Inside Dekanâs Shadow World.
Professor Arnold had rushed toward Dekan with his fastest speed.
He discovered that Dekan was not moving at all. He stood there with his hands behind his back and an indifferent expression on his face.
He gave off the air of an exceptional expert.
Arnold was a bit confused by this.
While it was true that Arnold had increased the difficulty for Dekanâs exam, he believed that it was still conforming to the rules of the exam.
As such, it was not a violation.
âWhereâs your weapon?â
Feeling slightly guilty, Arnold did not directly attack Dekan.
Dekan didnât answer. Instead, he raised the distinctive lolita doll in his right hand and waved it.
It seemed like he had no intention of forfeiting the match.
Professor Arnold started frowning.
Dekanâs attire and his attitude⦠Even though he had seen all sorts of unconventional fighters, he had never seen someone like him.
Thereâs countless aspects for him to ridicule. Yet, he was at a loss for words due to the enormous displeasure he felt.
Nevertheless, as he was an examiner now, it was unsuitable for him to delay the exam.
Since the examinee had such an attitude, the only thing he should do was to eliminate this examinee and send him out of the Shadow World as soon as possible.
Professor Arnold took a deep breath.
âIâm sorry but youâll have to choose a more suitable college to apply to next year.â
After saying that, Arnold raised the silver sword he held in his hand and slashed straight down.
A chilling aura of death immediately engulfed Dekan.
Under such a distance, it was impossible for him to dodge the incoming attack!
But, Dekan had no intention of dodging at all.
He was waiting for this moment!
He had been placing his left hand behind his back the entire time. In that hand was a magic card.
It was his trump card.
It was also the core component of his deck, the card that would bring forth his victory!
The moment Dekan poured his magic power into the card, an overflowing dazzling orange light engulfed him!
A ray of light suddenly shot forth and formed a golden totem in midair.
The magic card Dekan was holding in his left hand had disappeared and materialized itself.
Although it was not his first time summoning this card, Dekan was still able to sense the terrifying power emitted by the card.
Summoning complete!
What followed was a black mist overflowing with a strange aura.
The black mist rushed toward the surface. Like a tide, it spread all around and covered the ground completely.
The core of this black mist was right behind Dekan!
A man emitting an intense aura of the dead slowly emerged from the black mist.
He held in his hand a book that emitted a faint green light.
Sorrow filled his face. A mourning voice could soon be heard.
âThis boundless fog is my boundless griefâ¦â
â¦â¦
Cries of shock and alarm filled the spectatorsâ area! They were in an utter panic!
âThis special effect, could it be an Epic card?!â
âMy god! Is it really an Orange Epic?!â
âIsnât it too excessive to bring an Epic card to an entrance exam?!â
âWho is he? Some sort of wealthy young master coming here to experience life?â
Even when Orange Epic cards would appear, they would generally only appear when watching people of stature.
How could such an Orange Epic card appear in an entrance exam?!
Soon, the identity of Dekanâs Orange Epic card appeared on the broadcast screen.
[Ruined Poet]
[Category: Summoning Card]
[Rarity: Orange Epic]
[Tier: 1]
[Attack: 0]
[Life: 100]
[Effect: Affect the wisdom of all enemy creatures through magic poetry, increasing their sense of pain to 1000%]
[Note: âPain! Too painful!â]
â¦â¦
Professor Arnoldâs downward slash had arrived at Dekanâs chest!
Dekanâs timing was perfect. He summoned the Ruined Poet right when Professor Arnoldâs attack was about to reach him.
With the effect of his three cards, they would reflect a total of sixty times the sense of pain!
Even though the artificial Shadow Realmâs sense of pain was limited to only ¼, his opponent would still receive 15 times the sense of pain!
As the sword struck on Dekanâs chest, 15 times of pain was sent back to Professor Arnold.
Dekan was forced back several steps after receiving the strike. He fell to the ground and started rolling around several times in pain.
âDamn, this hurts so much!â
Holding his chest, Dekan stood back up.
