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

Faced with the three's attack, which had exhausted their magic power, the demons no longer seemed so at ease. They adopted a defensive stance, not daring to directly withstand the attack with their physical bodies.

Overdrawing one's magical power is extremely harmful to oneself, and if not dealt with in time, it may even lead to chronic illnesses.

However, the benefits of overdrawing magic power were enormous. The demons no longer slacked off, completed the incantation, and drew a dark curtain around themselves.

The curtain, like night falling, instantly enveloped the entire battlefield. This seemingly thin curtain actually contained most of the demonic power within the sixth-tier demon.

The moment the curtain appeared, Seco felt her magic power being consumed at an unprecedented rate, almost draining her dry.

She gritted her teeth and persevered despite being nearly exhausted.

At least, it must be maintained until the attack hits...

A subtle ripple appeared on the surface of the dark curtain; Kyle's magical arrow had only caused such a slight change in the curtain.

Immediately following was Aiden's all-out unleashing of scorching flames.

The moment Aiden's flames touched the curtain, they seemed to be sucked into a bottomless black hole; the light and heat were rapidly absorbed and dissipated, leaving no trace. The demon stood behind the curtain, expressionless, as if this action was nothing more than a trivial matter to him.

An attack that reaches the threshold of the sixth rank is almost a dimensional reduction strike when used on a fifth-rank professional, but for a sixth-rank professional, it is just something that is not even at the beginning of the same rank, so it can be considered a 5.9 rank.

This level of attack only made the demon unwilling to withstand it with his bare hands, and it could cause him some damage, but it wouldn't take the demon much effort to stop such an attack.

As the scorching flames collided with the curtain, both Seco and Aiden were completely drained of their magic and collapsed to the ground unconscious.

Perhaps these two were somewhat lucky, at least they didn't witness the desperate scene of their life-or-death struggle being stopped effortlessly.

Kyle, whose magic power was greatly depleted but not completely exhausted, couldn't just lie down and sleep. He alone endured the fear and despair brought by the overwhelming combat power of the demons.

Before Kyle could decide whether to flee or fight to the death, the demon appeared in front of him.

Kyle instinctively tried to resist, but felt powerless.

A sharp pain shot through his chest, and Kyle realized that the demon's sword had pierced his heart.

With the last member falling, the elite adventurer team of the "Storm Hunters" guild was now down to three dead and two unconscious. The two unconscious members were unlikely to escape their fate either.

Pulling the sword from Kyle's chest, the demon shook the sword, spilling blood.

Seeing that he couldn't get it all out, he simply tore the clothes off Kyle's corpse and used the torn fabric to wipe the sword.

Aiden and Seco had exhausted their magic and were unconscious. Without anyone to help them, they wouldn't wake up for three to five days. They were already lambs to the slaughter, so the demons chose to deal with Kyle, who was still able to move, first.

Then came the finishing blow to the two unconscious men.

This time, the demons didn't pierce the heart or cut off the head with their swords, perhaps because they didn't want their already cleaned swords to get stained with blood again. Instead, they picked up scattered stones in the hall and smashed them on the heads.

The scene was a bloody mess, leaving a faint smell of blood in the air.

"The fact that these people were able to survive the traps and mechanisms means that they are considered to be mid-level professionals among humans."

The demon muttered to himself as he turned and walked toward the stone wall where he had made his entrance.

Reach out and tap the stone wall a few times, infusing it with magic.

The rumbling sound continued, the stone wall opened, and the demons went inside again.

Behind the stone wall is a narrow passage, with lamps powered by magic hanging on the stone walls of the passage—these are magic lamps.

After passing through the passage, the demons arrived at a stone house.

Upon entering, the first thing that catches the eye is the stone slabs that are tightly pressed against the stone wall.

On the stone slab, the intricate pattern formed by lines is clearly a map of the labyrinthine underground city.

Furthermore, this map does not only describe the roads inside the maze-like dungeon.

All kinds of traps and mechanisms are marked on the map with simple patterns.

Upon closer inspection, you'll notice that patterns representing traps or mechanisms light up or dim from time to time.

This indicates whether the trap mechanism is currently in an activated or dormant state.

Moreover, the map also features numerous red and white dots.

The red dots represent monsters, the white dots represent humans who have entered the labyrinthine dungeon, and the only black dot represents this demon.

Looking at it this way, this maze dungeon is quite advanced; it can monitor the status of traps and mechanisms within the dungeon, as well as the movements of various creatures, in real time.

Such a high-end product must have an extraordinary origin, right?

In fact, this labyrinthine dungeon is the underground area of ​​the Demon King's Castle, built by the forty-first Demon King. At that time, this area was not part of the Dawn Territory of the Olmec Kingdom, but belonged to the area occupied by the demons.

However, with the succession of more than ten generations of demon kings and heroes, this region gradually fell into human hands and became human territory.

The surface area of ​​the Demon King's Castle, built by the forty-first Demon King, was destroyed, but the underground area, namely this labyrinthine dungeon, was never discovered by humans and has thus been preserved to this day.

This sixth-tier demon was a member of the demon race who roamed outside.

After being utterly defeated by the human alliance, the demon race dispersed into a large group and several smaller groups.

This large group of people are the demon clan members who are now hiding in the Shadow Forest of Nightfall, intending to conserve their strength and prepare for the demon clan's comeback.

The remaining demons who scattered were either dissatisfied with their defeat to humans or wanted to infiltrate human territory and hinder human development.

Humans and demons have long been locked in an irreconcilable conflict.

These demons believed that the rise of humanity was more infuriating than their own decline, so they lurked in human territories, waiting for an opportunity to cause trouble.

This demon discovered the existence of the labyrinthine dungeon by chance and wandered within it for a long time, gradually becoming familiar with and taking control of the underground area of ​​this city of the previous ten-plus generations of demon kings.

The existence of the labyrinthine dungeon is itself a conspiracy.

After taking control of the labyrinthine dungeon, the demons manipulated its emergence, intending to lure human adventurers and then, through traps or by their own initiative, to ambush and kill those who came to explore.

"Next..."

The demons looked at the map, searching for their next target.

Suddenly, the demon narrowed his eyes.

A pattern representing the "falling spikes" trap mechanism grew dimmer before his eyes until it disappeared completely.