I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Originally, Li Yue thought that the vegetable garden was so big that there would be other demons besides Rockefeller, which would be a good opportunity to enrich the Demon Illustrated Handbook, but after going around, he didn't record a single one more. Google search for reading

There were peddlers with thick calluses on their feet but greasy bodies, travelers with slightly curly hair and only a breath left, and farmers who were old, weak, and had cloudy eyes…

There was even a pig, which was locked up opposite Li Yue, possessing a trace of magic, to the extent that Li Yue once mistakenly thought it was some kind of weak demon.

These were not the objects that the Demon Illustrated Handbook wanted to record, and Li Yue only kept the images of these prisoners in his mind for transformation—this time, Li Yue did not communicate with any humans, hurriedly walked around, harvested a few dozen points of [Malice], and then quietly retreated to Rockefeller's prison cell.

Walking this way was also Li Yue's way of sorting out his thoughts, specifying a complete route, and completely replicating the physique of the tray skeleton soldier.

Li Yue felt that the Supreme Magic Stone was beckoning to him.

"Have you thought about where to go?" Li Yue shook the key in his hand, looking at the prisoner in the cell, always feeling that she would not escape the fate of death.

Rockefeller did not answer, her eyes seemed to be firmly attracted by the key, revealing both hope and doubt at the same time.

"Clatter!" Li Yue threw a whole bunch of keys into Rockefeller's cell, no longer looking at her, and turned to leave.

Go downstairs, go to the vault, get the magic stone… Li Yue thought like a skeleton soldier, step by step walking from the depths of the "vegetable garden" to the intersection.

But there was a figure faster than Li Yue—Rockefeller!

The female thief opened the cell door at the first moment, escaped to the pile of debris at the entrance of the vegetable garden, and quickly rummaged through it.

Li Yue couldn't help but stop, his empty eye sockets staring at her.

Rockefeller had a cornbread stained with blood in her mouth, trying to soften it before eating it; her hands didn't stop, she hurriedly put on a pair of light clothes, and kept checking the pile of debris, searching for anything that could help her escape.

Seeing her fingers flying up and down, Li Yue suddenly had a change of heart about her.

Perhaps… she might survive.

Li Yue took another step, Rockefeller raised her head vigilantly, chewed a bite of cornbread—colorless lips, a pretty face covered with bruises showing stubbornness… that scene was firmly remembered by Li Yue.

"Good luck." Li Yue pushed open the stone gate of the vegetable garden, bidding farewell to the first human he met after crossing over.

At this time, Li Yue didn't know that this act of letting Rockefeller go had affected countless destinies, in addition to indirectly saving his own life, it also placed him on a narrow line of fate, prone to falling into the abyss.

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Along the road of memory, Li Yue silently walked through the corridors of Demon King City, not daring to deviate from the route in the slightest, heading straight for the vault—several plans turned over and over in his mind, Li Yue silently hoped for the smoothest situation.

Originally, there were heavy guards along the way, but after the carnival of the Killing Cup, those visible skeletons seemed to be tired from playing, scattered in the corners in groups of three or five, resting.

The shadows in the corridor were still as dark as ever, Li Yue replicated the gait of the tray skeleton, and finally approached the vault, with only one corner left.

"Who comes—" Li Yue didn't even know where the sound came from.

In the shadows, an armor more than two meters tall slowly walked out, like a demon guarding wealth, blocking Li Yue's path.

"By the order of the Gambling Demon, King of the Arena, Oogey Boogey, to 'extract' the Supreme Magic Stone…" Li Yue had a plan, imitating the voice of the tray skeleton, and said the dialogue it used when returning the Supreme Magic Stone—except that he changed "return" to "extract."

This was the limit of what Li Yue could do in order not to have his identity discovered.

[Malice +14]

Was he discovered?

"Hmm…" An empty voice echoed in the armor's body, not knowing if it heard the subtle difference.

"Guarantee to complete the mission!" Li Yue added.

The mask shook slightly, as if to remember Li Yue's figure; then, the armor hesitated for a moment, and then retreated back into the shadows.

