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

Upon examining the situation, Gray realized that things were getting complicated.

The slave-catching team included many low-level professionals, and the rest were all strong and capable individuals.

Among the captured demi-human villagers, there was not a single professional. Gray only sensed extremely faint magical fluctuations from a few young demi-humans and the little rabbit demi-human girl.

The members of these slave-catching teams had very well-organized tasks: the professionals were in charge of the young and middle-aged demi-humans and those with magical fluctuations, while the rest of the members were in charge of the elderly, children, women, and children.

With such a guarding arrangement, coupled with the iron shackles binding the villagers' hands, the captured villagers had no chance of resistance.

On the surface, they were chatting and laughing with their accomplices, but they were all secretly keeping an eye on the people they were responsible for guarding.

So skilled! You can tell this isn't their first time committing this crime.

Gray found the problem to be that he couldn't guarantee the safety of the demi-human hostages.

If it were just a simple battle, even if the slave-catching team numbered in the hundreds or thousands, Gray could wipe them all out with a single "I am atomic" shot.

However, to ensure the safety of the demi-human villagers, Gray must eliminate all members of the slave-catching team in an instant.

Unfortunately, Gray wasn't speed-specialized and couldn't go supersonic to take down all the slave hunters in an instant.

The importance of having subordinates becomes immediately apparent; with just a few servants to help, the safety of the demi-human villagers can be easily ensured and the situation can be resolved quickly.

Since he couldn't simply overpower the opponent, Gray had to use his brain a little.

Hmm... this actually involves a bit of gambling...

Gray mobilized all his magic power and, unusually, used a martial art taught in the Demon King's legacy—the Shadow Transformation.

In an instant, Gray's body became illusory, and the black-robed man who originally looked like a solid figure transformed into a thick cloud of black mist.

From the perspective of the slave-catching team members, they only saw a black shadow flash by, and then the strong man who was escorting the young and middle-aged demi-humans fell into a pool of blood and fell silent.

Upon seeing this strange situation, the members of the slave-catching team immediately reacted and went on alert to observe their surroundings.

"A third-tier professional, just like that, dead?" The short man couldn't believe his eyes.

The short man was the captain of the slave-catching team, a third-tier thief, his eyes narrowed as he vigilantly surveyed his surroundings.

What's going on? Has De Miller's enforcement team arrived?

The short man immediately dismissed the idea.

After the shadow flashed by, the burly man of the third rank and the young and strong demi-men he was guarding fell down at the same time without even letting out a scream, their bodies covered in blood.

If they were demi-humans from the enforcement team, they wouldn't have slaughtered the demi-human villagers along with them.

The scream emitted by the female demi-human at that moment confirmed his deduction.

The women, who had been being led along in chains and whose eyes were now only filled with numbness, looked around in confusion when they realized that the slave hunters were no longer pushing them.

They immediately saw the solemn, wary members of the slave-catching team and the blood-stained corpses.

These women were just ordinary villagers who rarely even witnessed killing and eating animals, let alone seeing the corpses of their own kind.

To the slave hunters, the demi-human villagers were commodities, the fruits of their labor. The death of even one of them was a huge loss. Therefore, when driving the demi-humans away, they mainly used beatings and scoldings, and never used methods like killing a few to establish authority and make an example of them.

These unsophisticated women, who had spent their lives toiling in the village, thought the slave-catching team had started killing people, which is why they screamed earlier.

The scream drew everyone's attention, including that of the demi-humans, to the corpses piled in pools of blood.

Gray was pleased that everyone was looking at him and immediately proceeded to the next step.

Everyone saw the shadow flash by; they all saw a shadow flash by, but no one could see where it appeared from or where it disappeared.

Everyone witnessed the entire process, from the appearance of the shadowy figure to the deaths of several slave hunters and demi-human villagers in pools of blood!

The slave hunters and the demi-human villagers were immediately thrown into a panic, fearing that the corpses before them would be their next fate.

Just after the shadowy figure reappeared and began another massacre, some members of the slave-catching team couldn't hold on any longer and abandoned their assigned targets, running away as fast as they could.

"Idiot! Don't be alone!" the short man yelled.

Some people have already succumbed to the pressure and fled. If I, as the captain, don't speak up to suppress them, all these cowards will run away.

At this point, if the person who escaped is killed by the shadowy figure, the others will not dare to act rashly and will work together to find a way to fight against the shadowy figure...

Reality was not as the short man wished, and Gray was naturally aware of what the short man had in mind.

The figures of those who fled gradually disappeared into the distance, but nothing unexpected happened. Instead, another group of people fell while they remained in the same spot.

The short man completely lost control of the situation. Seeing that those who had fled had run so far away without any problems, while those who had stayed put were dead, everyone started to run away.

it's over...

The short man had barely formed this thought when he saw a dark shadow flash past before his eyes, and then he was completely engulfed in darkness.

Not only the slave-catching team members, but also the demi-human villagers were filled with fear and thought of escaping.

However, due to the restriction of iron chains, they could not run fast and were left far behind the captured slave team members.

The slave-catching team members were thinking of keeping these restricted demi-humans to buy time so they could escape, little did they know that Gray's target had always been them.

With the hostages' safety guaranteed, Gray had no more worries.

As the shadows flashed, the slave hunters fell one by one...

After taking care of the last person, Gray deactivated his Shadow form and appeared as a man in black robes.

The fear in the little rabbit-like girl's small eyes vanished instantly when she saw the black-robed man suddenly appear before her.

Gray didn't notice the change in the young rabbit-like demi-human's eyes. He simply raised his hand, imbued it with magic, and severed the iron chains. Then he severed the iron chains on the hands of the other demi-humans one by one.

After doing all this, the demi-human villagers realized that the black-robed man in front of them meant no harm.

An elderly sheep-like human walked forward shakily; he must be the village chief.

"May I ask, sir, about my son and the others...?"

Seeing the demi-human village chief muster up tremendous courage to ask the question, Gray felt somewhat helpless.

It seems they were really frightened, but I'm no devil.

"She just fainted, she'll wake up in a bit," Gray said in a low, hoarse voice.

When Grey is in his "Shadow" form and faces strangers, he remains vigilant, using magic to process his voice and change its timbre. Combined with the cognitive impairment function of his black robe, outsiders cannot see the connection between the "Shadow" and Grey Brant.

Gray only uses his true voice when facing his old acquaintances, the Ten Shadows.

Let's ignore the sound for now.

The young rabbit-like demi-human appeared in Gray's line of sight at that moment...