You Idiots! It's Just a Demon! Is This Your First Time Fighting One?!

"You idiots! It's just a demon! Is this your first time fighting one?!"

If this was the early days of the game, players might have screamed, "Aaaah! A demon!" But by now, players had encountered their fair share of demons. The days of being paralyzed by fear at the mere sight of a demon were long gone. A wealth of information about the demons of the Demon Realm had been made public, and strategies had been thoroughly established!

...Or so they thought, but the demons standing before them were simply too terrifying.

"Swap to your holy-attribute weapons and get ready to fight!"

"U-understood."

"You guys should also—"

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The guild member who was about to speak froze. The party members who had entered with them just moments ago had completely vanished.

Rather than fighting alongside the Guild Alliance, it's better to just make a run for it!

"Those shameless bastards! They don't have a single shred of cooperative spirit!!!"

"Wow."

The guild members couldn't help but marvel at their executive's words. Just a moment ago, they were trying to extort a toll fee from those players, yet they had already forgotten that and were calling them shameless. Was this level of sheer audacity the secret to climbing the corporate ladder to an executive position?

I need to learn to be more shameless.

I should live like even more of a scumbag.

Of course, one didn't become an executive through shamelessness alone. The executive immediately began laying down area-of-effect fields.

It was a holy skill combo proven effective within the Guild Alliance. Having fought many demons, the guild had established a standardized strategy.

"Keeeeeek! Foolish mortals!"

"Did you think we wouldn't anticipate that?!"

However, the demons inside the temple far exceeded the guild members' expectations. Normally, monsters would blindly charge into such traps and get obliterated, but these demons cunningly began to dismantle the traps.

With the corridor collapsing, it was a situation that even the guild members couldn't withstand.

"Take cover! Retreat!!"

As they attempted to fall back, the demons pursued them with terrifying precision.

"The intruders cannot escape!!"

"We will be rewarded by the priests!!"

"Argh, those crazy bastards!!"

"...?!?!"

The guild members were utterly horrified. How... how could demons resist holy damage?!

"Khehehek! You cannot stop us, the trained elite, with such parlor tricks! Die!"

"Isn't this dungeon way too weird?!"

"I see... Hmm. Yes, I should build it. I'll set it up inside the Grand Temple of the Valley."

Beside the first-ever Grand Temple of Archisus built in the Valley, several other temples were situated. It was a cutting-edge, buffet-style temple complex where one could choose according to their taste! The Sadiq Temple was also located there...

...No, I didn't think that.

Tae-hyun stared in disbelief at the quest window, which had suddenly painted him as a complete lunatic. I never said that, you bastards!

In short, it was a quest asking him to place several tiny temples of other gods in front of the Archisus Temple to show off that "Archisus is the best!"

...If the other churches found out about this, they would probably faint from sheer outrage. Especially the Sadiq Church, which was already going through a rough patch...

The list of constructible temples appeared, followed by another message window.

These were churches whose authorities he had obtained, but he ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠still lacked the ability or knowledge to construct their temples. Tae-hyun would have to go out and investigate them further.

Since Tae-hyun had already reached the realm of an Artisan, his crafting speed was phenomenally fast.

Pull it out, swing the hammer, strike, hold it with his arms to shape it, and done!

Everyone blinked in sheer disbelief at the insane speed at which ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠he was creating things in the blink of an eye.

Was this guy a human or a conveyor belt?!

"Everyone, get into position and prepare for battle!"

"Ah, yes!! We're on it!!"

Though they were guild members who had been busy constructing just a moment ago, they finished positioning themselves as if possessed.

Wait, how did we end up fighting?

"Bring that cage over here!"

Tae-hyun pointed at Edager.

Edager, who had been locked inside the cage, could only blink. Why was he telling them to bring him over?

"You foolish mortal! Those demons don't know who I am. Do you honestly think every demon in the Demon Realm is my subordinate? There's a limit to delusion! You're doing something completely pointless..."

"What are you talking about? That's not why I called you."

Tae-hyun grabbed Edager's cage.

Engraved on top of the cage was incredibly ancient writing.