There’s Absolutely No Problem With The Magic Cards I Made! - Chapter 22 - Dekan’s Military Training for Demons

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Task Objective -> Mission

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“Not bad, Baron Bacher, you’re finally honest for once.” Dekan clapped his hands and praised.

He really can read minds! Any lie was meaningless in front of him, because he was able to discern his true thoughts.

“Okay, now, your attack earlier frightened me and inflicted irreversible emotional damage on my fragile psyche. Do you admit it?” Dekan continued to inquire.

Baron Bacher didn’t hesitate much, and once again, he deluded himself, answering, “I… I admit it.”

He speculated that Dekan was testing his loyalty and wanted to use lie-detection magic to educate him in various ways. Even if Dekan’s words were absurd, he had to cooperate.

Dekan asked again, “Next, when Cornelia tried to rescue me, your benevolent heart led you to spare me, and thus, she successfully rescued me, right?”

Baron Bacher replied, “Yes, yes.”

[Mission 2: Rescue at least three humans. The current progress 1/3]

Dekan’s smile grew brighter, “Finally, you suddenly forgot that I’m human, right?”

Baron Bacher replied, “Yes, yes!”

[Mission 3: No more than 3 imposters have been recognised. Current number of imposters is 6/6]

The mission interface changed as Dekan had anticipated.

“Very well, Baron Bacher, you are now an honest demon, and it seems you have finally opened your heart to me,” Dekan didn’t beat around the bush and commended Baron Bacher.

Baron Bacher trembled and didn’t know how to respond to Dekan’s words. To be honest, even though his fear of Dekan overwhelmed all other emotions at the moment, the phrase ‘opened your heart’ was still too much.

But he dared not refute it and could only continue to delude himself, “I’ve opened my heart, I’ve opened my heart.”

“Young people really are great at being taught!” Dekan clapped his hands and stomped his foot, standing up from his chair. He had finally succeeded. He felt very happy and continued to instruct Baron Bacher, “Okay, now I need you to work a little harder. Do you remember our previous conversation and your inner thoughts clearly?”

“Ah?” Baron Bacher froze.

Dekan frowned slightly, “You forgot? Do you need a reminder?”

Baron Bacher’s body shivered instinctively, “I remember, I remember!”

“Good! Baron Bacher, repeat your inner thoughts and our conversation from earlier one hundred times, and shout them out loud!” Dekan ordered seriously.

Baron Bacher complied, shouting repeatedly, “You’re human! I tortured you! You were rescued! I forgot you were human! I’ve opened my heart to you!”

[Mission 3: No more than 3 imposters have been recognised. Current number of imposters is 5/6]

[Mission 2: Rescue at least three humans. The current progress 2/3]

[Mission 3:  No more than 3 imposters have been recognised. Current number of imposters is 6/6]

[…]

Meanwhile, challengers who were exploring other classrooms in different parts of the school noticed the strange changes in their mission list. Among them were veterans who had explored the Shadow World many times.

Based on their experience, Mission 1 (Increase exploration) was considered a larger but less challenging “regular mission,” while Mission 2 (Rescue three humans) should only be achievable by clearing the elite or boss rooms.

In the classrooms they had entered so far, they hadn’t found any signs of humans.

Humans to be rescued were most likely in higher-difficulty elite or boss rooms. During their exploration, they would need to gradually gather clues to find the boss room and its weaknesses.

However, how could this mission be completed already?

They even noticed that Mission 2’s indicator kept steadily increasing at an alarming rate, eventually reaching the bizarre status of [Mission 2: Rescue at least three humans. The current progress 101/3] before stopping!

As for the “restrictive mission” Mission 3, it kept fluctuating between “Current number of imposters is 5/6” and “Current number of imposters is 6/6.”

This Shadow World… What’s wrong with it, is it broken? They were thrilled but also concerned. They had never seen or heard of such a situation before. They hoped that nothing terrifying would happen next.

…

In the viewing hall of the Heavenlit Magic Academy, the atmosphere completely exploded.

Whether it’s the students or the teachers, they were all madly discussing Dekan’s outrageous operations. Many of them had twitching lips, and they had all just snapped out of their state of shock.

This is how you clear the fourth-tier Shadow World? 

They had never heard of such a memey approach to clearing levels. Even high-level veteran explorers who entered the fourth tier Shadow World wouldn’t achieve a progress of 101/3 on a high-difficulty mission within an hour!

“Does Dekan have a problem, or is it this Demon Academy that has a problem?” Some students couldn’t help but wonder.

“Is there a possibility… Dekan simply found the school that suits him best…”

…

In the Warrior Institute’s conference room, there was an eerie silence.

The crowd of professors, who had been watching Dekan and Cornelia’s battle earlier, had gradually transitioned from worry to relief, but their expressions were becoming increasingly strange.

Are these the new students this year?

Humans brainwashing demons? 

…

They even began to doubt Dekan, no, including Cornelia! Were those two demons from the beginning?!

“…Are we worrying about them too much?,” Professor Arnold pressed his temples and looked at the dean.

He had thought that he would no longer be surprised by Dekan’s behaviour, no matter how outrageous it was.

But now it seems that the lower limit of human beings cannot be taken as Deccan’s lower limit.

If they were to encounter a “PvP” type Shadow World in the future, he couldn’t even imagine what Dekan would do.

…

The dean remained silent as well. In his judgment, Dekan wasn’t that scary during the entrance exams.

But since Dekan met Cornelia, everything had changed.

The two least desirable and most unlikely people in the world met.

In many popular plots of “Boy Meets Girl,” it often involved healing and redemption, where the two characters healed and redeemed each other.

But Dekan and Cornelia’s meeting…

It was a matter of blocking each other’s way to humanity, and together they plunged into an endless abyss…