I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Isaac counted down quickly, but it did indeed put pressure on the demon spawn in the arena. Li Read stopped wasting words with Isaac and focused on sensing the ten orbs of light in front of him.

Seven of the orbs depicted scenes within Demon King City. Clearly, Isaac's slaughter of heroes at that time was mostly confined to the Demon King City, and he hadn't developed the habit of hunting heroes outside.

Three orbs showed locations outside the city: one in the mountains, one at a tranquil lake, and the last in a human cemetery.

Most of the other heroes were alone, but the one in the cemetery wasn't conspicuous. He blended into the crowds of people coming and going to offer sacrifices, and Li Read didn't notice him immediately.

The number of orbs exceeded the total number of demon spawn, so it was clear that it wasn't a one-to-one correspondence. How could they demonstrate the wisdom to confront the heroes within a limited time?

Was it solely related to strength, or were there mysteries even in the choice of scene?

Li Read adopted the mindset of a Demon King City demon and silently analyzed the ten orbs. If he could figure out the individual purposes of the heroes within these ten orbs, would that be some kind of hint?

For example, the grandson of Lamont in Demon King City, the one with the whip… Where is he going? Near the Throne Room?

Combining his knowledge from "A Brief Guide to Demon King City," Li Read quickly identified Lamont's location and made a guess about his purpose: was he going directly to kill the Demon King?

If he could stop and defeat him, would he be able to eliminate a "decapitation strike" against the city lord?

However… Lamont's arrival here also proved his strength. To fight his way to the Throne Room, what kind of powerhouse must he be?

So Li Read began to suspect that his thinking was somewhat off. Only the stupidest demons would knowingly take on a fight they couldn't win, right?

Like Bosh.

The wisdom to confront heroes… did it include knowing when to retreat?

Li Read admitted that he was overthinking things and was getting impatient under Isaac's urging. According to his initial guess, could it simply be a judgment of strength?

Choose the strongest one, and if you can beat them, you win?

To verify this guess, Li Read recalled Isaac's words in the third "Hero Studies" class, the extermination lesson: "Heroes must die." So, if he followed this line of thinking…

"Six, five…" Isaac drawled out his countdown, enjoying the sight of the demon spawn scratching their heads in anxiety.

The demon merchant, Mai Mai, held his eyeless telescope, looking left and right. Sweat dripped constantly from his large forehead. Red-robed priest Redcoat abandoned observing the orbs and single-mindedly set up a divination ritual, twisting his red robe into a pointer, rotating it like a weapon selection, pointing at the orbs in turn.

Nate Meah's "Nightmare Eye" was useless in the classroom. Forced to, she could only observe the body structures of the different heroes, trying to find the most suitable opponent. Biggo ran back and forth in front of the podium, seemingly most interested in the hero in the mountains, because he could smell the freshness of flowers and plants there.

Shadow stretched out ten shadows, each touching the orbs to sense the scenes, but they trembled slightly, seemingly unable to investigate the subtle details inside.

Only Dandan remained calm, neither looking at the orbs nor observing the reactions of the other demon spawn. He dragged his shadow and plopped down in front of Isaac.

"Hello, teacher. Are we two considered as one, and can we only kill one hero?" Dandan's tone was somewhat provocative, deliberately said for Li Read to hear.

Defeating one would definitely be rated higher than defeating two. Dandan was very domineering.

"Whatever you want. I only look at performance," Isaac said impatiently, continuing the countdown. "Four—"

"How about it? Want me to give you some advice?" Only Damon Benben remained calm. After all, he had signed a contract and lost his competitiveness, so he could only help Li Read.

"Demon King City, Isaac, Lamont's grandson, skilled in whips, fought his way to the Throne Room, high difficulty," Damon Benben tapped his fingers and directly pulled a piece of paper out of his sleeve, filled with the hero information he possessed.

Li Read projected his thoughts onto it and instantly grasped a general understanding. The introduction about this grandson hero was also as Li Read had expected.

