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

Nighttime is a special point in time.

At night, most creatures fall asleep, but under the cover of darkness, there are always those who are restless and ready to act.

In the darkness, the silhouette of a petite girl was illuminated.

“The Demon Order…” Philippa murmured to herself.

For the past few days, she has been investigating the cultists who burned down the village, but she hasn't gotten any useful information, at most she has only found out the name of the cult.

During this time, she sensed the presence of cultists performing rituals several times, and by the time Philippa arrived, all the villages had already fallen victim to the cultists' cruelty.

Philippa still couldn't save the villagers, so she could only kill all the cultists to prevent anyone else from suffering the same fate.

Every day, I can kill dozens of cultists. The aura I sense from them is slightly different, probably because of the different demons they worship.

The Hero's Legacy contains records of the seven great demons of the Netherworld Prison, but no information about the Demon Cult, so Philippa knows almost nothing about this evil cult.

She was unaware that the Demonic Cult was a behemoth beyond her comprehension; she could only lament how such a tragedy could still occur despite the killing of so many cult members.

Moreover, the cultists she eliminated were likely just ordinary members of the Demon Order, with very weak magic, at most only at the second or third tier. This posed no threat to Philippa, who was a hero and also possessed a set of overpriced, pay-to-win equipment.

"I'm still too weak right now, only at the fourth level. Even if I find the Demon King, I definitely can't defeat him."

Following the instructions in the hero's legacy, Philippa adventures, slays monsters, and grows stronger.

The brave have a unique advantage.

The main way for ordinary people to improve their magic level is through cultivation and absorbing magic crystals, while heroes grow stronger through battles. This method of improving magic is far more efficient than the cultivation method of ordinary people.

It was precisely because of the hero's high efficiency in raising the level of magic power, and the hero's magic power's restraining effect on the demon king's magic power, that they were able to grow up when the demon king was running rampant in the world, and finally be able to kill the demon king.

Unable to ascertain the movements of the demonic cult, Philippa knew that these cultists would target remote villages.

So she decided to wait in a village that met the criteria.

Although whether you run into cult members is a matter of luck, it's still much better than having to rush over after the cult members have already massacred the village.

"Looks like I'm in luck."

As the grey-robed figures appeared one after another, Philippa raised her light sword and unleashed a sword aura.

In this world, magic and martial arts are the most commonly used and practical methods for professionals.

The cult members didn't understand why they were ambushed, when they had only come to kill some insignificant, low-level people.

Philip's sudden attack caused a cult member to die on the spot!

However, after the casualties occurred, the cultists realized they had been ambushed and quickly activated their magic to fight back.

"Fourth tier..."

Philippa easily dodged several probing attacks from the cultists, looked at the leader of the cultists, and murmured.

The priests of the Demonic Order are responsible for leading a group of cult members in carrying out massacres.

Having already killed hundreds of cultists, Philippa has finally encountered a higher-ranking member of the Demon Order.

The priest waved his staff, and a dark shadow swept down the ground towards Philippa.

Philippa moved quickly, trying to avoid the ominous-looking shadow while dodging attacks from the other cultists.

She dodged the attacks from the other cultists, but the black shadow launched from the priest's staff followed Philippa's trail and leaped up. Philippa quickly channeled her magic into her light sword, using it as a medium to cast the third-tier magic Lightwing Blade, which collided with the black shadow.

However, since this light wing blade was cast quickly, its power was naturally weakened. After colliding with the black shadow, it was unable to withstand the attack for a few moments and dissipated.

The shadowy figure that had collided with the light-winged blade did not pursue Philippa as before, but continued in its original direction of travel for a while before dissipating.

Philippa quickly assessed the situation.

These cultists can use magic to conjure shadows to launch attacks, unlike the fire-wielding, magic-encased weapons, and matter-manipulating magic we've encountered before.

The attack from this fourth-tier leader was particularly troublesome.

Other cultists' shadowy figures can only move forward in a straight line, but this fourth-tier leader should be able to control the shadowy figures even after they have launched their attacks, thus adjusting the direction of the attacks.

The downside is that after the shadow collides with other magic, the fourth-tier leader will lose control. At this point, the shadow's attack is no different from that of an ordinary cultist, except that it is more powerful.

She was at the same level as her opponent, a fourth-tier cultist, and was confident she could win in a one-on-one fight. However, the problem was that in addition to this fourth-tier cultist, her opponent also had dozens of low-level cultists who would attack and interfere with her from time to time, preventing her from concentrating on fighting.

So let's deal with the lower-level ones first, and then have a one-on-one fight with this fourth-level cultist!

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"What bad luck, why did I have to run into a hero?" In the shadows, one person observed the battle.

This person is the high priest of the Netherworld and Shadow faction of the Demon Cult, exuding the aura of a fifth-tier professional.

As the high priest, he must know more than ordinary priests.

For example, there's a consensus that one shouldn't lay a hand on a serving hero.

During the battle, Philippa turned her attention to killing ordinary members first. The priest could only interfere with Philippa's actions but could not stop her from killing the ordinary members.

"If this continues, the losses will be enormous. We have to take action."

But the thought that he could only rescue the person and might still be hunted down made the high priest's face turn ashen, as if he had swallowed a fly.

"That's why these kinds of heroes are such a hassle. Why not just honestly kill her demon king instead of making trouble for no reason?"

The high priest complained, but he was also preparing to intervene and save the people. If he didn't act soon, too many people would die, and he wouldn't be able to explain it to others.

"Oh my, slaying the Demon King? I'm very interested."

The next moment, the sudden appearance of a female voice made him feel as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

A black robe could not conceal her long, bright golden hair; the black robe could cover her graceful figure but could not hide her slender posture.

He hadn't sensed the blonde woman's presence before she appeared, but what truly made him tremble was the magical energy fluctuations emanating from her, which reached the eighth rank.

What? I'm fighting at Tier 8? Really?

Upon seeing the blonde woman dressed in a black robe, the high priest recalled the report he had seen a few days earlier.

"The Demonic Shadow Courtyard..."