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

Ignoring Gray's reaction—and to be honest, the "Sage" was just a projection and couldn't possibly do that—the "Sage" projection continued:

"The so-called 'silencing' mechanism refers to the fact that when you utter certain words, you will be rendered speechless by an irresistible force."

The "Sage's" projection's words again took into account the possibility that the Demon King was unaware of the "silence" mechanism.

"Furthermore, I want to emphasize that any important plans, discussions with others, or arrangements must be made within this secret realm."

After all, who knows, maybe the one in heaven will hear this.

The sage's words startled Gray, and he instantly understood their meaning.

Is the Goddess of Holy Light listening to the main plane? Perhaps she's also monitoring other secret realms.

That makes sense, since the "silencing" mechanism is implemented in real time. The two previous angelic descents were almost exactly the moment after the demons descended into the secret realm and Bai Lin truly broke through to the tenth rank.

Gray wouldn't be surprised if he were told now that the Goddess of Light was listening to the Prime Material Plane.

Gray recalled the "Sage" projection before him, which, when saying "'Silence' mechanism can't reach this secret realm," emphasized "the gaze of the Holy Light Goddess" in the first half of the sentence.

Looking back now, the "gaze" referred to by the "sage's" projection was actually the Holy Light Goddess's listening.

The ability to block detection is probably related to the fact that, since entering the desert, my mental strength has been inexplicably unable to expand.

After all, it's difficult for people in the desert to disperse their spiritual power. For someone far away in the [Celestial Realm] to cross most of the desert and accurately locate this secret realm for eavesdropping is simply a pipe dream.

In the secret realm, Gray's mental power could only extend to a range slightly beyond his line of sight. He didn't think that the Holy Light Goddess's mental power could be thousands or tens of thousands of times stronger than his own, otherwise it would be impossible for her to have overheard him from the [Celestial Realm].

Of course, if the Goddess of Light is truly that terrifying, and all of this is within her calculations, then Gray could lose all hope and not consider whether to resist or not. Perhaps obediently waiting to be killed by the hero would be somewhat of a "euthanasia."

Even if such a disparity truly exists, Gray would still try to resist. As long as he could make the Goddess of Holy Light feel even a little bit uncomfortable, his resistance would be worthwhile.

The next moment, the "Sage" projection, coincidentally, mentioned the characteristics of the secret realm.

"I suppose you've noticed as well that it's incredibly difficult to spread mental energy, whether in the desert or this secret realm. Not to mention that low-level professionals are almost completely unable to project their mental energy, even I, a tenth-level demon king, can only project my mental energy to a place beyond sight."

The isolation from eavesdropping and 'silencing' mechanisms is due to the unique characteristics of this secret realm.

Gray listened, "Hmm—...Hmm?"

He said he could only project his mental energy to places beyond his sight, right?

However, I can project my mental energy to places beyond my line of sight, which means... my mental energy is a little stronger than that of a "sage".

It was a trivial little detail, but Gray wouldn't be complacent about it.

So what if I'm even a little better than that "sage"?

Before the Goddess of Holy Light, what difference does it make? To Her, I am still just an ant.

To humans, an ant that is a few millimeters longer than its kin is no different from an ordinary ant.

In the eyes of the Goddess of Holy Light, she and all the Demon Kings of each generation were nothing more than "humans and ants".

"Let's get back to the question of the history between humans and demons."

At this point, the "sage" projection stopped speaking.

Now, another option has appeared.

And there was no choice but to ask, "Why did the Goddess of Holy Light create the endless cycle of human-demon history?"

Gray: ...

So, what is the significance of the options?

However, Gray was indeed very eager to know the answer to this question, so he suppressed his urge to complain and clicked the option in mid-air.

After the option was selected, the "sage" projection immediately provided the answer:

"do not know."

Gray suddenly realized: "I didn't know... Oh, I see, I didn't know..."

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"Don't you know what you're talking about, a market?"

Gray couldn't hold back any longer. He genuinely felt that the "sage" projection in front of him was somewhat abstract, and the "sage" who could leave such a projection would be even more abstract. However, thanks to this, the originally serious topic didn't make Gray too nervous.

The "sage" projection spread its hands:

There's nothing we can do; if we don't know, we just don't know.

After all, I've never actually seen the Goddess of Light; I only deduced her existence from clues. How could I possibly know why she would go to such lengths for no reason?

Gray had to admit that what the "wise man" projection said made a lot of sense.

God knows why He created such a troublesome thing.

and……

Just as Gray had expected, the "Sage" projection spoke again:

"Furthermore, the reasons why the Holy Light Goddess did all this have nothing to do with us. Even if we knew why She did it, could you go to the [Heavenly Realm] and act as an intermediary to make the Holy Light Goddess stop all of this?"

It's obvious without even thinking that this is impossible.

Gray and the "wise man" both knew this.

The "Sage" projected the following:

"What we need to think about is how to end all of this, to end the cycle of human-demon history. This would be beneficial to both the human and demon races."

The age-old hatred between the two races, I think, might also be manipulated by the Goddess of Holy Light behind the scenes.

As long as the two races are allowed to continue their hatred towards each other, war will break out easily. Humans and demons will fight each other, and the Demon King and the Hero will once again become enemies, thus easily achieving His goal.

Gray gazed at the projection of the "Sage" before him and deeply understood the differences between himself, the "Sage," and the Demon Kings of all time.

Like the "Sage," he harbored no irreconcilable hatred for humanity and was therefore not manipulated by the Goddess of Holy Light to form a demon army and launch a massive attack on humanity.

Because he was a human in his previous life, he was raised under the care of humans in this life. He is to lead the demon race as the Demon King to seek revenge.

He couldn't bring himself to repay the kindness of those who raised him with enmity.

And what about that "sage"?

Does he hate humanity?

This is something that may be unknown.

However, Gray believes that the "Sage" harbors no hatred towards humanity and adopts a peaceful policy during his reign because his gaze transcends the prime plane, reaching the [heavenly realm] and is projected onto the high angels and the goddess of holy light.

The culprit is [the Celestial Realm], those guys who call themselves gods and angels.

Gray, the "wise man," has completely let go of the past.