"Main gate of Demon King City courtyard, skilled in swordsmanship, hammered to death by Isaac, low difficulty…" Each piece of information included the location, specialty, cause of death, and the difficulty level marked by Damon Benben.

"Library, skilled in Holy Light magic, had his brains flattened by Isaac, medium difficulty…" There was even a battle that took place in the library, which was Li Read's home field, even if Damon Benben didn't know it.

"Three…" Time was getting tighter, and Li Read had read the note and was almost ready to make a decision.

He just had to verify it one last time with his thoughts. Li Read quickly swept his thoughts across the orbs, only two left, he should have enough time.

The other demon spawn were also making their choices at this time.

"Shadow, let's go!" Dandan somersaulted in the sky for a moment and crashed headfirst into the hero in front of the Throne Room, taking Shadow to challenge the highest difficulty.

It just so happened that Isaac's grandson used a whip, so it was reasonable for Dandan to seek a beating.

The demon merchant, Mai Mai, chose the tranquil lake scene, perhaps related to his toad-like appearance, specializing in underwater combat. Nate Meah didn't choose based on the scene. After looking at all the heroes' figures, she chose the most well-built one, giggling as she slipped into the orb.

Red-robed priest Redcoat followed the guidance of his "divination" and entered an orb depicting a Demon King City scene. Biggo, after angrily devouring a portion of Chaos Cuisine, plunged into the mountains with its "self-healing" effect.

Only Li Read and Damon Benben were left in the arena.

"I give up," Damon Benben smiled, showing sincerity to Li Read. With the contract in place and Budiborger's negotiations imminent, Damon Benben was still very polite to Li Read.

"Two…" Isaac was noncommittal and lazily opened his mouth. Seeing Li Read's focused appearance, he was also curious which orb this detestable fellow would choose.

As his thoughts swept over the last cemetery, Li Read sensed the crowd attending the funeral and the leisurely hero walking among them. Comparing it to Damon Benben's note, he suddenly had an inspiration and found the answer.

"Cemetery, skilled in magic, countered and killed by Isaac, high difficulty," the note described.

And in the orb, that hero carrying a long sword, with an Eastern face… it was impossible not to attract Li Read's attention. Li Read, who had read all the books, had never found any mention of the East of the Chaos Continent. He didn't expect Isaac to have personally killed one?

Since he was skilled in magic, Li Read felt he had a chance of winning. Moreover, a cemetery was a scene more suitable for Li Read to use his abilities. He could transform into a human to launch a sneak attack, and he could also use the quasi-authority of the Bone Sword to make the wronged souls in the cemetery work for him…

Moreover, these were souls absorbed by Isaac, which would also make it easier for Li Read to deepen his understanding of this world. Where did this Easterner come from? And he was classified as a hero?

With this in mind, Li Read took a deep leap and entered the cemetery's orb before Isaac shouted "One."

"Pfft…" Damon Benben was surprised to see Li Read's figure disappear, then couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Isaac was very satisfied with Li Read's choice, corpse fluid dripping from his brow, questioning Damon Benben.

"This guy didn't attend the 'Death Edict' graduation course. He doesn't know that the graduation course on the Aggregate of Resentful Souls only talked about one thing…" Damon Benben laughed so hard he was bent over.

"What? How did he take his graduation course?" For Isaac, although "Death Edict" was a course at the same level, it could also help with killing heroes.

"The Aggregate of Resentful Souls said—don't go to the East," Damon Benben's chains trembled wildly. "There's a mysterious power in the East, don't provoke them…"

"Hmph… that makes some sense," Isaac lifted his skull, smoothed the straight wound and the shredded brains, then used flesh to cover up the slightly charred sword wound on his head again.

"One…" The demon spawn who had attended the graduation course had all entered the orbs. Damon Benben was stunned when he heard this, not knowing what Isaac was shouting about.

Immediately afterwards, Isaac kicked Damon Benben into a vacant orb, forcing the demon secretary to participate.