Chapter 102 - Dekan Firmly Believes In His Righteousness

Three slightly different dolls were happily jumping around.

The dolls on the left and right had small square plates pinned to their shoulders, marked with a stripe. The doll in the middle had two stripes on its shoulders.

It seemed to be a ranking symbol of some sort.

If the cabin were equipped with a revolving disco ball, one would definitely feel like the three dolls were dancing.

As a member of the Resurgence Church sent to target Dekan, the man in the suit was familiar with what these dolls were.

They were none other than one of Dekan's commonly used cards, Captain Durrkan.

Although its basic taunt effect was weak, it would increase the taunt duration based on the enemy's hatred towards Dekan and inflict a state of confusion.

The man in the suit understood these principles.

When he initially watched records of Dekan’s Shadow World raids, he only felt the doll had an annoying expression.

He was confident that his firm mind wouldn't be affected by the doll.

However, after he harbored intense hatred towards Dekan and was selected as the taunt target by Captain Durrkan, he felt his mind go blank.

Apart from boundless anger, there was only murderous intent in his mind!

He was willing to abandon everything and tear apart the damn dolls that looked exactly like Dekan!

With bloodshot eyes, the man in the suit rushed toward the Captain Durrkans.

For a moment, he forgot that he still had to threaten the knight commander by holding the small knife against his neck.

Meanwhile, at a distance…

The knight commander tightened his grip on his sword.

But he glanced back at Alice, hesitated for a very short moment, and ultimately chose a conservative strategy.

He couldn't leave Alice.

He wasn't sure if the summoning creatures sent by Dekan could control the man in the suit long enough.

Moreover, there was a lack of tactical communication between him and Dekan.

Acting rashly might conflict with Dekan's plan and disrupt it.

In the worst-case scenario, accidentally pushing the man in the suit into a dead end might lead to suicide and trigger a self-detructive explosion.

Should that happen, the knight commander wouldn’t be able to go back and protect Alice.

However, since Dekan chose to act without communication, he must have a proper plan.

The knight commander chose to trust Dekan.

Mielle originally considered whether she should poison the man in the suit to help Dekan.

After all, Dekan's actual body was still in the cockpit and wouldn't be able to reach the cabin for a while.

Without his actual body present, it would be challenging to completely control the man in the suit who had nullified all senses of pain.

She also hadn't figured out what Dekan was planning.

However, as she gazed at the three dolls in the distance, she frowned.

It seemed like the "Captain Durrkan" in the middle was a bit different...

Previously, she had asked Dekan for a Captain Durrkan to use as a plushie.

Thus, she was very familiar with the Captain Durrkan card.

There should only be one stripe on its shoulder...

Mielle identified the doll with two dashes on its shoulder.

[Deputy Commander-Captain Durrkan]

[Category: Summoning Card]

[Rarity: Blue Uncommon]

[Level: 2]

[Effect: Inflict the "enrage" state on the enemy, increasing their attack and decreasing rationality. The deeper the enemy's hatred towards Dekan, the stronger the effect.]

[Note: Captain Durrkan, go and sacrifice yourself!]

Soon, Mielle discovered that this was another type of Captain Durrkan!

Compared to Captain Durrkan, this card was much weaker when viewed individually.

It lacked the crucial taunt effect and might even lead to self-destruction if it enraged the enemy recklessly.

But it worked well when paired with Captain Durrkan.

With three chibi Captain Durrkans mixed together, the opponent, in a state of impatience, wouldn't bother distinguishing their differences.

Moreover, the man in the suit was very confident in his intelligence.

He basically assumed that all these chibi Dekans were the normal Captain Durrkan.

So, he completely failed to realize that one of them could inflict the "enrage" state. This led the man in the suit to not even understand why he was so enraged.

He thought he had been affected by confusion and was genuinely angry!

In reality, his mental state had already deteriorated; his ability to think and his rationality had significantly decreased.

...

At the same time, in the cockpit.

"Well, it's about time to send 'little suit' on the road."

Dekan's feet were propped up on the control panel, hands behind his head, and leaning against the back of the co-pilot's seat.

He obviously considered this place his own seat.

He had no intention of returning to the cabin.

This seat, this perspective, wasn't it much more comfortable than first class?

For a moment, Dekan somewhat understood the joy of hijackers.

As for why Dekan was here.

The reason was simple.

This morning, he had already transformed himself into a substitute puppet.

The [Substitute Puppet] card was also borrowed from Croix.

Tier 3 purple rare cards were too expensive and Dekan was reluctant to buy them.

Besides, [Substitute Puppet] wasn't a necessary card that each team member had to have. One person having it was enough.

When leaving the dormitory this morning, Dekan's real body transformed into an elven cat and hid in the luggage.

During boarding, Dekan Cat was stored in the luggage compartment by the substitute puppet.

So, Dekan hid in the luggage compartment, controlling the substitute puppet from afar.

Later, sensing the turbulence in the cabin and noticing the hijacking incident, Dekan swiftly ran from the luggage compartment to the cockpit in cat form.

He easily ambushed and sent off the two hijackers.

The two hijackers never expected Dekan to come at them and didn't waste mana to maintain the pain nullification.

With ample preparation time, Dekan, hiding in the shadows, hypnotized himself and used a 60 times pain heartache attack to deal with one hijacker the instant he appeared.

Then, he immediately summoned the [Ruined Poet] to enhance a 10 times pain sensitivity [Blood Purification] that tormentingly purified the blood of the second hijacker, rendering him unconscious.

Generally, humans couldn't use [Blood Purification] to cause blood evaporation on other humans.

Because the necessary condition for purifying the enemy's blood was ‘different race.’

However, when Dekan was in his elven cat form, he was successfully judged as a ‘different race’ by [Blood Purification.]

Purification, for Dekan, was a very convenient instant, no-attack trajectory and target-locked damage spell.

Unfortunately…

When Dekan arrived at the cockpit, there were only two hijackers and the pilot left.

Except for the pilot who needed to operate the ship, the other crew members had been deemed useless by the hijackers and were thrown out of the magic airship.

Dekan didn't have a chance to save them.

He could only avenge them.

"Don't be nervous; you're safe now."

Dekan put down the broadcast device, smiled, and patted the pilot's shoulder.

He hoped to make the pilot feel more at ease.

"Uhh... got it..."

Although the pilot was doing his best to control the airship, his body still couldn't stop trembling.

The pilot knew that his crisis had probably been resolved and someone had saved him.

But this guy who took down the hijackers seemed more dangerous than the hijackers!

Who knows if he's actually another villain?!

Perhaps the real disaster is only about to come!

The pilot didn't expect to return to the ground alive.

His biggest wish now was to have another drink before dying...

Seeing the pilot's reaction, Dekan shook his head regretfully.

Why did the pilot seem to have no sense of security at all?

Dekan felt that his actions were clearly a miraculous hero's entrance…