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

Luck, something mysterious and elusive.

The Demon King's Sword left behind by the "Sage," said to be powerful enough to kill gods, is a weapon born from absorbing the millennia-long fortune of the demon race, and it is also a disposable item.

The luck within the Demon King's Sword diminishes with every bit used.

It's not entirely impossible to replenish, but the Demon King's Sword, which took thousands of years to fill, consumes a fraction of the Demon race's fortune, representing countless years of their existence.

A single sword strike exhausts all one's luck; there's no way to replenish it now—it will take thousands of years…

Moreover, if one sword cannot kill the Goddess of Holy Light, is it possible for her to live long enough to be able to strike again?

I knew perfectly well that I wouldn't have lived that long even if I had died of old age.

Then hand it over to the demon king of the future...

That's even more out of the question.

The premise of the "Sage's" "God-Slaying Plan" is that in this secret realm, the "silence" mechanism is ineffective, and the Goddess of Holy Light is completely unaware of this plan.

After the sword strike, the Goddess of Holy Light will recognize the existence of the Demon King's Sword, a weapon that poses a threat to Her, and She cannot allow such a weapon to exist.

If things go wrong, the existence of this secret realm might be discovered, and the descendants of the demon race in future generations might truly never have a chance to rise again.

Gray knew he had to succeed.

The "Sage's" plan, and the thousands of years of the demon race's history, were all gambled on him alone.

This is really... incredibly stressful...

It's all or nothing... If you don't succeed, you won't even be able to achieve your goal...

But thinking about it carefully, I was going to rebel against the Goddess of Holy Light anyway, whether for my own life or to save Bai Lin.

The pressure I bear has never been small.

It's just that he has a bit more of the expectation of a "sage", he has thousands of years of demonic fortune bet on himself, and he has the Demon King Sword as his trump card.

Overall, the pressure has decreased slightly.

But can the Demon King's Sword truly "slay a god"...?

Even if he couldn't, Gray had no other options.

Gray also figured out some things.

The Demon King's legacy opened up a "four-dimensional" map, guiding him to this secret realm. The reason for choosing him as the Demon King of this generation has already been explained by the "Sage".

It's because, in his own generation, the Demon King Sword was filled with fortune, and the material of the Demon King Sword could no longer contain any more fortune.

It was a great coincidence. It wasn't because he was the strongest Demon King that he was chosen; it was just that it happened to be his turn to fulfill his duties.

My own time travel has absolutely nothing to do with this... at least that's how it seems for now.

After listening to all the information from the projection left by the "Sage," Gray also gleaned some of the "Sage's" wisdom from the mechanism that the "Sage" had arranged.

The "Sage" utilized the mechanism established by the Goddess of Holy Light.

The "Sage" absorbs the demon race's fortune with the Demon King's Sword, which will cause the demon race to gradually decline, but there is no need to worry about the demon race being completely wiped out, thus causing this plan spanning thousands of years to fail.

The demons cannot exterminate humanity. Every time the Demon King leads his army to the brink of annihilation, a hero will appear, slay the Demon King, lead humanity in a counterattack against the demons, reclaim the territory occupied by the demons, and even invade their lands, forcing them to the brink of extinction.

However, at this point, the hero who had already defeated the Demon King lost his hero status, and as a result, his strength plummeted.

Then, from the nearly extinct demon race, a new demon king was born, leading his demon army into human territory and driving humanity to the brink of extinction.

This is the endless cycle of human-demon history.

The “wise man” noticed something in this.

No matter what decisions the Demon King or Hero makes or what actions they take, the final outcome will not change.

The demons cannot kill all of humanity, just as humanity cannot kill all of the demons; it's a two-way street.

It is not only the demon race that is imprisoned in the endless cycle of history; humanity is no exception.

However, this is a time of decline for demons and prosperity for humans, and instead of focusing on revitalizing the demon race and attacking humans, the Demon King Gray is busy fighting some kind of demon cult...

That's why the demon race looks so miserable.

In reality, humans and demons are the same; they are both imprisoned in this world.

Returning to the planning of the "wise man".

Because of the intervention of the Goddess of Holy Light, neither humanity nor demons will be wiped out.

The "sage" felt at ease extracting the demon race's fortune, since he didn't need to worry about the demon race being wiped out. He himself also sent a group of demons into the secret realm to live and preserve the demon race's bloodline.

However, this operation caused great trouble for the demon kings of later generations.

The long-awaited Narushiki.

The demon kings of later generations only needed to lead their demon armies to defeat humans, but the "sages" who absorbed the demon race's fortune had much more to consider.

Originally, the starting difficulty for the Demon King and the Hero was about the same between humans and demons. However, due to the "Sage's" actions, the starting difficulty for the Demon King will always be higher than that for the Hero on the human side.

After all, the fortune of humanity won't just disappear for no reason.

Let us observe three seconds of silence for the dozens of ancestors of the Demon Lords from the 11th to the 52nd generation, and also thank them for their contributions to the Demon race.

However, Gray, who has taken over the baton from thousands of years and is in charge of the final sprint... is under much more pressure than any of the previous Demon Lords.

Then there was the coincidence that Gray just happened to take over this important task.

Upon closer examination, the coincidence is not as significant as one might imagine.

Looking at the people of Grey... the Demon King's life trajectory.

They grew up in human territory and wiped out most of the cultists of the demonic order...

These aren't the important things...

What should be considered is Gray's act of establishing the Shadow Court.

The Shadow Court servants are essentially all members of Gray's Demon Lord's kin, with only slight differences in their direct or indirect roles.

Although most of the Shadow Court's servants are not demons, they are considered half-demons because they are members of the Demon King's family and have received the Demon King's magical power from Gray.

Therefore, Gray believes that the so-called demonic destiny, the destiny of the Shadow Court, is also included in it.

In other words, Gray didn't do absolutely nothing; he just happened to take on the final mission.

Rather, it's more accurate to say that the actions of the Shadow Court provided the Demon King Sword with more fortune than any single Demon King era.

Gray recruited non-demons into his Demon Lord's Familia. If we consider this from another perspective, rather than labeling them "demonic traitors"...

Can we assume that...?

For every new non-demon servant recruited by Gray and the Shadow Court, it is equivalent to assimilating a person of another race into a demon.

As the Demon Lord, Gray possesses not only unprecedented top-tier strength, but also a Demon Lord's Familia, setting a precedent by recruiting non-demons into the Familia.

This is unprecedented, and the Demon King's legacy should really give Gray a credit for this place.