I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

The slave scholars walked into the sixth archive in amazement, surrounding the old scholar's corpse—although the death of a scholar in this archive was normal, three deaths in one day… was extremely rare.

Li Yue took the opportunity to descend from the door, transforming into a scholar, putting on his hood, and retreating back into the corridor.

There were only a few scholars on the corridor who were sleeping soundly and had not been awakened. Li Yue walked past them and noticed that Larris, the one he had initially disguised himself as… was no longer breathing.

The fourth one.

Li Yue guessed that this was the effect of the old scholar's spell before his death, but it was aimed at the wrong people.

Walking along the corridor, Li Yue pulled his hood lower, knowing that victory was only one step away—originally, Li Yue's plan to kill the old scholar was not so complicated. It was roughly to smash his brain with a soul shock or directly strike his heart. However, even after the blessing of the Perfected Magic Stone, the brain spirit's will could not directly act on the body of a living being, which added a lot of footnotes to this silent battle.

Moreover, unexpectedly, the old scholar had two accomplices. Li Yue could only adapt to the situation, which led to the current situation—if there is a next time, the plan must be simpler to increase the margin of error…

Fortunately, the result is not bad? The old scholar's plan was destroyed, and Li Yue also strangled the hidden Grim Reaper timer… in the cradle. Next, he only needs to return to the archive hall to restore his brain spirit identity to end this episode…

Thinking this, Li Yue stepped into the archive hall—three or five slave scholars were already seated, the Book Demon was still closed, and the Mini Minis were huddled by the wall, pinching each other's faces… Occasionally, brain spirits who had not rested were floating around in the hall, waiting for the next eight hours of translation work.

Li Yue lowered his head and walked to an empty long table, weakly趴down; releasing his senses, confirming that no one was paying attention to him, Li Yue suddenly restored his brain spirit body, passed under the table for a while, and returned to his own table.

Finally quiet, Li Yue felt a chill all over his body the moment he relaxed, and many fears arose, but more of it was a sense of openness after breaking the shackles.

When the boundary between humans and demons is not so clear, although Li Yue cannot judge whether his behavior is "just," he is completely sure that it is "necessary."

Then, Li Yue had some doubts, wondering why the Demon King left this mark, and also wondering what the "Demon Market" was—that was the three old scholars' plan to escape, and it would appear on the next full moon. What exactly does it refer to?

Should he take this opportunity to return to human society?

Through a morning of translation, Li Yue had a preliminary understanding of the current situation of humans—there are firearms, guns, and some technologies developed from steam technology; nobles and churches are in power, just like in the history of his previous life, holding privileges and extraordinary powers like "divine arts"…

Li Yue guessed that demons would not be treated kindly, but there was not enough information to draw appropriate conclusions—it seems that he still needs to read more books and collect some information inside and outside the city to determine his actions.

Wait until the next full moon to go to the Demon Market to see if there will be any unexpected gains… Li Yue suddenly thought of Locke菲儿, the female thief he met in the vegetable garden, and wondered if she had escaped.

Li Yue was lying relaxed under the table when he suddenly heard a familiar soft voice.

"Brother, where did you go?" Mini Mini leaned against the table leg, looking around with big round heads.

Li Yue did not expect that these two little guys had not played so hard that they forgot themselves during lunch break, and still remembered their cheap brother.

"I found a place to rest…" Li Yue was not sure how much they knew, so he made an excuse to perfunctory them.

"But we didn't see you go out…" Mini murmured.

"Nor did we see you come back…" Mini added, "Where did you rest?"

"Here." Li Yue pointed to a crack in the wall, and Mini Mini looked over suspiciously, not quite believing it.

"By the way, when you work in the afternoon, change a few books to translate…" Li Yue suddenly remembered that the brain spirits' translation work was very mechanical, but this did not mean that he could not obtain the information he wanted from it…

This is the archive, which treasures thousands of years of knowledge of the Chaos Continent. It is very suitable for Li Yue to increase his understanding of this world here—how many big shots have become gods in the library? As long as there are no villains stealing lives, the archive is still a good starting point.

"Ah? What to change?" Mini Mini makes an "Ah" sound when they are confused.

"It is best to be related to humans, the major kingdoms, the church… or research on the Demon King's city in recent years." Li Yue decided on the scope of the first wave of main reading materials—books related to humans will help Li Yue understand this world, and research on the Demon King's city is directly related to the current living environment. It is not too much to understand more.

"I know, it's to experience more roles! Is that right!" Mini Mini said in unison, still immersed in role-playing, "We have been acting the story of the female textile worker for half a year, it's not fun anymore…"

"Yes, so smart!" Li Yue praised Mini Mini.

"Then this book… Death… Des勒… is very suitable!" Mini picked up the next book that Li Yue was about to translate, jumped up, and accidentally bumped into the desk.

"Right? The word means 'death', right? Des, 斯, 勒!" Mini Mini can't recognize all the words, and basically relies on guessing.

"I know these two words! It's Town! Together it's…" Mini tried to distinguish.

"Death Town Des勒!" Mini Mini spelled out the full meaning of the word, which took a lot of time.

"Yes, yes, humans live in towns! And they will die! There must be a better story than the female textile worker!" Mini Mini's understanding of books is relatively superficial, and they thought they had discovered a treasure.

Li Yue was speechless, but seeing Mini Mini's cheerful appearance, he did not refuse. He thought it would not be too late to explain to them after the aftermath of the old scholar's death, so he nodded his head to show his approval.

At this moment, the archive hall was once again filled with slave scholars, preparing to start the afternoon's work; the Book Demon also reopened its pages, and the words on the paper were constantly counting, as if counting the number of people who had returned.

"By the way! We left you a piece of meat!" Mini stood back next to the pile of books and winked at Li Yue.

"You idiot~ I told you not to say it~" Mini戳ed Mini, but her expression was like she was asking for credit.

"You guys are so nice." Li Yue had no intention of tasting the meat, and all his attention was focused on the Book Demon, observing its reaction.

[Analyzing… 74%… ]

Without the old scholar's fetters, Li Yue could finally complete the analysis of the Book Demon; and when the Book Demon counted to forty, it did not see the remaining four slave scholars for a long time. The pages turned automatically without wind, as if it was angry.

"Time is up, where are the people?" The Book Demon filled an entire page with big questions.

Li Yue shrank on the empty table, squeezing his brain to perform doubt.

"Latecomers die… I'm going to kill them…" Blood-red handwriting appeared on the blank space on the paper, which was shocking.

"You can't kill them…" The slave scholars gave some weak feedback, which did not escape the Book Demon's perception.

"?" The Book Demon slowly wrote a question mark.

"They… are already dead," the slave scholars said weakly.

"Four? All dead?"

Li Yue knew that it was time to test the results.

哗啦啦啦, the pages were as sharp as knives in an instant.