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

Philippa is willing to take risks, and she dares to take risks like that.

With the ninth-tier space mage Phoenix secretly protecting her, no matter how reckless Philippa is or how dangerous the situation she puts herself in, Phoenix can always save her.

This alone increased the strength of the Olmec chief mage.

She's quite old; she needs to protect the younger generation as they gain experience outside. Philippa, with her combined status as a hero and princess, needs to ensure everything goes perfectly.

Normal training is fine, but Philippa knows nothing will happen, so she dares to do all sorts of seemingly life-threatening things.

This made it exceptionally difficult for Phoenix to balance training the hero and protecting the princess, at least ten times more difficult than protecting a typical adventurer party.

They wouldn't risk their lives so easily!

That being said, Philippa's "reckless" behavior will not actually put too much of a burden on Phoenix.

Han Xin should bring Purify. (As I said before.)

A noble ninth-tier space magician may not be the best at fighting, but they are absolutely first-rate when it comes to escaping and rescuing people.

Aside from facing the Demon King and tenth-tier creatures head-on, Phoenix is ​​absolutely confident that he can rescue the hero team from their dangerous situation.

Phoenix looked at Philippa, who didn't flinch, and murmured:

"It seems there's no need to take action."

……

The Corrupted Scales Dragon opened its blood-red maw, and a deadly torrent of venom was brewing once more, this time targeting Philippa, who seemed to have given up all resistance.

Just as the devastating venom was about to be spat out, Philippa suddenly opened her eyes.

In her eyes, it was as if a blazing golden sun was burning.

"In my name, I invoke the light of judgment—the Holy Light Judgment!"

Philippa's voice was like thunder, echoing throughout the swamp.

The longsword she plunged into the mud suddenly burst forth with an indescribable, pure, and exquisite golden light.

The light instantly dispelled all the poisonous miasma within a radius of tens of meters, illuminating the dark swamp as bright as day.

A thick, solid golden beam of light, disregarding spatial distance, erupted from the tip of Philippa's sword and pierced the throat of the Corrosive Scale Poison Dragon, which was spewing venom from its gaping maw, with speed beyond comprehension.

"Hiss—!!!!"

The Corrupted Scales Dragon let out an unprecedented scream, a mixture of excruciating pain and terror.

The torrent of venom, powerful enough to corrode steel, was instantly evaporated and purified within the pillar of holy light.

The beam of light not only pierced its throat, but also destroyed the core within its body, which was brimming with magical power.

The dark purple, hard scales shattered and melted like paper before the holy light of judgment.

The enormous impact slammed its mountain-like body backward, crashing heavily into the swamp and stirring up towering mud waves.

The head and neck of the Corrupting Scales Dragon were a mess, the edges of the pierced wounds were charred black, and foul-smelling black smoke kept emanating from them. Its huge body convulsed violently, and its life force was rapidly draining away like a flood breaking through a dam.

The suffocating pressure of the eighth-order power plummeted instantly, leaving only a dying groan.

A heavy blow!

Sofia and Taric were both stunned.

No, bro... sis, a seventh-tier fighter against an eighth-tier fighter, and a full-force attack that severely injures an eighth-tier fighter, is that for real?

Even with the advantage of light attribute, no matter how strong the advantage is, it cannot ignore the suppression of an entire level of magic power, let alone at such a high level as the seventh or eighth level.

Yes, the difference in magic power across an entire tier was indeed not ignored; otherwise, the Corrosive Scale Poison Dragon would have been instantly killed, not just severely injured.

(Is inflicting heavy damage easy?)

"Now!" After unleashing this devastating attack, Philippa swayed, her face ashen, almost completely exhausted. But she stubbornly refused to collapse, shouting hoarsely.

Philippa's shouts startled Sofia and Taric from their daze.

"Drink—! Die!" Taric's eyes turned bloodshot as he unleashed all his power and magic, leaping high like a raging war god. His heavy axe, imbued with all his fighting spirit and fury, slashed fiercely at the wound on the Corrupted Scale Poison Dragon's neck, torn open by the Holy Light's Judgment, exposed by its pain.

"Spear of Light - Judgment!" Sophia also mustered her last bit of mental strength, and a spear made of pure holy light condensed at the tip of her staff, carrying a holy aura that purified all filth. Following closely behind Taric's giant axe, it accurately pierced deep into the charred, pierced throat.

Taric's giant axe was deeply embedded in the monster's shattered neck bone! Sophia's spear of light erupted from within the wound!

"Pfft—Boom!"

The final hiss of the Corrupted Scales Poison Dragon abruptly ceased.

Under the impact of the violent force, Taric forcefully severed most of the enormous head.

Sophia's light spear raged within its body, completely extinguishing its last chance of life.

Its mountain-like body convulsed violently a few times before finally coming to a complete stop.

Dark green blood gushed out like a stream, turning the surrounding swamp into a foul-smelling mud pit.

The poisonous miasma, having lost its source, slowly dissipated under the remaining purifying aura of Sophia.

The battlefield fell into a deathly silence, with only the heavy breathing of the three men remaining.

Philippa, leaning on her sword, gazed at the massive, finally still, monster corpse. Her taut nerves suddenly relaxed, her body went limp, and she nearly collapsed to her knees. A weary yet relieved smile appeared on her face.

"Take it! Easy peasy!"

In response to Philippa's words and the monster's death, the three members of the hero team, who were already almost exhausted, suddenly felt their morale rise.

Since forming the Hero Squad with Philippa, the three of them have probably experienced similar feelings a thousand times.

However, not every improvement yields such results.

The boost from killing monsters of higher ranks is particularly significant. While it might not be enough to directly promote Philippa, a 13.0 rank 7 professional, to an rank 8 professional, it would be enough to directly promote Taric and Sophia, both rank 6 and rank 3.0, to rank 7 professionals.

Basically, they were just passively increasing their magic power level; Taric and Sophia were simply finishing off the already heavily damaged Corrupted Scale Poison Dragon.

That's right...

Exhausted, Taric had Sophia cast a light-attribute spell to dispel poison, and then dug out the magic crystal from the monster's corpse.

"Unfortunately, it was severely damaged, and its value has been greatly reduced."

The magic crystal was pierced directly by the Holy Light Judgment, leaving only fragments.

However, given the family circumstances of Philippa, Taric, and Sofia, they wouldn't feel particularly regretful about this loss.

"It's okay..."

Philippa still had the strength to stand up and move slightly.

"Next time we deal with an eighth-tier monster, we won't have to go through so much trouble and need magic crystals to achieve a severe injury."

Feeling the increase in magical power within her body, Philippa concluded.

Sofia and Taric: "..."

Have you started thinking about how to defeat an eighth-tier monster?