I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

After a long silence, Mento finally retracted the worms on his chin and spoke.

“First is ‘Abhorrence,’ second is ‘Attention,’ and third is ‘Rebellion.’” Mento paused, his ancient and heavy voice lacking its usual drawn-out quality for the first time.

Unlike Yingying's previous selection of light spheres, Li Yue now faced nothing but Mento, whose chin was covered in worms. Merely sensing these three words, it was difficult to understand their effects.

“Could you elaborate?” Li Yue tentatively asked, receiving no malice in return.

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“Abhorrence is just that, during the blessing's duration, most living beings will detest you…”

“Attention, you will be subjected to gazes from beyond visual range…”

“Rebellion, meaning things around you…for the most part…will go against your wishes.”

Mento lowered the light in his eyes, leaving only darkness.

?

Li Yue was once again filled with question marks—was this a blessing? Or was it truly a curse?

Or perhaps, for certain types of demons, this was indeed a blessing?

Li Yue subconsciously felt that the first one, “Abhorrence,” seemed very suitable for the Demon Illustrated Handbook, inevitably feeling horrified that his strongest trump card might be seen through. Combined with the latter two blessings, he increasingly felt that this Demon King instructor was not simple.

However, Li Yue had no intention of further suffering malice in Demon City—there was already enough hatred in the environment. An insufficiently powerful Brain Spirit…would find it difficult to survive in this state.

So Li Yue weakly asked, “Can I change the set?”

A starlight flashed in Mento's eyes.

“First is ‘Concealment,’ second is ‘Absorption,’ and third is ‘Completion.’” The heaviness in Mento's voice diminished, replaced by the initial headache-inducing sensation.

Li Yue didn't answer, nor did he raise his head too high, only looking at Mento.

“Concealment, during the blessing period, you will have three opportunities to temporarily conceal your existence…”

“Absorption, will make it easier for you to absorb magic and knowledge…”

“Completion, you will involuntarily, automatically compensate for some minor mistakes.”

Mento's voice faded further and further away, the worms on his chin writhing violently.

Li Yue suddenly realized that the second set of blessings, besides the life-saving Concealment, also included “Absorption,” which seemed tailor-made for the Closed-Door Battle Training, prompting him to have more flights of fancy—did Mento offer two paths, one reckless and one cowardly?

The scariest thing was that these seemed to be the two directions of his future development?

Li Yue raised his head and glanced at Mento. The worms on Mento's chin stilled again, as if he had no intention of giving more options.

Without needing to think more, the second set of blessings was clearly more suitable for Li Yue, the only question being which to choose— “Concealment” could hide one's existence, undoubtedly a powerful life-saving skill; “Absorption” was more suitable for the present, the Closed-Door Battle Training and the Supreme Magic Stone both requiring better absorption ability…

As for the last one, “Completion,” although it was difficult to deduce what constituted a minor mistake, it could at least help Li Yue increase the success rate of disguising himself as other demons?

After pondering for a moment, Li Yue was slightly conflicted, and then couldn't help but ask.

“Is it possible to…take them all?”

Li Yue also felt that he was being a bit excessive, but no prompts related to malice had popped up, so he could take the opportunity to get more benefits, and at the same time, test Mento's bottom line more deeply.

“Alright.” Mento unexpectedly agreed without hesitation, then slightly spread his fingers, abruptly fixing Li Yue in place.

Agreed?

Li Yue only had time to flash this thought through his mind, and then he felt like he was falling into an abyss. Countless chanting sounds rang around him, turning into six thin lines with a cold and sticky texture, deeply wrapping every crevice of his brain…

The thin lines tightened, vaguely forming six cards, but they vanished in the blink of an eye. After a dizzying spin, Li Yue returned to his original place, realizing that he was somewhat different, but he couldn't say exactly where.

“Abhorrence, Attention, Rebellion…the above three blessings will take effect irregularly, good luck…” The worms on both sides of Mento's chin rose in turn, like a cracking smile.

Li Yue was stunned—these three blessings were basically negative effects for him. If they took effect irregularly, wouldn't he be walking on eggshells?

What if some terrifying fellow noticed him from beyond visual range, followed by a conversion to the “Abhorrence” effect, wouldn't he die for no reason?

“Will they take effect simultaneously?” Li Yue was extremely concerned about this point.

“Perhaps.” The worms swayed back and forth, giving Li Yue his second lesson, “Remember…do not bargain with demons.”

Li Yue raised his head and glanced at Mento, silently sensing the differences in himself, anticipating the worst possible situation—Rebellion and Attention taking effect simultaneously, followed by a conversion to Abhorrence. At that time, perhaps even his Mini-Minis…could slap him to death?

Or would he really be targeted by some ancient existence in Demon City, and then die just by being looked at?

Mento showed no malice from beginning to end, but the six blessings all at once truly created a crisis for Li Yue.

Fortunately, Concealment, Absorption, and Completion were of great help to Li Yue, which at least increased his chances of survival at the same time—with Completion, in addition to making his usual disguises harder to see through, the details of his actions would also be unconsciously compensated for. As long as he avoided the “Abhorrence” effect, he could avoid danger to the greatest extent.

Even if he encountered danger, he could escape through “Concealment”—although the number of times was limited, Li Yue seemed to have discovered a cloud of mist in his mind, which could be triggered with a slight approach, concealing his existence.

And “Absorption” was even more suitable for the current situation—the magic power of the Supreme Magic Stone was being absorbed at a perceptible rate, and the classroom of the Closed-Door Battle Training had accumulated a lot of…knowledge.

This knowledge, coupled with those in the library, would become Li Yue's reliance for becoming stronger.

Danger and opportunity coexisted, as was the norm in Demon City.

At the same time, through this test of Mento, Li Yue also keenly grasped the Demon King instructor's attitude and the abilities he displayed.

First of all, it was certain that whether Mento had discovered that Li Yue's soul came from Earth or not, he didn't want him to die; secondly, Mento's abilities were unfathomable, and the “blessings” he casually displayed all exceeded Li Yue's understanding of power, undoubtedly a Demon King-level demon.

What Li Yue couldn't determine was whether Mento had noticed his Brain Spirit body, and had also discovered the transformation ability different from ordinary Brain Spirits, but…did he know of the existence of the “Demon Illustrated Handbook”?

That first blessing called “Abhorrence”…made Li Yue have some degree of suspicion about this.

However, just as Mento said, he was just an inconspicuous drop of water in the depths of this Sea of Aberrations. Combined with Mento's own attitude, Li Yue felt that the problem was not big.

“This was a very good lesson.” Li Yue sorted out his thoughts and nodded to Mento.

Mento seemed not to have expected Li Yue to ease his emotions so quickly. The slight wave of the worms' swaying paused slightly, but quickly disappeared, as if it were an illusion.

“Let's go.” Li Yue was afraid that he would accidentally turn into the “Abhorrence” state and provoke the Demon King instructor to extinguish him with a glance.

“My blessings cannot affect me…” Mento seemed to see through Li Yue's feelings, slightly tilted his head, and the look in his eyes was complicated, as if he were looking at a little monster that had just been released.

In the next second, Mento moved his mind, and the castle wax figure beside him instantly ignited. Between the flickering flames, he took Li Yue out of the empty stone room and came to the entertainment room of the Closed-Door Battle Training.

【Malice +361+422+766…】

Malice came to welcome the Brain Spirit—Li Yue was not sure whether he was currently in the “Abhorrence” state, but he was sure that at least three “classmates” were waiting to settle accounts with him.

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