I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Li Yue couldn't quite figure it out... Only 290 skeletons and 500 magic wolf warriors, what kind of damage could they inflict on a distant, fortified city? This made it even harder to grasp the strategic significance behind it all.

Was it to test the human's ability to defend the city? Or simply to retaliate against Skollreik, who participated in the closed-door war training at the same time?

Li Yue felt it was a bit of both, deliberately slowing down on the way, shrinking to the back row of the skeleton infantry—Li Yue's goal was to survive, not to really lead a group of skeleton soldiers to attack the city walls...

Not to mention whether the skeleton infantry and magic wolf warriors had the ability to do so, Li Yue was convinced that as long as he ran to the city walls, he would become the target of the strong in the Steel City...

Damn it, wasn't he already a target running on the road?

Li Yue exuded a crystal-clear light, as dazzling as a firefly in the night.

The magic wolf warriors were faster than the skeleton soldiers. After a short charge, the magic wolf formation had already distanced itself from Li Yue—Magic Wolf Prince Finley howled at the moon, and dense fur began to grow, completely covering his body.

The other magic wolf warriors were the same, probably some kind of enhancement.

Li Yue thought, falling further behind, only to find that... even after running for so long, he still hadn't reached the foot of the Steel City.

This city... is so big?

As expected of the capital of the Tas Empire in the 235th year of the Kaeli calendar—the Steel City was like a gate to heaven and earth standing on the earth. When Li Yue was swallowed by the shadow of the Steel City, he realized that it was about a hundred meters high. The city walls were full of various city defenders, some in groups of three surrounding the city defense artillery, some holding long muskets and leaning on the ground, and some sturdy guards wearing armor to prevent monsters from climbing the city. He could vaguely see the gear structures on their shoulders and underarms...

Even more, all kinds of warriors were arranged on both sides of the main city building, resting on various terraces, seemingly ready to join the battle at any time.

This was a complete preparation for battle...

From the combat principles of the demon expeditionary army, Li Yue felt that they had already lost the initiative—the Steel City was really a steel plate blocking the front of the expeditionary army, followed by a ferocious giant mouth composed of gears and warriors, waiting for its fangs to appear and crush the demons.

Li Yue couldn't imagine what abilities these warriors had, and he also doubted whether he could withstand the first wave of attacks from the Steel City with just the Bones of Self-Healing...

Would it be crossbow bolts? Muskets? Or artillery?

While Li Yue was observing the city, the defenders on the Steel City were also observing them—seeing that the first wave of attack was actually skeleton infantry and magic wolf warriors, the warriors hardly moved, and the defenders seemed too lazy to use heavy weapons.

Bang bang bang!

Fire flashed on the wall near Li Yue and the magic wolves, and three artillery shells were fired, cracking on the ground.

Two landed in the magic wolf warriors' formation, setting off a few groups of flesh and blood; one landed on the edge of the skeleton infantry's front, causing no direct damage, but shaking Li Yue to a stagger.

Knowing that the demon expeditionary army had not dispatched its main force, so they only used a few artillery shells for targeted attacks?

Li Yue moved forward silently, calculating the distance—judging by the accuracy, the range of the Steel City's artillery was about 500 meters. The next two groups had completely entered the range and would usher in more precise strikes...

Bang bang bang!!

Ten flashes of fire suddenly lit up, and the sound of the exploding gun barrels was somewhat sticky, only hearing a muffled sound connected together.

The magic wolf warriors ran fast, and seven shells fell into the formation, directly blasting the magic wolf warriors' formation to pieces; the remaining three shells hit the skeleton infantry, one missed, and the other two landed in the core of the formation, and one slightly in front of the core...

Li Yue only felt a burst of vibration, and then gravel and dirt hit his face, and he was blasted into the air, turning seven hundred and twenty degrees in the air...

Break apart!

Li Yue did not hesitate to relax his mind and disperse his body, just like the skeleton infantry who had been hit head-on by the artillery shell, turning into countless dead bones in the powerful impact, scattered randomly in the air, and then scattered on the ground with a crackling sound, no longer having a trace of movement.

Playing dead.

After Li Yue landed, the bone staff trembled slightly, secretly drilling deeper, using thick soil to cover the crystal clear light on the Bones of Self-Healing.

Speaking of which, Li Yue was not directly hit, but the gravel stirred up by the powerful destructive power of the artillery shell still scratched deep or shallow cracks on Li Yue's skull and thigh bones; however, the fluorescent light was hazy, and the cracks on the bones quickly disappeared, returning to perfection.

The self-healing speed of the Bones of Self-Healing was very fast, Li Yue was very satisfied, but the shock brought by the shelling still made Li Yue feel dizzy, and for a time the perception between heaven and earth was not very real.

