The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　"Oh no, Junior Dimon is missing!" "Dark Dimon, he's gone!"

　"Where did he go? Where did he go? Has anyone seen him?!" "There he is! Chase after him, don't let him get away!"

　……

　"Gan!"

　Dak ran with the pumpkin lantern and suddenly jumped onto the back of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon.

　However, the corridor space inside the castle was limited, and the Blue-Eyes White Dragon could not unleash its full speed.

　He had just used a "Continuous Blink Spell" to successfully escape from the crowd, but he didn't expect that only two seconds later someone would notice him and catch up with him.

　"Wall of Ice!"

　Suddenly, Dark heard a loud shout behind him, and a surge of cold air, which turned into an ice wall, appeared right in front of him.

　"Crash it over!"

　Dark suddenly lowered his head and rode the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" into the ice wall without hesitation.

　"boom!"

　The ice wall shattered instantly upon impact.

　The Blue-Eyes White Dragon weaved through the splashing ice crystals, its wings tucked back, and its speed suddenly increased.

　Instead, it was the ice wall fragments that blocked the pursuit of those behind. But it was clear that the distance between it and the crowd behind was about to increase.

　One of the older students looked up, and his magical spirit immediately closed its eyes, then opened and closed its hands, letting out a roar.

　Dark felt an instant pressure coming, as his body was grabbed by a telekinetic-like finishing move.

　Blue-Eyes White Dragon is unaffected by the effects of transformation-type special moves. However, he is not entirely immune to them.

　In that critical moment, he had a sudden thought and used his mental power to command the Blue-Eyes White Dragon to stop abruptly. It then turned its head sharply and opened its mouth, ready to unleash a destructive white beam.

　"Roar--"

　As white light gathered in its mouth, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon roared fiercely, unleashing its dragon might.

　Those chasing behind felt a jolt in their hearts and instinctively stopped in their tracks. The "spray of destructive white light" suddenly erupted.

　But they only aimed at the ceiling in the middle of the corridor.

　In that instant, Dark felt the restraints on his body weaken and immediately used his strength to break free.

　After spitting out white light, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon immediately turned around and flapped its wings to fly forward.

　Then, turning around, he slipped into the right-hand passage and instantly disappeared from the sight of the crowd behind him.

　However, with the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" being such a large target, it was virtually impossible for it to completely shake off the pursuers behind it.

　On this eighth floor, without the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" clearing the way, it would be impossible to move an inch.

　Dark quickly thought for a moment, then suddenly looked outside the castle, immediately formed a plan, and swiftly gave instructions.

　A moment later, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon turned its back to him and flew off to the other side, while he himself ran toward the edge of the castle and leaped out.

　In an instant, an updraft from below caught his body. As the updraft weakened, he plummeted downwards, only to be blown back into the air after reaching the bottom.

　He timed his leap perfectly and jumped forward, landing on the third level.

　The third floor of the castle.

　Dark summoned a six-star "Ditto" and ran forward.

　With his ability to open six chakras, and with the help of "Ditto," he can basically move freely through this third level.

　The eighth floor

　Even if the older female students are lured away by the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon," they won't immediately chase after it.

　他总算松了口气.

　Who leaked the information?

　Thinking about how those upperclassmen had seemed ready to devour him, even Dark couldn't help but feel a little resentful.

　But the fact that he was in charge of the masquerade ball was hardly a secret. Although he only told a few students, countless professors and faculty members knew about it.

　It's perfectly normal for them to accidentally leak some information during their leisure time.

　They might even add a disclaimer when leaking information: "Don't tell anyone."

　In short, it's pointless to pursue this now.

　Since so many students already knew he was the designer of the secret room on the eighth floor, it's likely that it won't be long before all the students in the entire castle find out...

　The thought of the students' madness gave Dark a headache. He hadn't expected that simply revealing his identity would cause such a huge reaction.

　It's just an escape room puzzle; is it really that frustrating if you can't get past it?

　Thinking about it carefully, it seems, it really is a little uncomfortable.

　Thinking back to how he felt when he played these kinds of games in the past, Dark suddenly felt that their reaction wasn't so excessive.

　After all, children in this world haven't been exposed to a lot of games yet, so escape room challenges like this are still very novel for them.

　In short, most of them are in the stage of "first time seeing something, everything is interesting".

　The feelings during this stage will be more intense than usual.

　So once we get through this period, it shouldn't be like this anymore, right?

　We need to get through this period first.

　Dark shook the pumpkin lantern, and began to seriously consider whether he should go back to the monitoring room to avoid it.

　But even after hiding for so long, he still hasn't completed his "candy-giving" task. If he doesn't come out soon, the rewards for those who answered the questions will rot in their candy bags.

　"No, we have to send it."

　He was walking forward when he suddenly ran into Emma, ​​who had just come out from around the corner. They both stopped and stared at each other.

