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

A flash of dazzling, purplish-black magical light pierced through the body of the Greed Demon, and the dozens of Gates of Greed that had been opened collapsed in an instant.

Compared to the grand and imposing "I am atomic," "I am lighting" concentrates the magic at a single point and doesn't require much build-up.

It is precisely because of the speed and unparalleled destructive power of this move that it was named "lightning".

It's definitely not because the Japanese pronunciation of "lighting" sounds cool.

In terms of improving his strength, Gray's magic level has reached its limit and can no longer be improved.

However, increasing your magic power level is not the only way to improve your strength. Learning more combat skills and mastering more magic and martial arts can also greatly help improve your strength, although the effect is far less than increasing your magic power level.

There's nothing we can do about it; once you reach the level cap, you can't level up any further. Improving your strength is limited to some difficult and ineffective methods. (I'm talking about you, artifacts; try to avoid focusing on defense!)

Developing new techniques is one such unconventional method.

The enchanted longsword pierced through the Greed Demon, confirming its death. Gray gently withdrew the sword and turned to Lockston Kingsol.

"What other tricks do you have? Bring them on!"

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The Iridescent Crystal Butterfly is most skilled in psychedelic mental magic, and has no other abilities. Its body is also extremely fragile; even a small child could kill it, provided that the Iridescent Crystal Butterfly does not use its psychedelic mental magic.

The Rainbow Crystal Butterfly is a magical beast, a vegetarian that feeds on nectar. Its ability is used to protect itself from predators, and it generally does not attack other creatures on its own.

It's unclear how Cappuccino managed to capture the Rainbow Crystal Butterfly, but now it's being controlled by the cult bishop and used for attacks.

This allowed Kappa, who was familiar with the habits of the Iridescent Crystal Butterfly, to gain a better understanding of the true nature of the abilities of the cultists of the Wealth and Greed faction. Their essence could not be specifically described, but their manifestation was the ability to summon and control magical beasts and monsters. Even undead creatures could appear through that strange door.

Cappuccino originally planned to order the iridescent crystal butterfly to secretly invade Beta's mind, pull her into an illusion, and then take care of her in reality while Beta's mind was immersed in the illusion.

However, the enemy has intelligence that Kappa already knows about the abilities of the Rainbow Crystal Butterfly and is prepared for it, so the operation to pull them into the illusion is unlikely to succeed.

But that doesn't mean the Crystal Butterfly is completely useless.

While it's impossible to pull someone into an illusion, it's still possible to induce a slight hallucination in Beta.

From Kappa's perspective, Beta and the unicorn were exchanging blows when suddenly Beta turned pale and dodged to the side.

But this sudden movement put him in danger.

Beta had already dodged the unicorn's light magic attack, but this flash directly returned him to the path of the unicorn's light magic attack.

Is the unicorn accurate?

No, it was Beta who caught it well!

The situation was critical. Seeing that Beta was about to be injured by the unicorn's attack, Kappa panicked and immediately shouted into Beta's mind, "Activate your defenses!"

Suddenly, the anxious voice of the pink-haired succubus echoed in Beta's mind. Beta noticed that Kappa's voice was not as frivolous and seductive as usual.

Although she had no visual contact and did not sense any magical power threatening her, Beta did not hesitate upon hearing Kappa's cry and immediately activated her magic to create an emerald green magical shield.

Beta still trusted this pink-haired succubus.

Despite their incompatibility, this pink-haired succubus kept flaunting herself in front of him, boasting about how she could make love with Lord Shadow all night long until dawn.

This is... absolutely despicable!

But it must be admitted that Kappa did give himself a push, offering advice on the grand goal of overthrowing Lord Shadow.

Without her, would I still foolishly hope that my Prince Charming would confess his love and we could live a shameless life together?

With so many girls around Lord Demon Shadow, and even a fiancée, what makes her so special?

Although Kappa was a bit annoying, Beta was still slightly grateful to her.

There is also a degree of trust among the ten Shadow Attendants.

"You naughty cat, did you steal Zeta's grilled fish?!"

In my memory, the dog bared its teeth and glared fiercely at Aita.

"Huh, meow?" The orange-haired catgirl was displeased. Of course she was unhappy to be wronged, especially by the most brainless and least compatible stupid dog: "Are you deliberately picking a fight, meow?"

The dog barked, "Stop pretending to be innocent! There's crumbs all over your mouth!"

Aita was speechless: "Idiot, what nonsense are you talking about? Everyone ate grilled fish. According to you, Big Sister, everyone stole your grilled fish, meow?"

Looking back at Alpha, the dog dared not challenge the boss's authority. As for the others, they were all ranked after Aita as suspects.

Simply because cats and dogs don't get along, the dog concluded that Aita was the culprit.

"Zeta doesn't care, you're the one who stole the food!"

The dog's barking caught Alpha's attention, but Alpha was still enjoying the delicious fish that Lord Shadow had personally grilled and prepared for her, and hadn't seen the whole incident. She didn't know if the dog was being unreasonable or if Aita had caused a little trouble.

"Nonsense, meow! You're being framed for no reason, meow! If you want to fight, meow is ready, meow!"

Alpha could no longer stand by and watch. He stood up and shouted, "Stop!"

The women all looked at the situation, but only Sita and Eota remained completely unconcerned, their eyes fixed on Gray.

To prevent the conflict from escalating further, Gray stepped in to act as a peacemaker.

He witnessed the entire incident. No one stole the dog's grilled fish; the dog simply ate too quickly. After finishing, it saw others still eating and assumed someone had stolen it, completely ignoring the fact that it had eaten too fast.

However, if the truth is revealed, the dog will likely get a scolding from Alpha.

Therefore, Gray adopted a gentle approach.

"Don't start a fight over this. I'll just keep grilling the fish; there's plenty left."

The dog was making a fuss because she wanted more food, but Gray promised to make her some more and she stopped.

Feeling wronged and increasingly angry, Eta-nyan decided to leave a good impression on Gray since he wouldn't pursue the matter too much.

The incident ended with Gray's words.

"Everyone should live in harmony and get along well. We are all companions, or even better, family. In short, family will never harm or deceive you."