Talk:Demon King/@comment-202.1.114.202-20181105235728/@comment-5728015-20190611102430

But that's exactly what classic RPG last-boss characters always do - sit in their Castle being all powerful, but instead of using that power to crush the heroes instantly, they just send out increasingly powerful lieutenants to fight them, always at the exact moment when the heroes are finally powerful enough to face them. They never leave their fortress of evil, because the heroes aren't worth their time, right up until they finally level up enough to gate-crash their Castle and cut off their head.

It never makes sense in any fantasy/RPG story, but it's necessary for the story, because if the Big Bad kills the heroes at level one, it would be a really short story. The author is making fun of that by still having their Demon King do it anyway, despite everyone in their world kind of being aware that it makes no sense.