I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

“Should we switch the order? Take care of Fly first, then report to the Abyssal Maw?” Shadow felt there was still time and didn't want to part with Li Yue so quickly.

But quickly sorting through the logic, Shadow answered Li Yue's arrangement for herself: “Ogeboge isn't in the Colosseum, so even if we go now, we can't kill him, right… It seems we won't make it in time…”

Li Yue nodded, falling half a step behind in the Maze Corridor, waiting for Shadow to lead the way—Li Yue didn't know which path in the Maze Corridor led to the Abyssal Maw. This trip was both a departure and a farewell.

The Maze Corridor was littered with the corpses of skeletons and armor, probably because more heroes had come during the two days of slumber, causing some degree of destruction; but Li Yue and the former Demon King, along with the Demon Child, didn't see any other heroes along the way, which could be considered lucky for them.

“It's here.” After turning a few corners and descending a few flights of stairs, Shadow arrived at a doorway emitting wisps of heat, transforming into an arrow, constantly probing inward.

“Hmm… so this is it.” Li Yue wasn't very good at farewells, stuffing two dominoes, one each for Egg and Shadow, “Keep these safe.”

Egg and Shadow solemnly accepted them—Shadow placed the domino into her Shadow Space, while Egg directly stuck it to its shell and then absorbed it.

“See you.” Without emotional words or physical contact, the three Demon Children stood silently next to the door leading to the Abyssal Maw, gazing at each other for a moment.

But Li Yue still saw into Shadow and Egg's hearts.

【Last time we met, you would have given him the body of the next Demon King as a gift…】

So once the Demon Expeditionary Force sets out, weak demons like Shadow and Egg will either appear in Steelme or in several other key military towns, for siege purposes; similarly, Memphiskes's Colosseum elite forces will also serve as a sudden sword striking at humanity's vital points.

As the Maze Corridor returned to silence, Maw took a deep breath, sensing the real air, and turned to walk towards Moonlight Avenue in the city—the Abadas were probably still casting spears. Going to the Colosseum would be a good opportunity to resolve the Abada problem while Memphiskes was still holding a post-war meeting in the Abyss, and also to learn about the Colosseum's operational model.

In Memphiskes's calculations, there was no intention of letting Budhiboge join the Expeditionary Force—although when the Demon Expeditionary Force was launched, the Demon Commander had the power to mobilize most of the Demon King City's forces, Yetaiweiji felt that killing the Lord of Brains within would be fraught with trouble, amounting to infighting within the Expeditionary Force, and it would be difficult to coordinate the power grab within the Demon King City simultaneously, making it a poor choice.

But that didn't stop Yetaiweiji from using his brain to eliminate some competitors: “What's the use of the Library? But I think the power of the Research Lab… we might as well borrow it…”

“Goodbye… Lord of the Library.” Ogeboge bowed towards Yetai under Shadow's control, bidding farewell.

“Yes, Brain Spirit… Budhiboge, what's the good of such a thing?” Unexpectedly, Memphiskes actually admitted Fentheus's guess.

For the demons, the battles with the heroes were what they were familiar with. On the contrary, things like magic-powered locomotives and magic cannons were not very adaptable in a real fight, and the siege beasts also had no good targeting abilities to “mutate.”

Walking, Maw stroked the slightly graying beard on his lower jaw and accelerated.

“Oh right… you have one too, right? Give it to me.” Maw instead reached out to Ogeboge—as a former Demon King, how could he not have some means of remote communication? Having one more would be like another layer of insurance.

And at this moment in the Abyssal Yetai, the post-war meeting of the Demon Expeditionary Force was proceeding in an orderly manner—on the 18th floor below the Abyssal Li Yue, in the central area of the blood cocoon, several major pillars were discussing the process.

“If it's opened… what if it can't be closed?” Maw's thinking was still very direct, “You leave some of your body for me, and when I'm ready, it will open on its own.”

So Memphiskes's problem also arose.

For Old Goat, the real battle would occur when human faith wavered, making it impossible to accurately predict whether the Holy City of Steelme would truly fall during the first offensive.

“Then there's time, time…” Memphiskes emphasized, “The target has not yet been determined, when exactly will the general offensive be launched? It would be good for us to make arrangements early and complete the mobilization.”

“Then let's set out! To fulfill the Demon King's orders.” Cinderas waved his big hand, using his authority as commander to confirm the date of this expedition.

