I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Under the gaze of tens of thousands of eyes, and hunted by dozens of gnoll hunters, Buddybooger "mutated."

Perhaps it was from a knack for "running away" in his previous life, or perhaps it was from experiencing too many "wanting to escape but unable to" scenarios in this life, Buddybooger suddenly disappeared from the sight of the gnoll hunters under this immense pressure.

【Escape… Escape to a place… where no one can see me…】

Buddybooger became invisible.

But perhaps his scent lingered, the pursuing gnoll hunters only slowed down for a brief moment, immediately following the scent.

【A place where no one can smell me…】

Immediately following, Buddybooger disappeared from the gnoll hunters' sense of smell, causing a great disturbance in their formation—soon, they began attacking indiscriminately, even gnawing on the barren soil.

【A place where no one can discover me…】

At this moment, only Li Read could sense Buddybooger's existence through the dual positioning of the contract and the Demon Illustrated Handbook, discovering that this fellow was scurrying around the field, gradually losing his mind.

If he fails, he should become a twisted being retaining only his instincts, as Mento mentioned…

But what are Buddybooger's instincts? Could it still be running away?

Of course, the "mutation" did not end so quickly, or rather… the result was not so easily obtained—Buddybooger switched between invisibility and visibility intermittently, like a ghost appearing on the arena.

Sensing all of this, Li Read felt a strange envy, and never thought that running away could catalyze mutation…

It's just a pity that Li Read can't obtain this mutation—a Brain Spirit who got a five-kill shortly after arriving at the Library, "running away" is not etched in his soul…

"Help him," Li Read, slightly stunned, immediately telepathed to Yingying—Yingying had offered help when he advanced, perhaps Yingying could also help with Buddybooger's "mutation"…

"Then what about you?" Yingying had only just recovered a little from her weakness, seeing Li Read chasing Masna so vigorously, knowing that he really wanted that skin.

"I'll do it myself…" Li Read had already taken the Killer Sea Butterfly as his mount, chasing with increasing skill, and also mobilized the two small Killer Sea Butterfly formations of Huohuo and Yueyue to cooperate, soon being able to complete the encirclement of Masna.

The only uncertainty was whether he could catch him before the human skin merged with Masna… or rather, whether he should—judging from the surging fluctuations of magic power, the combination of the two skins would inevitably produce a more powerful demon relic, but at the same time, it would add some uncertainty to the battle, potentially leading to a reversal.

Having fought until now, although only five minutes had passed on the field, at least fifty gnoll hunters had died—it would be difficult to count from the corpses on the ground, Li Read was observing the souls swimming in the sleeves of the red-robed priest Redcoat.

The Brain Spirits had not suffered any battle damage, partly due to the sturdiness of the Killer Sea Butterflies, Egg's restriction on Ellana, and a larger part of the reason… was that Galarick had entangled the most threatening gnoll leader and that Minotaur.

This skeletal knight understood Li Read's tactics, quickly abandoning the frontal struggle with the gnoll leader, instead riding the corpses of three gnoll hunters, and engaging in a melee with the two big guys.

Therefore, the only thing that could affect the battle situation at present was Masna and the human skin.

"Okay, you do it yourself, I'll help Buddybooger…" Yingying moved to Buddybooger's side, conjuring the Lamont relic into a shield, and slammed the Brain Spirit Lord under the shield with a bang!

One was to resist the scattered attacks of the gnoll hunters, and the other was to make it easier for Yingying to infiltrate Buddybooger's shadow to resolve the Brain Spirit Lord's crisis of exploding.

"So that's how it is!" Ogebogie shouted from the stands.

The demons beside him turned their heads one after another, looking at the King of the Arena.

"His Devil Cocoon's Buddybooger… is actually taking advantage of my Kill Cup to stimulate himself to become stronger!" Ogebogie shouted, giving the big gamblers around him confidence, while observing Buddybooger's changes, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case—the Brain Spirit Lord was trying to mutate a "stealth" type ability?

Wanting to escape the Kill Cup finals?