The Crown of Suffering gave him momentarily invincibility and saved him from the fatal attack.
Nevertheless, he still received the pain of his chest and breastbone being slashed into two. Even now, he could still feel that pain.
As for Professor Arnoldâ¦
He was foaming from his mouth and lying unconscious on the groundâ¦
Soon after, Professor Arnold was declared to have lost consciousness and teleported out from the Shadow World.
âFuuu---â
Dekan heaved a sigh of relief.
Fortunately the examiner completely fainted and he didnât have to do anything more.
Not long after, he saw the message notification.
[Shadow World cleared. Total time: 57 seconds]
[Achieved special qualification of defeating the examiner. Received S grade evaluation.]
[Special clear. Bonus points with the remaining time: 29 minutes and 3 seconds.]
[Score is being calculatedâ¦]
[Score: 1.557x10^13]
[Final evaluation: SSS]
[Soon leaving the Shadow World. Examinee, please prepareâ¦]
Little did Dekan know, the people outside were in a complete chaos talking about what just happened.
âWhich lunatic created this unscrupulous card?!!â
âThereâs freaks in the Knight College this yearâ¦â
âNot only is there an examinee chasing after beating up the examiner, thereâs also this sort of extremely vicious deviant, itâs a dual joyous event for the Knight College.â
âHe didnât even bring the maximum amount of magic cards with himâ¦â
There was a limit to the amount of magic cards a personâs soul could bind to at once.
For a tier 2 individual like Dekan, the sum of the tiers for the cards he had bound his soul with cannot be more than 20.
For a tier 3 individual, the sum cannot be more than 30.
In other words, if Dekan was to carry only tier 2 cards with him, he could only bring with him 10 cards.
If he was to bring some tier 1 cards, he would be able to bring more than 10 cards.
The âcostâ of using lower tier cards was less.
That was the reason why some high quality low tier cards would still be used when oneâs tier reached high level.
As for Dekan, he used only three cards to clear the entrance exam.
The reason for that was because his main magic cards were all forbidden to be used in the exam because of the rules.
â¦â¦
Upon exiting the exam room, Dekan was able to see Professor Arnold being lifted away by the medical personnels.
He heaved a sigh of relief.
Fifteen times the pain shouldnât be enough to cause any lasting effects.
Fortunately the artificial Shaod Worldâs pain level was set to ¼. Else, Professor Arnold mightâve ascended.
âI kept a low profile, no one shouldâve discovered me, right?â
Dekan felt that since there were so many examinees taking the exam at the same time and that his exam only lasted for over a minute when adding on the preparation time, he should only be on the broadcast screen for a brief moment.
He believed that he would, at most, appear in one or two camera shots.
Humming a tune, he started to quickly walk toward the exit.
He discovered that Theresia was already waiting for him by the exit.
She was panting. It seemed like she ran over here.
She looked around in worry. After confirming that there was no one else paying attention over here, she grabbed Dekanâs hand and started running, dragging him.
âHey hey! Theresia, whatâs going on?â
Although Dekan was at a loss as to what was going on, he still followed Theresia and started running.
âIf you donât run now, youâll be surrounded like a rare animal,â explained Theresia.
âWhat happened?â
âDo you remember what happened earlier? You took over the entire broadcast!â
âEh? Such a thing happened?â
âThatâs right!â
The moment the plain field and Professor Arnold as the examiner appeared, the broadcast started paying attention to Dekan.
Dekanâs following performance completely surpassed everyoneâs expectations.
Dekan started thinking about it. If his battle against Professor Dekan was seen by everyoneâ¦
âAhhh, so annoying!â
Dekan shouted all of a sudden. Theresia was shocked.
âWhat happened?â
âIf I knew the entire world was focused on me, Iâd take this opportunity to advertise myself! I missed out on this!â
â......â
âTheresia, whatâs wrong? Why are you quiet?â
âLetâs discuss what to eat for tonight. As a celebration of you passing the exam, itâs my treat!â
Theresia smiled helplessly.