　Emma

　"Candy Distributor"

　"Uh, yes, I'm the candy distributor."

　"Dark said quickly."

　Emma immediately held out her hand and said, "Question card."

　“Okay.” Dark reached into Candy White and quickly pulled out a “question card”, handing it to her.

　Emma took the "question card," glanced at it, and then looked up at Dark.

　Dark asked, "What's wrong?"

　“It’s nothing.” Emma took out a pen from somewhere and quickly wrote on the back of the “question card.”

　Seeing her expression, Dak knew that the "problem card" he had picked out was just right. So he simply leaned against the wall and waited for a while, taking a break as well.

　Sure enough, Emma finished answering the question quickly.

　Dark then gave her a rare item card called "Mummy Transformation". In addition to gaining unlimited "Mummy Bandages", "Mummy Transformation" also allows her to be regarded as an ally by undead monsters and will not be attacked by them.

　This applies even to escape room challenges.

　Using the "Mummy Transformation" ability, you can easily pass through Secret Room 04044.

　But Emma might not know this information. Dark certainly wouldn't tell her.

　After reviewing the rankings, he discovered that Emma's GPA was among the top in the third year. But that was all; it was clear that she had also devoted a significant amount of time and energy to figuring out how to solve the escape room puzzle.

　Looking at the points rankings again, it was found that her ranking was relatively low. However, the points rankings are for the entire college, not by year, so her lower ranking is normal.

　However, this would result in fewer credits being allocated from the points ranking, which would not be enough to significantly boost its credit ranking.

　"Is something slowing her down?"

　After a moment's thought, Dak said to her, "Good luck."

　Then he quickly passed by her and headed elsewhere...

Chapter 1370 The Mysterious Disappearance of "Candy Merchant No. 1" (6k)

　But once Dark had gone far away, Emma put away her "Mummy Transformation" and couldn't help but clench her teeth.

　She certainly saw Dark checking the rankings.

　She was well aware of her current poor ranking, and naturally felt resentful.

　From the moment she was the first to leave the stage during the academy competition, she felt a restless urge to vent.

　But she's actually a rational person—or at least she considers herself one. Therefore, she doesn't believe that empty shouting and venting will change anything. Only concrete actions are the right way to vent. She wants to become stronger, to become stronger with all her might!

　The next academy championship...

　No, we can't wait until the next academy championship.

　Time is the most precious thing that cannot be wasted.

　She must become powerful immediately, right now!

　Winning the Golden Star of the Third Grade at this masquerade ball was her goal!

　"We must make him look at us in a new light!"

　Thinking of this, Emma suddenly turned around and walked towards a secret room indicated by the "key card".

　She actually had another rare "item card" in her bag, which she obtained from "Devimon".

　Despite Dak's unilateral view that masquerade balls should be more of an entertainment event.

　But there are actually quite a few people who take this event very seriously. And Emma Metis is just one of them.

　Students may want to win the title of "Star of the Year," earn credits, or surpass their rivals and themselves; in short, they each have their own goals.

　However, as the person in charge of the event, it is impossible to truly satisfy everyone's wishes.

　No matter what you do, there will always be people who are dissatisfied.

　All that can be done is to reduce the number of that group of people, or to lower their level of dissatisfaction.

　In short, after a week of inspections, he found that the vast majority of students were able to accept the changes.

　Many students are immersed in and enjoying it.

　But as time goes by...

　No, it should be said that as the remaining activity time decreased, some students' impatience became obvious.

　By this time, interactions between students had become relatively frequent, and their use of the "Candy Merchant" had deepened. The emergence of the "Player Merchant" also made it easier for them to obtain the "Item Cards" and "Key Cards" they wanted.

　This could lead to a situation where a student repeatedly challenges the same escape room.

　Each time a challenge fails, you are given a five-minute time limit to try again, only to fail again.

　This cycle repeated itself, and the emotional burden grew heavier and heavier. In short, I had to clear that one escape room no matter what!

　Dak had already noticed this phenomenon when he was being chased by that group of senior students.

　He doubted that the pursuit from the upperclassmen would continue until after the masquerade ball.

　Moreover, the number of such people will increase as the remaining time of the activity decreases.

　By then, the masquerade ball will probably be a complete success.

　But the remaining problems will have to be borne by him, the person in charge.

　However, those escape room levels are all special modules created using the castle's mechanics.

　Their lifespan is inherently limited. It's not something that can be extended at will.

　So, to those students who, in the end, still couldn't clear the escape room they insisted on clearing, I can only apologize.

　At most, they would simply present the solutions to those secret rooms on blueprints to satisfy their obsession.

　"But those are things for the future."

　"Don't think too much about it now. Let's figure out how to send out all the candy in the bags first."

　"Especially, we need to distribute the rewards for answering those 'question cards'." After walking around the third floor, Dark suddenly saw Professor Nini chatting with a few third-year girls by the window, and an idea struck him.