The maid squad is too strong, what use is there for me, the Demon King?

"I am..."

Oh, right, I'm dead.

Alas, the human body is still too fragile.

If a few bullets are not enough to withstand it, how can this be considered a shadowy figure who hides in the shadows and single-handedly corrects the world's power?

"So what's my situation now?"

He opened his eyes wide and found himself in a purplish-black space.

This was a strange space, and he seemed to be able to observe his surroundings from a third-person perspective.

Moreover, he could not feel the existence of his own body.

Looking down, I couldn't see the so-called body.

"Yeah, he was a dead man after all." He chuckled self-deprecatingly.

"Am I a ghost now? Waiting for the Black and White Impermanence to take me to the underworld?" he asked疑惑地. "Then what's going on with this space?"

This space felt to him like the spiritual world described in cultivation novels.

As a chuunibyou (just kidding) adult male in his twenties who dreams of becoming a Shadow-level powerhouse, he has read quite a few novels and watched a lot of anime.

The protagonist of "Want to Become a Shadow Power" shares the same ideals as him.

Hidden in the shadows, hunted by those who lurk in the darkness.

He's so handsome!

As an ordinary person who is slightly extraordinary, he learned some martial arts under the education of his family and continues to practice and put them into practice to this day.

Unfortunately, the country he lived in, the Great Xia, had such good public security that he had few opportunities to use these martial arts in actual combat.

At this moment, the thought that came to his mind or his eyes stopped his thinking.

The Demon King's Legacy.

The text before him was completely unfamiliar, unlike any language system that existed on Earth, yet he inexplicably understood its meaning.

"Could this be some kind of script from another world?"

"I've time-traveled?!"

After a brief moment of shock, his face was filled with excitement and ecstasy.

As a fan of novels and anime, he once fantasized about whether he would one day suddenly travel to another world, activate a cheat system, and from then on, build a harem, conquer the world, and embark on an invincible path.

It's clear that this time traveler isn't young, but he's quite immature and eccentric.

"The Demon King's legacy... So it seems I've been transported to a Western fantasy world, and become a villain..."

Of course, he had ruled out the possibility that it was a dream, because he felt that his mind wouldn't be so clear in a dream.

He tried clicking on the text in front of him, and a purplish-black light spread throughout the space, and a large number of otherworldly texts reappeared before his eyes.

"Greetings. You are the 53rd successor of the Demon King. The Demon King's legacy is at your service."

"Hello?"

He tentatively greeted them, but received no response.

It seems that the Demon King's legacy before us does not possess any will, but is merely a simple program.

and…

"The 53rd Demon Lord? There have been so many Demon Lords? Is this some kind of high-risk profession?"

But the Demon King, although he sounds like a major villain, at least has some strength.

So, perhaps I can fulfill my dream in this world? To become a qualified Shadow Warrior?

However, the actions of those with the power of shadow are neutral and lean towards good, which seems to conflict with their identity as demon kings.

In his previous life, the actions he took that were befitting a Shadow-level powerhouse were at most minor skirmishes, stopping some small-scale illegal and criminal activities.

In his past life, he often walked the dark side of society, rescuing young girls who had encountered thugs.

But he was not satisfied with that.

Because of these small things, the world will not change at all.

There's a saying that goes, "Even if you're not there, the planet won't stop spinning."

But if you can do something big, like protecting national security or preventing wars, then you're making a significant contribution to the world, right?

It would be ideal if an organization of shadowy figures, known only to a select few, could be established, operating in the shadows of the world.

Hiding one's identity, silently saving the world, and ultimately leaving people with only an unfathomable silhouette—just thinking about it is exciting.

Although I couldn't do this in my previous life, it's still possible now that I've come to this other world.

Having made up his mind, he continued to open the Demon King's legacy in front of him.

In an instant, a flood of knowledge rushed in, and for a moment, his head began to throb and swell.

Several minutes later, he absorbed this knowledge, slightly out of breath.

Based on this knowledge, he confirmed some things.

This really is another world.

The Demon King's Legacy was created by the tenth Demon King, known as the Sage.

It contains a great deal of knowledge belonging to the Demon King, and it will actively seek out the successor of the Demon King, storing this knowledge in their minds, which they can then retrieve and view on their own.

After the host dies, the Demon King's legacy will automatically seek the next successor.

In the information we just learned, we also touched on some aspects of the history of this world.

This is a Western fantasy world, mainly divided into two major races: humans and demons, as well as other races such as elves and demi-humans. However, the situation in this world is slightly special.

Looking at the history of this continent, he can discover some patterns.

There are brave individuals among humankind whose mission is to defeat the Demon King and lead the development of human civilization.

The Demon King's mission is to wage war against humanity and lead the development of demon civilization.

Humans and demons can be considered the absolute protagonists of this world.

Humanity prospers, while the demon race declines.

The demons prospered, while humanity declined.

Other races merely survive in the gap between humans and demons.

The demon race declined, and the Demon King rose to power, leading the demon race to prosperity.

Then heroes emerged from among humanity, defeated the demon king, and led humanity to prosperity.

This is the natural law of world history, and there is nothing that violates it.

So it's very strange.

But he doesn't intend to consider those things now.

There is still much more knowledge waiting for him to absorb in the Demon King's legacy; the amount of information is so vast that it cannot be absorbed in a short time.

The Demon King's legacy exists in the mind of the inheritor, meaning that this space is actually something like his spiritual sea, which he can enter and exit at will.

"Let me first figure out what my situation is in reality."

Leaving the spiritual world behind, what appears before my eyes is a sky full of dust and a scene of broken walls and ruins.

He stretched out his chubby, white hand and touched the pair of demonic horns on his head, a characteristic of the demon race.

"Looks like I've been reincarnated as a baby..."

It can only make crying and laughing sounds, and its movement is so restricted that it can only crawl. Being abandoned in such a place is a recipe for disaster!

If he hadn't been found by anyone, he probably would have been the first demon king to starve to death right after birth, right? He would definitely have been recorded in the demon king's legacy and ridiculed by future demon kings.

At that moment, he heard human voices, voices of help!

"Come quick, there's a baby here!"