Chapter 104. Dekan is Satisfied with the Welcoming Ceremony

“Leave the Ice Snow Princess to me when the time comes. You just need to fulfill your own missions with peace of mind.”

The leader put away the 【True Word Blood Pact】, her indifferent tone revealing absolute confidence.

She must succeed.

If she failed, even she would not escape the Bishop’s punishment.

And these elites would not escape death.

This operation was of incomparable significance to the Resurrection Church.

If they could use 【True Word Blood Pact】 to forcibly enslave a powerhouse.

The optimal choice was definitely to capture an 8th-rank Special-Grade Card Maker to maximize the benefit of this card’s one-time effect.

An 8th-rank combat class was already a top-tier combat power in the world today.

Even so, the benefit of enslaving an 8th-rank combat class was far less than that of capturing an 8th-rank Card Maker.

If it was a Special-Grade Card Maker, then it was even more different.

Moreover.

A Card Maker’s attribute growth might not be as high as a combat class, and their own combat power might not be strong.

For example, the Ice Snow Princess, even though she was a high 8th-rank and possessed a set of powerful cards, she only had high Spirit.

Her mana attribute was not outstanding, and her physique was frail.

Even if she activated an attack spell card of excellent quality, the damage would be far less than that of a combat-type 8th-rank magic class.

And for some reason, the Ice Snow Princess almost never made summon cards.

The only recorded instance was when she summoned a ridiculously ugly ice slime.

But the Ice Snow Princess seemed to call that slime a flying dragon.

It could be confirmed that the Ice Snow Princess’s specialization was in ice-type spell cards.

If it was a one-on-one battle.

Perhaps a 7th-rank combat class could even defeat her.

Among the twelve Special-Grade Card Makers certified by the Card Makers’ Association in the world today.

Although the Ice Snow Princess was not the weakest in combat power, capturing her was the most cost-effective.

The other eleven were either too cautious, wishing they could live in the royal palace to ensure their own safety.

Or their combat power was too strong, even better at fighting than combat classes of the same rank.

There were also Card Makers that even the Resurrection Church despised.

And there were those mysterious existences whose true identities were unknown.

All things considered, the Resurrection Church determined that the Ice Snow Princess was the best choice.

And they successfully confirmed her ancient true name, her race, and her gender.

Once they could successfully capture the Ice Snow Princess.

It would bring a revolutionary change to the Resurrection Church’s combat power!

Unless they really couldn't catch the Ice Snow Princess, only then would they change their target to Dekan, this prospective Special-Grade Card Maker.

Although Dekan’s card-making style was more in line with the Resurrection Church, and even in some ways had surpassed the Resurrection Church’s philosophy.

But, the gap between 3rd-rank and 8th-rank was still too great.

It was as obvious as the price difference between a 3rd-rank epic card and an 8th-rank epic card.

Moreover, in Dekan’s limited lifespan, whether he could grow to 8th-rank was still unknown.

And as a half-elf, the Ice Snow Princess would have a long lifespan.

This was a point that the other few human Special-Grade Card Makers could not compare with.

“Although capturing Dekan can still serve as our retreat path, do not have any wishful thinking and treat him as a life-saving straw,”

The leader of this gathering stood up and scanned everyone present once more.

Her words carried a warning.

If anyone was thinking that even if they failed to capture the Ice Snow Princess, they could still capture Dekan to make amends, then the success rate of the mission would be greatly reduced.

Only by burning their bridges could they get things done well.

“Yes.”

Everyone respectfully watched her leave.

“Unless our plan reaches the point of complete failure, only then should you consider capturing Dekan at all costs.”

With these words, the leader walked towards the dim exit of the temple.

Under the oblique glow of the flickering light and shadow, she completely merged into the darkness.

…

Tristine City.

The magic airship transport center on the outskirts.

This vast magic field looked impeccably clean.

It showed signs of long-term maintenance.

In the center of the magic circle was a giant landing pad, and at this moment, it was flashing with a faint light. This light meant that a magic airship was about to land here.

The troops led by the lord, Viscount Lampard, were already waiting here.

This young lord wore a white knight’s uniform, with a silver waist plate hanging from his waist, symbolizing his identity and his authority to govern this place.

He had a serious expression on his face, his brow furrowed, and his eyes fixed on the sky.

A roaring sound came from the direction of the city outskirts. In the cloudy sky, it seemed some flying beast was swooping in with wind and thunder.

Although he didn't know the specific situation inside this magic airship yet.

But the alarm signal from the magic airship meant that something had definitely happened.

The operating cost of long-range communication magic was high, but there were communication magic terminals set up between city-states.

And there was also a simplified version of a mobile terminal on the magic airship.

The moment they were attacked by the criminals, the criminals destroyed the mobile terminal.

It seemed they wanted to prevent any information from leaking out.

Incidents with magic airships were not common.

Even if there were ruthless bandits, they wouldn't be crazy enough to try to fly up into the sky to hijack a magic airship.

Only a terrorist organization like the Resurrection Church would possibly do something like hijacking.

In fact, even if the magic airship was hijacked midway, the lord of Tristine City could not be blamed for it.

But the lord did not dare to be negligent in any way.

If the magic airship could land here smoothly, and he missed the rescue opportunity due to his dereliction of duty, then it would be his responsibility.

Most importantly, there was a princess on this magic airship.

And the legendary Special-Grade Card Maker from the Royal Capital who was about to become the thirteenth in the world and the second in the Norton Kingdom.

Due to the presence of these two, the severity of the hijacking incident had multiplied countless times.

With a huge noise, the magic airship gradually slowed down when it was a few kilometers away from the landing pad.

However, the magic airship circled a few times in the air.

It looked as if it didn't know how to land.

Then, as if the pilot had quickly learned how to land on the spot, it began to land smoothly, creating gusts of airflow.

Seeing the magic airship gradually landing on a normal trajectory, the lord’s suspended heart was half relieved. At least the magic airship had returned in one piece.

Even if it might still be under the control of the criminals, at least there was still room for maneuver.

Besides, no matter how he thought about it, it was impossible that someone was learning to fly a magic airship on the fly, right?

A more reasonable explanation was that the criminals were hijacking the aircraft, and the pilot wanted to delay some time for the ground troops to prepare for battle.

“All units, on alert!”

“Yes!”

However, after the airship came to a steady stop on the landing pad, there was no movement for several minutes.

The knight troops could not help but tighten their grip on their weapons, becoming tense.

Their state of alert was like a group of beasts ready to pounce.

Next, it probably wouldn't be too easy.

In the worst-case scenario, it would be a fierce battle of wits and courage with vicious criminals.

After another few minutes.

Finally, there was movement on the side of the magic airship.

The ramp lowered.

The crisp sound of footsteps echoed, and a figure walked out of the cabin door unhurriedly.

He rubbed his neck and twisted it while yawning, walking off the magic airship with a slightly tired look on his face.

He was slightly surprised when he noticed the knight troops who were facing a great enemy.

Then.

A friendly smile appeared on his face as he reviewed the knights, seemingly very satisfied with their reception.

From time to time, he would raise his hand and gesture to the crowd.

The lord and the knight order were all stunned. What the hell is this…

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