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

That night.

"It's been three months..."

Gray, dressed in a black robe, blended into the night and sighed softly.

With two and a half months to go before the new year, Gray had been keeping an eye on the succubus summoning ritual of the Lust and Pleasure faction of the Demon Order for the past three months, but nothing had happened.

I was mentally prepared long ago, and I might even have been mentally prepared that the year's ceremonies were already over.

These three months weren't entirely wasted, after all, we managed to deal with quite a few known small strongholds of cult members focused on lust and pleasure.

It was called a small outpost, and it truly was a small outpost.

The highest-ranking cultist stationed at the stronghold is at most a high priest, basically a fifth-order cultist. In the past three months, let alone a bishop, they haven't even encountered a deacon-level cultist.

Gray often thought about it.

Are these cult members now more cautious in their actions?

The other factions were destroyed a long time ago. If the remaining cultists still don't know this, it would be strange if they didn't hide their whereabouts.

These cult members in small strongholds were essentially abandoned, and there were a few instances where they all evacuated their strongholds, causing the Shadow Court's operation to come to nothing.

"Hiding obediently is a smart move."

If he continues to hide, Gray will indeed have to temporarily abandon the pursuit of the remaining cult factions.

For Gray, the main quests are the heroes and the threat from [the Celestial Realm], while side quests can only be put aside for now and done later when there is an opportunity.

Anyway, now the Demonic Order only has the factions of Power and Domination, Lust and Pleasure, and Flame and Destruction left, and they've been beaten so badly they don't dare to show themselves anymore. I doubt they can carry out any large-scale cult activities.

Since the targets were small outposts without strong cult members, Gray mostly observed from the sidelines during the operation, occasionally helping to deal with a few stragglers.

Compared to his past glorious achievements, Gray has been slacking off for the past three months.

There was no other way; he simply couldn't find anyone else, and he didn't want to be so idle, having to spend every three days with the pink-haired succubus for one night.

What? Wasn't it agreed that I'd accompany you every two days?

That was Kappa's own fault. He gave Zeta a dose of the drug, and the only punishment he received was a slight reduction in the frequency of sex, which was already a very light punishment.

However, Gray doesn't seem to have any other effective punishment methods. Physical punishment would only activate a strange switch within the pink-haired succubus, causing the situation to escalate in an even more unpredictable direction.

Sure enough, a shameless guy with no sense of shame is simply invincible.

"Ok?"

The sudden vibration startled Gray, who immediately scattered his mental energy to check the surroundings.

Yes, it's still the same scene of waiters fighting against cultists, and there's no ambush or cultist support.

The vibration was actually a fluctuation of magical energy, which is why it alerted Gray.

After checking the surrounding environment and finding nothing unusual, Gray has found the source of the abnormal magical fluctuations.

It's the fluctuation of magical energy within my own body.

But this is strange.

Why did the magic power within my body suddenly fluctuate?

This can generally be understood as a control error. The fact that the magic power is so great that occasional fluctuations in magic power are not too uncommon for high-level professionals.

But for Gray, this situation was far too unusual.

Long before Gray discovered that his magic level could no longer advance, he had already achieved perfect control over all his magic power, unless he deliberately let go of the control to cause a ruckus.

No… even this doesn’t make sense. When Gray relinquishes control over his magic, the resulting fluctuations are far from calm.

They should at least blow up the entire stronghold, right?

Faced with this illogical situation, Gray had no choice but to stop and use his mental energy to scan his body.

Hopefully, it's not some major problem involving heroes, the Celestial Realm, goddesses, or anything like that...

After a mental scan, Gray quickly found the anomaly.

The magical fluctuations did occur within Gray's body, but the magical energy causing the fluctuations did not belong to Gray... or at least did not originate from Gray.

Huh? What's going on? That sounds terrifying.

Why does the magic within me not belong to me?

what?

Parasites? Possession? Alien invasion?

Ah, of course it's not something that scary.

There is indeed magic within Gray that does not originate from him.

The Demon King's Legacy.

Although the Demon King's legacy exists within Gray's mind, it still relies on magic power.

The creator of the Demon King's legacy is the tenth Demon King, "The Sage," so it naturally does not originate from Gray.

only……

"This has never happened before..."

The Demon King's legacy has always been well-behaved and peaceful. As long as Gray doesn't read it, it will obediently lie in a corner of his soul.

"Why did things suddenly fluctuate today?"

In an instant, a terrifying thought emerged.

For example, it is said that the silent souls of past demon kings reside in the Demon King's legacy, and now they have awakened and want to possess him.

Oh, children, it's not scary.

Why is it that all the Demon Lords of the past could defeat Gray if they all attacked together?

Not all Demon Kings throughout history have been Rank 10 professionals; there have been slightly weaker and slightly stronger Demon Kings as well. However, it doesn't matter if they are indeed Rank 10 professionals.

The highest level of skill in history is no joke. Gray might have to worry about dealing with thousands or tens of thousands of other professionals of the same rank, but the Demon King...

Gray is the 53rd generation; there have only been 52 Demon Lords in total.

trivial.

However, it's more practical to go and see for yourself than to make wild guesses about unreasonable things.

Now you can just go back and read the Demon King's legacy.

Gray actually found the idea of ​​possession novel.

After all, this is something that can only appear in the world of cultivation, and it rarely appears in Western fantasy settings.

His consciousness immersed itself in his mind, entering a pitch-black space of consciousness, and began to peruse the Demon King's legacy.

"There have indeed been changes."

Gray muttered to himself.

The changes are still quite obvious.

Upon entering the consciousness space where the Demon King's legacy exists, the boss immediately plastered a picture on Gray's face, making it impossible to ignore.

"The magical fluctuations inherited from the Demon King are because of this picture?"

Gray began to study the diagram with great interest.

After scanning the area...

In conclusion, this is a map, and a very detailed one at that.

Compared to the low-quality maps commonly found on the market.

There are six aspects to cartography; one cannot be considered proficient without any one of them.

All six points have been achieved.

Graphical divisions...

Such a description may be too abstract.

Let's use a more conventional method of description—comparison.

This map is far superior in detail to the map of Earth from my previous life.