Chapter 66. Dekan Persuades with Virtue

“Don’t worry, don’t worry. How could I do something like not letting you actively surrender?”

I put my hands behind my back, bowed slightly, and looked at Frata with a smile.

This smile seemed particularly creepy in Frata’s eyes.

“I’m doing this for your own good, to save you.”

“If you had rashly left Phantom Canyon just now, you might have really died.”

“Remember the spell card I used at the beginning of the battle?”

As I spoke, I took out a spell card.

I showed it to Frata.

This was the very spell card that Frata couldn't successfully appraise at that time, 【???】.

“Quickly appraise the effect of this card.”

The moment my voice fell, an orange ripple also appeared on the surface of the card, making Frata’s heart pound wildly.

【Pain Spreader】

【Category: Spell Card】

【Grade: Orange Epic】

【Rank: 3】

【Effect: Inflicts the “Pain Spreader” status on the enemy, which cannot be purified. The enemy will not feel any pain before the status is removed. When this status is removed, all pain generated during the duration of the status will erupt in an instant.】

【Remark: Old hag! I bet you can’t see this card!】

“Wuwuwu!”

Frata’s eyes widened, and he shook his head frantically in terror, desperately trying to speak but unable to make a sound.

“I know what you’re thinking. You think you can avoid this fatal pain by maintaining 【Pain Shielding】. But have you seriously read the instruction manual for the Shadow World activator?”

“The moment you leave the artificial shadow world, all your statuses will be cleared.”

Including—Pain Spreader and Pain Shielding.

In other words, the moment Frata left the shadow world, he would have to endure this blow without the Pain Shielding status no matter what!

“I’m just saying, just a hypothetical. What if, later, there’s a Ruined Poet waiting for you outside?”

“Wuwuwu!” (Impossible!)

Although Frata couldn't speak, I could read the fear and struggle written all over his face.

“Who said I only have one Ruined Poet? Look at the one I’ve summoned now. Is it a little different from my previous one?”

I pointed to the Ruined Poet behind me.

Compared to its previous pitch-black attire, it now had some blue ghostly light.

“I’ve already given a Ruined Poet to Cloix. He’s standing outside with it summoned, waiting for you to come out.”

Outside the field.

Everyone looked at Cloix, who was sitting in the spectator stands.

Cloix: “???”

Being the focus of the entire audience all of a sudden, even the popcorn in Cornelia’s hands next to him was startled and fell.

Cloix was also completely bewildered.

At this moment, everyone understood.

I was bluffing Frata!

There was no second one at all!

I just used my Card Maker skills to give the Ruined Poet a new skin!

Inside Phantom Canyon, I slowly paced around Frata.

“Ho ho, let me test you. I’ve already inflicted a 60-times heartbreak attack on you when I summoned the Ruined Poet just now. So how many times the heartbreak attack will you receive when you leave the instance?”

“Wuwu!!!”

In Phantom Canyon, there was only 1/4 pain, so the actual effect of the 60-times pain I had just inflicted was 15 times.

But if this damage was recorded by 【Pain Spreader】, and then when Frata left the shadow world and triggered it, he would be affected by the Ruined Poet outside, which would be 150 times!

His heart might directly break!

Even if he was lucky enough to survive, he would probably have to spend the rest of his life in bed.

“Do you regret what you did to Cloix now?”

Frata was about to cry. He wanted to apologize to Cloix outside the screen, but he couldn't speak.

“Alright, don’t worry too much. I’m used to repaying grievances with virtue, so I won’t make things difficult for you.”

“The choice is now yours. Do you want to admit defeat?”

I asked with a light laugh.

Frata nodded vigorously.

I turned around and opened my arms to the sky, “Fellow students, Frata has admitted defeat. According to our bet, he can no longer trouble Cloix in the future.”

At this point, my words stopped, and then I turned back to look at Frata, smiling without saying a word.

“Wuwu!” (Quickly help me remove the Pain Spreader status!)

Frata’s expression had been taken over by anxiety mixed with fear.

“Huhu, when did I ever say I would help you remove it?”

I finally couldn't hold back the smile that was about to blossom on my face.

Like a prankster who had just pulled off a great prank.

Frata now finally understood my meaning!

If I left Phantom Canyon at this point.

Although the artificial shadow world would judge me to have lost, Frata had already admitted defeat to me in front of everyone!

Their bet had a clear result!

And regardless of whether Cloix outside really had a 【Ruined Poet】.

As long as I went out first and blocked the exit, summoning the 【Ruined Poet】, Frata would definitely take a 150-times heartbreak attack!

He had been deceived by me.

He had rashly agreed to my question of surrender.

Now he was truly in a dead end!

“Wuwuwu!” (No! You can’t do this! You’ll be expelled from school!)

“Huh? What are you talking about? I don’t understand. We signed a life-and-death waiver. What does the inherent risk of the artificial shadow world have to do with me?”

“Wuwu!”

“I’m leaving now! You can leave Phantom Canyon whenever you’re ready!”

“Wuwuwu!” (Don’t, don’t go, I beg you to let me go!)

“I, being kind, never intended to harm you in the first place, so what’s there to let you go from…”

Along with these words, my figure disappeared from Phantom Canyon.

Leaving only the desperate Frata lying on the ground, his eyes staring blankly ahead.

After one of the duelists left the field, the duel was considered over.

To give the duelists a buffer time, they would not be forcibly teleported out.

Duelists could choose to leave on their own after they were ready.

...

After leaving Phantom Canyon, I stretched my back.

As if I had just returned from a walk.

Coming out of the void gate, I immediately saw Cloix.

He ran up to me and said anxiously:

“Dekan, don’t be rash. Frata will really die!”

Although Cloix was not afraid of Frata’s family’s power, he was worried that I would get into endless trouble because of this.

“Don’t worry. What normal student would kill a classmate?”

I smiled and handed the 【Pain Spreader】 card to Cloix.

The orange halo on the card instantly disappeared, and it turned into a mediocre card with a faint blue light.

【Fake Card】

【Category: Equipment Card】

【Grade: Blue Precious】

【Rank: 3】

【Effect: Can be disguised as a magic card of third-rank epic quality or below.】

【Remark: Let me show you what real on-the-spot card printing is.】

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