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

The purplish-black magical light barrier dissipated, and Gray appeared with his entourage of servants, the ruins behind him already collapsed.

This time, Gray restrained some of his power, but still unleashed two bursts of magical energy.

The first time was at the site of the serpent statue, because Gray didn't intend for the statue to remain there, and the information inscribed on the wall also needed to be removed.

The second time was at the entrance of the ruins, this time to destroy the entrance and exit of the ruins.

The entrance to the ruins is buried by a large amount of collapsed stone, which has essentially sealed off the entrance unless someone persistently digs a hole here until the buried entrance is dug out.

Even if someone stubbornly digs out the entrance to the ruins, it's not a problem.

The information on the statues and walls has been completely destroyed. The ruins can now only be used as a monster-hunting and leveling spot... or even worse.

The demonic aura emanating from the ruins is provided by the statues; it's hard to say whether the ruins can still breed monsters without them.

Therefore, Gray only chose to blow up the two most important places, and there was no need to destroy the entire ruins.

Furthermore, this underground ruin is indeed too large. Although Gray is confident that he can blow it all up, doing so would nearly deplete his magical power.

It's fun to do this, but there's no need to risk running out of magic.

Who knows what unexpected things might happen, or what the classic "mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind" scenario might occur? It's always good to be cautious.

Furthermore, destroying the entire ruins would also damage things on the ground.

What's on the ground? A forest, though I don't know why demonic ruins would appear beneath it.

This crime is no less serious than arson.

That concludes what I call it.

The cultists of the Kingdom of Saint-Tian have been almost completely wiped out. It would be fine to leave a few servants here to guard against any who escape.

The Kingdom of Saint-Tian will next have a decisive battle between the royal guards and the rebels. The rebels have little chance of winning, but it doesn't matter if they are unexpectedly overthrown by the royal family.

With the cultists gone, the conflicts in the Kingdom of Saint-Tian are now an internal matter for the Elven race. They can simply shift their forces elsewhere and wait for the outcome.

Then it was time to return to the Kingdom of Olmec, and take the pink-haired succubus and the white-haired elf to the Azure Peak Territory to confront Eiota.

Now that things have already gone downhill, all we can do is hope that Aiota will be more magnanimous, or that we can persuade her with our silver tongue.

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Gamma listened to his servant's report, his face turning terribly grim.

The Grand Chamber of Commerce, a powerful guild under the Shadow Court, has grown to a very large scale.

With its innovative and affordable products, the Grand Chamber of Commerce has gained the support of the vast majority of ordinary people.

Luxury goods aimed at the nobility are highly praised among the aristocracy due to the high value of the materials and the exquisite craftsmanship.

It can be said that the Grand Chamber of Commerce is showing a "thriving" development trend, but inevitably, its peers are envious.

The servants reported that the caravan had been attacked.

Caravans from all over the country were attacked by unidentified individuals. Apart from a few accidental attacks by thieves, the vast majority of the attacks appeared to be premeditated acts of sabotage.

The name of the Golden Weasel Merchant Guild came to Gamma's mind.

Before the rise of the Grand Chamber of Commerce, the Golden Weasel Chamber of Commerce was, if not the most prosperous chamber of commerce on the entire continent, but at least among all human nations.

The chamber of commerce is named after the Warcraft Golden Weasel.

The golden weasel is a rare magical beast that is not aggressive but has a gold-mining habit.

It absorbs everything that can be called a treasure and hoards these "treasures," even though these "treasures" are not used as food to survive—a true money-grubber.

The golden weasel is a popular magical beast among adventurers.

Golden weasels have the ability to detect treasures. If you can raise one, the treasure-hunting ability of the entire adventurer team will increase dramatically.

Who wouldn't love an adorable little animal that can help you shop on Taobao?

Wherever wild golden weasels roam, there will surely be this little guy's treasure trove. The golden weasel itself is an extremely expensive magical beast, plus its little treasure trove.

That's a real windfall.

The guild is named after the Golden Weasel, probably because it wants to promote itself as having similar treasure-hunting and gold-digging characteristics to the Golden Weasel. This is an implication that everything in the guild is a treasure, encouraging people to consume and trade at the guild.

The Golden Weasel Merchant Guild has achieved a monopolistic status. Apart from the Grand Merchant Guild, the Golden Weasel Merchant Guild is the only merchant guild with a superior position on the entire continent. Most merchants on the continent have joined the Golden Weasel Merchant Guild's alliance and become members of the guild, enjoying the rights of the guild but having to pay taxes.

Indeed, paying taxes is a right that should be enjoyed only by the royal family and nobles of a country. However, the Golden Weasel Merchant Guild completely disregards the opinions of the royal family and nobles, and firmly grasps the economic lifeline of all mankind in its hands.

The royal family and nobles also tried to suppress the Golden Weasel Merchant Guild, but with little success. The Golden Weasel Merchant Guild even took the opportunity to extend an invitation to the royal family and nobles to join, offering them some benefits in return.

The royal family and nobles had not gained much advantage when they targeted the Golden Weasel Merchant Guild, so when they saw that the Golden Weasel Merchant Guild was putting aside past grievances and even sharing profits with them, they immediately agreed to join.

The Golden Weasel Merchant Guild is a formidable opponent, and Gamma knows it can't gain much advantage from them. Right now, it can only slightly compete with the Golden Weasel Merchant Guild by relying on the novel products developed by "Shadow Wisdom".

Now that the Golden Weasel Merchant Guild has started using underhanded tactics, it will become even more difficult for Gamma to deal with them.

Gamma had no other good way to deal with the Golden Weasel Merchant Guild's secret attack, so he could only send his servants to protect the caravan.

However, such a method is ultimately only a temporary solution and does not address the root cause. Moreover, the Shadow Court does not have enough manpower, and only a small portion of its staff is responsible for business-related matters.

The main battlefield of the Shadow Court was still the struggle against the Demon Order.

Gamma had considered that one of the seven great demons was Avaris, the demon of greed and avarice.

In the confrontations with the Demonic Order so far, only the factions driven by lust for power and domination, and lust for wealth and greed have not shown themselves at all.

Gamma reasonably suspected that the Golden Weasel Merchant Guild was very likely being manipulated behind the scenes by members of the Demonic Order's money-grubbing and greedy faction.

This isn't looking good. Should we request more manpower from Alpha? Otherwise, we're really starting to struggle...