He knows we all want him to die tomorrow night?

This bastard has become smart… My contract with him only lasts until he participates in the finals, so he's pulling this trick on me?

Ogebogie's gaze couldn't be taken away from Buddybooger, carefully considering countermeasures.

Some demons were observing Buddybooger's mutation, while other demons' attention was focused on the human skin—such as Winnie.

"Chase! Quickly chase after him!" Winnie had already determined that the bone shell chasing the trickster contained the skeleton that had killed the pure-blooded demon, and couldn't help but cheer for Li Read at this moment.

"Did you see it… what just happened?" Sharphus's eyeballs darted around in the air, piecing together everything on the battlefield in a short time, and turned to ask Winnie.

"I saw it, the skeleton killed the gnoll, seized the Staff of Deception, and is now going to snatch the remaining demon relics!" Winnie was very excited—as a member of the "Myriad Aspects Flower" familiar with demon relics, they had been watching the gnoll family's several demon relics for a long time.

"You have to observe the overall situation…" Sharphus sighed and rubbed his face—to him, the battle was already decided.

"Then will you explain it to your disciple?" Winnie said, but her eyes didn't leave Li Read for a moment.

"Both sides are conducting decapitation operations, but the Library family succeeded," Sharphus said quietly, "The gnoll leader is just muscle, the brains of the gnoll family have been killed by the Brain Spirit, even the Staff of Deception has fallen into the hands of the Library…"

"Redcoat indeed didn't exert any effort, only collecting the dead souls on the periphery for the ritual; the gnoll family's battle losses are increasing rapidly, while the Library… as of now, only one Sea Butterfly has been broken."

"Sea Butterfly?"

"Can't you see? The Brain Spirits' carapaces are based on a creature called Sea Butterfly, and the tactics are too…" Sharphus's brow furrowed, "The Library… is finally starting to arm its mind with knowledge."

"They should have done this a long time ago…" Winnie rested her chin on her hand, watching Li Read chase Masna, glancing at the egg that was constantly bathed in Ellana's various rays, "Teacher… what is that? Have you seen it before?"

"No, so it's scary," Sharphus frowned, "A species that has never been seen before has joined the Library… neither a Brain Spirit nor a Skeleton, it can only be the Son of a Demon…"

"I've never seen this kind of demon… Could it be that Buddybooger laid the egg himself? Hehe…" Winnie guessed casually, amused herself.

"And… Buddybooger… is different from what I remember," Sharphus read a lot of information from this battle, "In the past, he would never have cooperated in such a risky battle…"

After all, Sharphus had encountered Buddybooger before, otherwise he wouldn't have a seat in the Brain Spirit Lord's imaginary object.

"Are you saying… the cooperation between the Brain Spirit and the Skeleton… is led by the Skeleton?" Winnie's eyes lit up.

"Hmm… I didn't expect… we were still slow, and the Skeleton took the lead," No matter how wise Sharphus was, he couldn't have imagined that the one controlling the Library was still the Brain Spirit, only wearing a layer of Skeleton skin.

"So… we won't be at war with the Library?" Winnie faintly understood Sharphus's implication.

"I haven't decided yet," Sharphus shook his head, "At least wait until the Library wins."

"Next… let's just see how those demon relics will change," Sharphus slightly raised his chin, also looking at Li Read who was chasing Masna, looking at the human skin that was constantly wriggling on Masna's body.

That's right, Li Read decided to wait for the demon relic to finish its "mutation" for the time being, and also brought two more groups to encircle and suppress—the Killer Sea Butterflies chasing Masna with Li Read had increased to four groups.

The wriggling of the human skin ended, and suddenly, Masna, who was being forced into a dead corner of the formation by Li Read, split into eight—eight different shapes, eight freaks.

Each freak was covered with magic patterns, exuding a terrifying aura that exceeded the limits of the gnoll family.

"My demon relic! Freak Jigsaw! Help me snatch it back…" Yingying sent the words to Li Read.

"Alright…" Li Read floated out of the bone shell, plucked two things from his hair and threw them at Masna.