Li Yue only knew that the living skeleton infantry were still running wildly, with only the command of Demon King Commander Bosh in their heads, and only the Steel City that kept flashing fire was reflected in their dark eye sockets.

The fire continued to flash, the scattered craters were uneven, the shadows on the ground seemed to have an unusual tremor, and then after repeated flashes, they jumped to Li Yue's skull.

But Li Yue's mind spirit body was still in a certain state of dizziness and did not notice it, only thinking that if there were corresponding materials in the future, he must stuff some soft tissue or thread balls into the skull to reduce vibration.

After two more rounds of volley, the magic wolf warriors, who were running extremely fast, had arrived at the moat; the skeleton infantry also followed closely, surviving the artillery interception with a 20% battle loss.

Powerful wolf feet stepped on the soil by the moat, digging up a large piece of mud, and then leaping into the air, reaching the other side of the moat—the magic wolf warriors' powerful jumping ability allowed them to leap over the moat!

Looking at the wolf shadows constantly leaping over the moat, a warrior wearing an ice-blue mage robe on the city wall picked up her staff, and the tip of the staff flickered with a faint light.

But before the light really spread out, another hand pushed aside the staff, and then waved, preventing this spellcasting.

The magic wolf warriors began to climb the city, and the skeleton warriors just arrived at the river—they did not have the magic wolf warriors' perverted jumping ability, but they still fearlessly stepped directly into the river, using swords and shields as tools, inserting them step by step into the riverbed, and walking towards the foot of the Steel City.

Pa pa pa...

The sound of muskets rang out, and blood flowers also reflected the sparks, bursting on the top of the head, shoulders, and arms of the magic wolf warriors who were climbing the wall; the wolf claws carved into the city wall, leaving deep or shallow scratches, the magic wolf warriors ignored the dense damage above their heads, quickly climbing up, approaching the first outer wall passage of the Steel City.

Then, they seemed to be illuminated by searchlights, revealing every detail—holy light covered the moonlight, focusing on the magic wolf warriors climbing the city, quickly burning away the wolf mane, burning through the wolf legs, and quickly drying up from blood to bone.

On a terrace, the hand that had just prevented the ice-blue mage robe warrior from casting a spell was now suddenly lit up, summoning holy light.

A burst of barbecue smell mixed with the smell of blood filled the air, triggering more ferocity in the magic wolf warriors.

Plop plop...

The magic wolf warriors who were burned to ashes by the holy light fell into the moat, and the other magic wolves changed their positions like apes, their figures scurrying, trying to avoid the illumination of the holy light.

The warrior who released the holy light seemed to feel that it was not enough, pouring down a bottle of potion in one hand and strengthening the spellcasting in the other.

Holy light began to seep out from the cracks in the stone wall, and the magic wolf warriors could not avoid the coverage of the holy light, trying their best to shrink their bodies and find non-existent blind spots...

Including Finley—the blood vessels of this magic wolf prince seemed to be illuminated to transparency by the holy light, and finally unable to endure it, he suddenly became more than ten times larger, his feet stepped into the moat, and his wolf claws slammed **** at the warrior who released the holy light!

Falling at the same time as Finley's wolf claws was a greatsword from the city!

The greatsword carried the weight of a small mountain, falling straight towards Magic Wolf Prince Finley's wolf head!

Finley howled, unwillingly shrinking back to his original size, barely dodging this sword, and giving up this attempt to kill the holy light warrior.

But the holy light also appeared a little disordered when the wolf claws fell, failing to completely seal off the actions of the magic wolf warriors climbing the city, allowing them to quickly disperse and escape the coverage of the holy light, beginning decentralized operations.

At the same time, the skeleton infantry under the moat finally succeeded in crossing the river, clucking and trying to climb up the city; unfortunately, halfway through the climb, the owner of the giant sword jumped down from the city, waving his sword horizontally in mid-air, smashing the first batch of skeleton infantry who climbed the city like swatting flies, and even killing a dozen magic wolf warriors who could not dodge in time.

The giant sword warrior did not seem satisfied, hanging on the city wall with one hand, looking for the magic wolf warrior who had just grown in size.

"Come back! Don't affect the operation!" A human commander on the city gave a stern shout, followed by a white light wrapping the giant sword warrior, forcibly dragging him back into the city.

The bones of the skeleton infantry who were smashed but did not hurt the soul's lodging place scattered, simply giving up their lower body, dragging their breastbones, using swords, teeth, and hands to embed themselves in the wall cracks, tirelessly climbing up...

Is this the battle between the expeditionary army and the human elite... The fierce battle under the city wall was reflected in Li Yue's perception, thinking that it was fortunate that he did not go up to attack the city, and buried his head deeper.

However, the shadow of the skull suddenly began to wriggle, and then changed shape, posing a sentence of authentic demon common language.

"Why aren't you attacking?"