first time, Dekan somewhat understood the joy of hijackers.
The reason Dekan was here was straightforward.
That morning, he had replaced himself with a double.
This [Double] was borrowed from Chloix—Dekan couldn’t afford a purple-rarity, third-tier card.
Additionally, the [Double] wasn’t a card necessary for everyone on the team.
Just one person having it would suffice.
That morning before leaving his dorm, Dekan himself had transformed into a Spirit Cat and concealed himself in the luggage.
The cat-like Dekan was stored in the luggage compartment while being operated by the double during the boarding.
Thus, Dekan hid in the luggage compartment, controlling the double.
Later, during the turbulence and hijacking, Dekan sped furtively from the luggage compartment to the cockpit, taking the two hijackers by surprise.
These two hijackers had never anticipated Dekan’s arrival and did not waste their magical power to maintain their pain shielding.
Dekan, with ample preparation, concealed himself and hypnotized himself beforehand. Appearing suddenly, he unleashed a 60x heart pain assault taking out one hijacker.
He then immediately used the [Ruined Bard], which increased the pain intensity tenfold, combined with the [Purification of Blood] to torment the other and left him unconscious.
Usually, humans could not use [Purification of Blood] to achieve the effect of boiling human blood.
The [Purification of Blood] required an “alien species identification” condition to purify the enemy’s blood.
However, when Dekan assumed his Spirit Cat form, the alien species identification was met!
The purification became a very convenient instant, lock-on damage spell with no attack trajectory for Dekan.
Regrettably,
By the time Dekan reached the cockpit, only two hijackers and the pilot remained.
All the other crew members had been discarded from the flying ship as useless by the hijackers.
Dekan had no chance to rescue them.
All he could do was avenge them.
“Do not worry, you’re safe now.”
Dekan put down the microphone, smiling as he patted the pilot’s shoulder.
He hoped to give the pilot some reassurance.
“Uh…okay…”
Despite his efforts to control the ship, the pilot’s body continued to tremble uncontrollably.
He knew his crisis had mostly passed, and he had been rescued.
Yet, this rescuer felt worse than the hijackers themselves.
Who knew if this was some form of betrayal!
Perhaps the real disaster was just beginning!
The pilot could hardly imagine surviving to return to the ground.
His biggest wish now was to sip some wine before death…
Seeing the pilot’s reaction, Dekan shook his head regretfully.
Why didn’t the pilot feel any sense of security?
Dekan believed his appearance should have been a miraculous hero’s entrance…
…
[Volume Three Illustration]
The illustrations for Volume Three are here early. The scene corresponds to the beginning image of this book in the Shadow World~
(Something seems to be spoiled a little…)
Well, this pair is definitely not dressed up to do anything good (fraudulently impersonating others).
Hopefully, the pictures don’t get deleted.
Due to hedgehog cat’s upload restrictions, the original picture cannot be displayed, only a low-resolution one can be shown, the 7M image was compressed to 450KB, which is quite painful.
The ultra-high-definition original is in the group 948957812.
If the images are deleted, I’ll have to upload them again. You might need to refresh this chapter to see them.
Forgive me, I need to take a break today… after sitting for four hours each day for two consecutive days, it’s truly challenging…
Of course, using illustrations as an excuse can probably be done only once or twice.
Kind of hard to keep this up…
Adding a few slightly clearer individual images~
