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

"What...what's going on?"

An adventurer noticed something amiss and asked his companions nearby.

"The Netherworld Palace... is starting to shake!"

The others also felt the ground and stone walls shaking. They exchanged glances with their companions and began to discuss countermeasures.

"This has never happened before when we were fighting monsters here. Something must have gone wrong. It would be best to lead everyone to evacuate quickly."

The speaker was a warrior holding a heavy shield. He was a warrior who preferred to defend and protect his comrades. He was relatively calm and took the initiative to suggest that they retreat.

Another short man offered the opposite opinion.

"Could the strange phenomena in the Netherworld Palace be caused by the emergence of some treasure? We are close by and can seize the treasure immediately. Should we give up such a rare opportunity?"

"Compared to the strange phenomena caused by the appearance of a treasure, I feel it's more like some kind of formidable demon has appeared..."

"..."

The members of the adventurer team all offered their opinions.

One of the female magicians, dressed in a robe, immediately placed her hands on her staff and closed her eyes to carefully sense the magical energy below when the anomaly occurred.

Release your spiritual power to perceive magic.

With the thick stone floor separating them, plus the interference of the magical power of the monsters in the lower layers, a female mage shouldn't have been able to perceive things so easily.

Strangely, after her spiritual power traveled downwards through the ground, she did not sense the numerous and varied magical powers of the monsters.

Of course, it didn't matter whether there were other chaotic magical forces interfering. The female mage's pupils shrank, her whole body trembled uncontrollably, and fear showed in her eyes.

"Get out of here!" she yelled.

Seeing the female mage, the most perceptive member of the team, display such fear and disarray, the other members of the adventurer team realized the seriousness of the situation. They had no intention of continuing the argument and quickly ran up the stairs leading to the upper level and down to the ground.

During the ascent, a purplish-black light curtain ignored the ground's obstruction and passed straight through, its terrifying magical light illuminating the entire dark Netherworld Palace.

The adventurers finally understood what the female mage had sensed, and they rushed towards the ground even more desperately.

As the light screen expanded, a deep rumble came from the deepest part of the underground palace, gradually becoming deafening.

As the sound intensified, the entire underground palace began to shake violently. Stones and dust fell from the ceiling, the torches went out, but the interior of the Netherworld Palace remained clearly visible thanks to the magical light.

The underground palace's structure could not withstand this force; massive stones began to collapse, walls cracked, supporting pillars broke, and the entire underground world seemed to be crumbling.

At this moment, all the adventurers in the Netherworld Palace realized that something had happened. The Netherworld Palace was probably going to collapse, and everyone was running up for their lives.

The mastermind behind all of this, Gray, kept his eyes closed while sensing the evacuation of the Shadow Court servants above, ensuring their safety before destroying the place.

Gray has a strong sense of perception towards his Familia. As long as the distance is not too far, Gray can distinguish the different auras on his Familia when he is seriously sensing them, so as to accurately identify the person and determine the approximate distance between them.

Gray sensed that the Shadow Court servants above had stopped moving, knowing they had completed their evacuation, and began to detonate this "nuclear bomb."

Since Gray developed this move, a high-fidelity imitation (he just copied the name because he thought it was cool), he hasn't really had many opportunities to use it.

First of all, this move caused too much of a commotion. When it was used in the valley to scare Bai Lin into transforming into a maid and begging for mercy, it was only because the demon's cheap subordinates set up a magic array to hide it. However, it still caused a beast tide.

As for this time, although it was also a grand affair, it couldn't conceal its true nature.

But all Gray needs to do is run away after throwing the "nuclear bomb" and not let anyone know that he did it.

The reason why the demons were asked to set up the hidden magic array was actually because the demons themselves were the only ones who were considered.

With such a commotion, the Olmec Kingdom might send people to the Shadow Forest to investigate. This would likely discover the demons hiding there, and then they would be finished.

Although Gray has the ability to protect them, the exposure of the demons' hideout will cause a lot of unnecessary trouble.

It wouldn't be good if Philippa smelled the scent and came over to confront him.

Philippa, as a hero, has not yet matured, so it would be easy for Gray to kill her.

Grey never intended to kill Philippa.

Even ignoring their personal relationship, Gray wouldn't do that.

Kill one hero, and the next hero will appear with a blessing; kill another hero, and the blessing will become stronger.

Before long, Gray made no decision.

Therefore, Gray cannot allow Philippa to pinpoint his identity as the Demon King if he wants to live longer and find a solution.

With such a group of subordinates fighting against the demon cult, Gray was able to spare some time to find ways to solve his own problems and lend a hand occasionally.

Just like this time, the destruction of the Netherworld Palace completely destroyed the summoning secrets of Daklis, the demon of the Netherworld and Shadow.

If he hadn't come, Delta would have been seriously injured by the projected snake tail attack and had to be taken back for treatment. For a while, it would probably have been impossible to deal with the things in the 18th floor of the Netherworld Palace.

At that point, all we can do is report to Alpha and ask him to send more people. By then, the Demon Order will also know that the entire team they sent was wiped out, and they will send more people as well.

In a direct confrontation, the Shadow Court hasn't had enough time to develop and is definitely not a demonic order. However, the outcome is uncertain when facing the Netherworld and Shadow factions alone.

The various factions within the Demon Order have their own beliefs and are at odds with each other. The Demon Order is not united to the point of hoping that more factions will join forces to fight against the Shadow Court.

At least if Gray blows this place up now, it will save a lot of trouble later. It's very useful, isn't it?

Gray, as the leader of the Shadow Court, always felt that his contribution to the organization was too low, having recruited at most a few dozen people.

Compared to Alpha, the head of the organization that handles all the affairs, and the other Ten Shadows scattered around the world, Gray's contribution is nothing.

Therefore, Gray, a fictional leader who considered himself useless, was eager to make some contributions to the Shadow Court.

But, what he didn't know was.

The Shadow Court grew and prospered thanks to the Ten Shadows, but among the Ten Shadows, there was one who joined the Shadow Court not solely because of him.

Perhaps only the leader Alpha and the other two Ten Shadow Attendants joined the Shadow Court not entirely for Gray's sake?