Li Yue secretly called himself lucky, turned the corner, and finally saw the pure gold door that occupied the entire wall.

The gold was dazzling, but Li Yue's attention was not on it at all, using all his strength to sense the existence of the Demon Scribe.

He wasn't there, perfect.

Li Yue was overjoyed, saying to himself, has his luck finally turned?

Keeping his pace unchanged, Li Yue stumbled to the drawer in front of the vault, sensing the increasingly familiar source of magic—the Supreme Magic Stone was still there, that was the reward for the winner of the arena…

"What are you doing here again?" After all, a voice still sounded, resounding in Li Yue's heart.

Sure enough, even if the Demon Scribe was not there, there were still demons guarding the vault… This at least proved that the vault was an important facility of Demon King City, and of course it couldn't be without guards.

Li Yue turned his head faintly, and "saw" a little guy wearing a black cloak—the little guy was very similar to the Demon Scribe, except that he was one size smaller, holding a quill and parchment, and the other hand was tied with a cluster of iron chains, could it be a relative?

Of course, Li Yue's memory did not have the little guy's information, and the transformation did not retain the memory of the body, so next… he could only rely on acting.

"By the order of the Gambling Demon, King of the Arena, Oogey Boogey, to 'extract' the Supreme Magic Stone…" Li Yue regretted not mastering some more dialogue from the tray skeleton.

[Analyzing… 3%… ]

The little guy's strength was good, and the analysis would take quite a long time.

"Oh? Why take it away again?" The little guy was much more lively than the Demon Scribe himself, shaking the quill, floating around Li Yue, observing him up and down.

"Could it be… that you want to swallow it alone?" The little guy's associative ability was also very amazing, directly revealing Li Yue's heart.

"The next Killing Cup is scheduled for three days later…" Li Yue spoke cautiously, wishing that the alcohol on his body would dissipate more.

"Oh? So taking it away now saves the ceremony of entering and leaving the vault?" The little guy seemed to know the vault's withdrawal process very well, walking around and talking to himself, "King of the Arena… when would he consider others?"

[Analyzing… 6%… ]

The speed of analysis was not enough, Li Yue could not predict the little guy's actions, almost dripping sweat, and hurriedly opened the Demon Illustrated Handbook, imitating a set of the skeleton soldier's yes-man actions: "Report to the Scribe, the next Killing Cup is scheduled for three days later… Oogey Boogey… has greeted all the trash…"

Li Yue spoke vaguely, extracting multiple dialogues, barely piecing together a vague meaning, just to see if the little guy could understand it.

Time seemed to be stretched, Li Yue was waiting for judgment.

"Tch, are you going to collude in advance again, and then cheat money?" The little guy was very willing to show his insight that he had seen through everything, "Then tell him to pay back the money quickly, otherwise our accounts will not be easy to calculate…"

"This, this… okay." Li Yue reluctantly answered with the limited dialogue he had mastered.

"Here you go~" The little guy moved the chain in his hand, opened the drawer, put the "Supreme Magic Stone" with its black light restrained into Li Yue's hand, and then muttered, "A broken stone, I really don't understand why it is called a reward…"

Everyone is a big shot… Li Yue could only evaluate the values of the upper demons in this way, and then happily and respectfully took the magic stone, and saluted the little guy again.

[Analysis interrupted, record saved]

Just as Li Yue's back was about to turn the corner of the corridor, unfortunately, the little guy spoke again, touching Li Yue's fragile nerves.

"By the way, what did you call me just now?"

Li Yue's mind raced: "Uncle… Scribe?"

"Hey, that sounds so good." The little guy was full of joy, sitting on the table with his iron chain cocked, looking at the shadow cast on the ground—the shadow was magnified and stretched, almost the same as the Demon Scribe himself.

The little guy also has dreams… Li Yue quickly disappeared from the corner, completing the first show since "transformation" without any danger, and remembered to learn a few more dialogues from the Demon Illustrated Handbook in the future.

At this moment, the alarm went off.