But it was not one of those brainless, reckless demons. In fact, it considered itself a "wise one" among the Demon Race, possessing an intellect that surpassed ninety percent of demons.
So after its initial ecstatic joy, it quickly calmed down and began plotting and making arrangements.
It took control of the Black Copper Mine, turned the Black Gold Ant Queen into its thrall, and gleaned information about the human world from adventurers who happened to pass by.
It possessed the ability to influence the thoughts of living creatures, so it easily coaxed out the information it wanted.
The existence of the [Twelve Heavenly Gods of Bolobos] terrified it so greatly that its original "grand ambitions" vanished completely in an instant.
Its plans went bankrupt before they had even begun, and "conquering the world" could only become "barely surviving."
The gap between the two was enormous. By a demon's nature, it simply could not endure it.
It could only don human skin and take pleasure in tormenting adventurers who wandered into the Black Copper Mine, using it to vent the rage in its heart.
But it did not dare provoke adventurers bearing the marks of the Heavenly Gods, so it could only take out its anger on weaker humans. Whenever it encountered even somewhat stronger adventurers, it would retreat into the cave without a word.
Such days continued until today.
In search of the missing adventurers, a team of holy knights infiltrated the mine. It naturally loathed those holy knights radiating an aura of light and wished it could slice every last one of them to pieces, but it smelled the aura of a [True God] on them.
Therefore, no matter how much it hated those holy knights, it could only cower away and let them run rampant through its