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

When they introduced themselves, both sides were sizing each other up.

This is the most demonic cultist Alpha has ever seen. No wonder he is the archbishop of the largest faction, equivalent to a ninth-tier professional.

Although somewhat unwilling, Alpha didn't think he could beat this Lockston Kingsol. After all, he was a level below him. Even if Alpha was the number one eighth-level player, he couldn't do much against a ninth-level professional.

Let's leave this to Bai Lin and deal with the four bishops ourselves.

It's a two-on-four situation, and the opponent can summon even more eighth-tier monsters, which is an overwhelming disadvantage. If Beta, Sita, and Kapa were here, it would be much easier to fight, but they are currently blocked outside by a large group of monsters and cannot get in.

The most promising opponent is Bai Lin against the Archbishop. Even a pseudo-tenth-rank opponent is still tenth-rank, so she should be able to defeat him quickly, right?

Having decided on the strategy, the archbishop spoke again: "The Shadow Court, I know it, an organization that overestimates itself and opposes the Order."

"Overestimating yourself, huh." Alpha just scoffed.

Those who overestimate their abilities must prove themselves through action.

It's not surprising that the other side knew about the existence of the Shadow Court. The Shadow Court has been fighting against the Demon Cult in various places for several years, and this organization hidden in the dark is no longer so mysterious.

“I’m a little curious, why are you going against us?” Lockston Kingsol asked with interest. “The Church of Holy Light turns a blind eye to us, or rather, they don’t dare to provoke us too much. But you, you’re really bold.”

His words also carried a hint of malice.

The Church of Holy Light dares not provoke them, and they will not go out of their way to annoy the Church of Holy Light.

The agreement of non-interference is already an unspoken one between the Church of Holy Light and the Church of Holy Light.

What? You're asking why the Desire for Knowledge and Truth faction disrupted the Holy Light Pilgrimage, an important ritual of the Holy Light Church?

They're not from the same faction, so it's none of their business; the final interpretation rests with them.

Alpha showed no surprise at the news.

This can be seen from the Holy Light Church's attitude toward the Demon Order; it has only been confirmed.

As for why they oppose the Demonic Order?

Alpha's eyes seemed to burn with two raging flames, her brows were furrowed, and the corners of her mouth turned down into a sharp arc.

Her nostrils flared slightly, and her breathing was rapid, revealing her anger. Her usually vibrant and pretty face was now shrouded in a gloomy aura.

Her hands were clenched into fists, her fingertips turning white from the force. The surrounding air was infected by her rage, wild and fierce, trembling under the influence of the overflowing magic.

"Why? Do you need a reason to wipe out a bunch of scum?" Alpha couldn't hide his anger.

From Alpha's attitude, Lockston Kingsol realized something.

Hatred.

He sighed softly, as if he had remembered something, but quickly recovered and his expression remained firm.

"Then there's nothing more to say, let's do it!"

This was an order to the four bishops, and at the same time, Lockston Kingsol opened the Gate of Greed, summoning monsters.

The battle was about to break out. Alpha transmitted the battle plan to the two women, and the battlefield was immediately divided into two parts.

The Gate of Greed opened wide, and the short, male bishop Pip grinned wickedly as one after another, the skeletons of the dead emerged from it.

One after another, undead creatures of various shapes emerged, their figures appearing particularly sinister and terrifying in the dim light.

First to appear were skeleton warriors, their bones weathered and mottled by time, their empty eye sockets glowing with green phosphorescence. These warriors wielded rusty weapons, their joints moving mechanically with a clattering sound, tireless warriors.

Closely following them were ghostly vengeful spirits, their transparent bodies twisting and contorting in the air, their faces bearing the marks of their past suffering and despair. The spirits let out mournful howls, sounds like sharp knives scraping against glass, sending chills down one's spine.

Then, the rotting zombies staggered out, chunks of flesh rotting and falling away, maggots crawling among the exposed muscles. They let out incoherent roars, waving their mangled arms as they searched for fresh flesh.

And then, a death knight rode out slowly on a skeletal warhorse, its armor stained with dark red blood, its spear pointing to the sky as if announcing death's arrival. The warhorse's eyes burned with eerie green flames, and each step it took was accompanied by the cracking sound of bones trembling.

This short, diminutive man, Bishop Pip, was actually a necromancer.

Necromancers are the most detested of all magic-based professions.

The ability to command undead creatures and manipulate corpses is something no one likes.

Necromancers manipulate death and the undead through dark magic, an act that violates the natural cycle of life and respect for death.

They bind the souls of the dead to the world, preventing them from resting in peace, which is morally reprehensible.

Of course, there are also more practical reasons.

Undead creatures, rotting zombies bring plague and disease, and skeletal skeletons are also feared by people.

It's no wonder that necromancers are disliked.

The Church of Holy Light considers necromancers and vampires taboo and has a special force to hunt them down. However, it now seems that the so-called special force is probably just for show. For example, the vampire hunters of the Church of Holy Light are actually commissioned by cultists of the money-grubbing and greedy faction to hunt vampires.

The necromancer Pip joined the faction of greed and avarice in order to gain access to the power of the Greedy Space.

He was troubled by what to do with the undead creatures; it would be too wasteful to just use them and then discard them.

The abilities of cult members driven by greed and avarice perfectly solve this problem.

He joined the faction of greed and avarice in order to gain access to the Greedy Space; otherwise, given his dark nature, joining the faction of the Underworld and Shadows would have been more appropriate.

Many of the summoned skeletons and zombies were low-level or even no-level monsters, while the Death Knight was a genuine eighth-level undead creature.

Undead creatures are divided into two categories based on their generation method: one type is formed naturally under special conditions, and the other type is created by necromancers using necromancy to transform corpses into undead creatures.

The second type of undead creature is stronger the closer the time between its death and its transformation into an undead creature, and the stronger it was in life.

It's unclear whether this Tier 8 Death Knight is the first or the second type.

The only certainty is that an undead creature that can reach the eighth rank means that the necromancer has nurtured it very well.

Alpha felt uneasy upon seeing the undead creature crawl out.

This is a physiological aversion, as a girl.