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

Beta was happy when the hallucination was lifted; the feeling of not being able to believe her own sight and hearing was really unpleasant.

Relieved, Beta looked at the cappuccino she had shot and saw the unicorn lying in a pool of blood, its body riddled with arrow holes.

The other corpses were automatically ignored; she didn't care at all about the already dead Crystal Butterfly and Cappuccino.

This scene left her stunned for a moment, and then her eyes welled up with tears.

She personally shot and killed the sacred beast of her clan.

But she wanted to free the unicorn from Cappuccino's control, not by killing it to free it.

She wanted to kill Cappuccino to save the unicorn.

But if you kill Cappuccino, the controlled unicorn will inevitably come to your rescue and die.

No, there should still be hope.

Although it's a fatal wound, the unicorn itself can use powerful healing magic to keep it alive, and there's still a chance it can be healed.

Although the chances are slim, there is still hope.

But the unicorn didn't use its full healing magic to save its life as Beta had hoped; it simply lay there, waiting for its life to slowly fade away.

This prompted Beta to immediately use his elven magic to communicate with the unicorn.

This secret technique allows elves and unicorns to communicate, and it also works on a small number of other magical beasts.

"What are you doing? Use magic to heal the wound!" Beta's tearful voice echoed in the unicorn's mind. "There's still hope! Don't give up!"

Soon, the voice of the unicorn rang out. Its voice, translated into elven language by the effect of the arcane spell, was a beautiful female voice, mature yet extremely weak.

“It’s no use. You may survive, but you still can’t escape the control of the demons.” It sighed, “It’s already a miracle that you’ve regained a little sanity and can talk to you.”

“No,” Beta quickly retorted, “We will eliminate all the cultists, and no one will be able to control you anymore.”

Beta felt the unicorn shake its head in a human-like way: "I have been assimilated by the demon's power. I have only regained a little sanity now that the summoner is dead. But after the summoner dies, that door will suck me back in and strip me of my sanity again. Unless you can fight your way to the Netherworld and kill that demon... no, there is no hope. By then, my sanity will have been completely stripped away, and I will be no different from being dead."

Large tears fell one by one. What was the last time she cried?

"But..." she choked up, wanting to say something more.

The unicorn interrupted her, its voice growing even weaker: "Time's almost up. Don't waste your time on me. I have a request..."

Beta wiped away her tears, her voice broken and hesitant: "You... said..."

The unicorn's voice was weak but hurried, as if afraid there wouldn't be enough time to finish: "I have two children, Fei'er and Cui'er, who are here and haven't been assimilated by the demons yet. Please... save them..."

Beta was startled upon hearing this.

The children must be baby unicorns, right? And there are two of them!

Beta knew that there were two unicorns, a male and a female, in their fairy village, but because of the war in the Kingdom of Saint Tian, ​​the unicorn, who disliked fighting, had gone into hiding in the forest and had not yet been found.

But in the hands of cult members, there were as many as three heads!

Perhaps the rarity of unicorns is also related to cults.

“Okay, I promise you, I… will take good care of them…” Beta readily agreed.

The unicorn looked at her with satisfaction: "You are kind. Although you are not pure, your heart is not corrupted. I...believe in you..."

This made Beta very embarrassed.

The unicorn will only interact with pure, elven maidens, allowing them to sit on its back.

As for the standard of purity, to put it bluntly, it's whether or not someone is a virgin; if they've been sexually exploited, they're immediately rejected.

Beta is certainly not an innocent girl.

She wasn't as thick-skinned as that pink-haired succubus; when told in public that she wasn't a virgin, her cheeks were so hot they could fry an egg.

What? You're saying this is a conversation between Beta and the unicorn, and no one else can hear it?

Yes, Beta understands, but...

I'm still so shy (//▽//).

The unicorn seemed to sense something and became anxious.

"It's coming! It's too late! Kill me!"

"Coming soon" refers to the gate of greed, and "too late" means that it doesn't have time to die before the gate of greed arrives, thus avoiding the enslavement of the devil.

"But..." Beta panicked. How could she possibly do it?

She had felt regret and self-blame for shooting the unicorn while under the illusion, so how could she bring herself to harm the sacred beast of her clan?

The unicorn suddenly realized something and laughed, but it was a weak laugh: "Yes, I'm sorry to have troubled you. Don't worry, I can do it myself..."

Beta's heart skipped a beat: "You..."

It smiled knowingly: "My child, I'm entrusting him to you..."

Before he could finish speaking, a beam of light pierced through his chest.

The unicorn's eyes were now completely empty; it had, utterly and completely, rested in peace.

Beta could no longer contain her grief and burst into tears.

Such scenes are not uncommon on the battlefield.

Beta held the unicorn's carcass, no longer feeling its warmth.

She sat there blankly when suddenly, a beam of light shot out from the unicorn's body.

This light emanated from the unicorn's heart.

Beta stared blankly as a pure white, four-cornered crystal, radiating dazzling light, danced before his eyes.

Beta instinctively reached out to catch it; the crystal lay in his palm, radiating light and heat.

Beta heard the unicorn's voice again.

"Thank you, this is the payment."

Beta stared wide-eyed at the crystal in his hand.

The crystal still emits light and heat, but the unicorn's voice can no longer be heard.

Beta looked around, trying to find a unicorn.

Of course, it was futile.

The sound was the unicorn's last words while it was inside the crystal; no matter how much you stare at the crystal, it will never make another sound.

This crystal is a magical crystal nurtured by the life of a unicorn, and it is very valuable, but that's not the point.

Clutching the magic crystal, Beta murmured, "I will..."

But Beta didn't have much time to be sad.

Capa's voice rang out: "Watch out behind you!"

With a swift movement, he fired an arrow, and the monster that attempted to ambush him was blown to the head.

At this moment, Beta's anger reached its peak.

Her hatred for cult members reached a new level.

Holding the magic crystal, Beta shouted in a hoarse voice.

"Cultists deserve to die!"