“What do you mean? What power do the minor pillars have? Are you going to use the strange creatures outside the Preservation Vault? Or do you want to wake Liderek from the Dreamlands to help you create more skeleton soldiers?” Cinderas grinned, completely dismissing the combat power of places like the Demon Kitchen and the Preservation Vault.

The chains, connected to the void, drew out a voice: “I am calculating…”

“I really don't have that.” Ogeboge spread his hands, “I've only just come back to life, and I don't have many, many magics… I haven't remembered them yet.”

Like Egg's main body, its particles also had the effect of rectifying space. Yetai had also experienced this when “advancing” and was confident that he could use the same method to restore the passage from the Library to Abyssal Li Yue.

“Let's go!” Egg threw a handful of particles to Maw, not seeming to care at all.

And before leaving, Egg suddenly turned around.

The red-robed Pope had already left—after all, frontal warfare had little to do with him, only needing to allocate some red-robed priests for support.

“Okay, then let's conscript a magician legion from several research labs.” Cinderas scratched his nails on the cocoon, enriching the list of the first batch of participants.

“Do you really need me to help you open the door to the upper level of the Library?” Egg had long known about its function and had always wondered why Maw didn't use this last bit of time to open a back door in the Library first.

“They are more knowledgeable about human magic… and technology.” Yetaiweiji reluctantly made up a reason.

Therefore, Memphiskes was delaying, using Abada to hunt Budhiboge, trying to kill him before the meeting was over; however, even if he couldn't kill him, Memphiskes hoped that Budhiboge would die inside the Library, smoothly completing the transfer of power.

Maw felt a warmth in his heart, thinking, your gift is so precious… then I can only dedicate my body?

Nier, the Locust King, and Fentheus, the Wolf King, both representing human authority, nodded in agreement, also concerned about when to mobilize the troops.

“I want all the gladiators from the top 100 of the Colosseum to go on the expedition, that's no problem, but in terms of time… how exactly should we coordinate?” Memphiskes looked at Cinderas, the Demon Commander, in the cocoon, “And… are only we major pillars mobilizing troops? I think the power of the minor pillars can also be utilized…”

“Powerful minor pillars? How come I don't know?” Cinderas exhaled cold air, “I can mobilize 900 legions, do I still need a small research lab?”

Maw wanted to remind them that pureblood demons all had that trick, but then he thought that Egg would definitely discover it after joining the Demon Expeditionary Force, so he didn't bother to do anything extra.

【It's a pity I can't take a lava bath…】

The target of the first battle had already been designated, namely the Holy City of Yetaiweimi of the Papal States, plus several military towns of the Tas Empire, in order to paralyze the manufacturing industry of steam-powered machines and clockwork warriors.

“Don't I have one?” After the three demons said goodbye, Ogeboge plucked a domino-shaped phantom from the air, joking, of course knowing that it was some kind of communication item.

“Of course, we have to wait for that scribe… to calculate the supplies.” Yetaiweis knocked on the chains beside him.

Otherwise, he would have to control on two fronts, and if something went wrong, and another force took advantage of the situation, he would lose big.

Yetaiweiji wanted to know how much time he had left to swallow the Library because once the fighting started, the King of the Colosseum, elite gladiators, plus the wolves of the Forbidden Forest and the skeletons of the Tomb of Light… would all have to mobilize.

“Indeed this is the reason.” Maw nodded, acknowledging the former Demon King's logic, “Then… goodbye, Yetaiweiji, the treasure of the Library.”

“But it doesn't matter, right? Anyway, I won't separate from my shadow, either I control it, or it controls me, there are only two results.” Ogeboge didn't seem burdened when talking about this matter, and he hadn't thought it through yet, “In the former case, with your domino, you can use it, and in the latter case… are you really sure you want to talk to me?”

Whether it was retaliation or seizing power, Maw needed to have a deep understanding of the Colosseum; and it just so happened that after Maw came to Demon King City, besides the Library, the seventh place he was most familiar with was the Colosseum.

Memphiskes was afraid that the Colosseum's power would be weakened too much, making it impossible to break through the Library.

Ogeboge, Shadow, and Egg stepped into the large door, Maw watching them leave.

Myriad Appearance Flower—Memphiskes had been vigilant against forces who were also paying attention to Budhiboge and understood them as potential competitors, such as the wolves of the Forbidden Forest and the magicians of the Research Lab.

Three days, huh… The flies and insects on Memphiskes's bag stirred, and he immediately felt the urgency of time.

As soon as he finished speaking, the demon scribe Damon Kirk had the answer: “Three days later, everything will be ready three days later…”