I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Li Yue shrank back, unsure how the topic had drifted to this table.

Fortunately, a white-haired man came to his rescue.

“I… I don’t remember,” Soya White said, standing up.

“Not at all?” Jesse frowned. “You were a hero stripped from the body of Qihe…”

Back then, Jesse was by the Lund River in the Sea of Death, and through the magic mirror, he saw the very end of that war.

Danny’s hand tightened, directly waking up the sleeping dancer beside him—he thought this kid was just bragging, but he didn't expect him to actually be a hero who survived that war?

And one stripped from Qihe?

Qihe was one of the great archmages who led that war!

“Ouch!” The dancer, pinched awake, cried out, only to realize that the knights of the Kingston family had arrived, and their table was surrounded.

“As long as you come, you will eventually remember,” Jesse seemed to be extending some kind of invitation.

“Traitors of the Kingston family! He’s the one who killed Gerald! Avenge Gerald!” The knights raised their swords and whispered, deploying light shields to firmly protect the mage in the center.

The mage was not yet dead.

Compared to Li Yue's guards, the armor of that team of knights was already dim.

“Don’t be anxious. Tomorrow morning, I will be waiting for everyone at the town hall,” Jesse leaned back in his chair, very relaxed. “Just asking some complex questions, such as roads, experiences, etc., and perhaps some major tests…”

Hearing Li Yue's words, the poet almost dropped his lute, only regretting that he was one of those who had escaped from "that war."

The clockwork warriors formed a solid formation, and the mage injected magic power into their magic cores, and their bodies rapidly filled out.

“The town hall of Copper Mine Town?” the hero asked.

“Don’t you still have a small bard gathering?” Li Yue nodded towards the poet playing the lute outside the tavern. “You are now inviting them to the town hall for a gathering. The reporters from the 'Imperial News' will also be on site, recording the grand occasion of the gathering, and directly spreading the winner's poems…”

At the same time, the darkness in the Copper Heart Tavern instantly vanished, and Zhong Rong lit up that inch of light on the map.

“As long as they pass the test, they will become members of the Hero Squad, receive training from the Kingston family, and serve the empire…” Li Yue added some benefits of the Hero Squad, “The family will also provide the Hero Squad with some magic potions and materials needed for advancement, and even directly help complete the rituals…”

But it was blocked by the same light shield—Li Yue and his guards formed a formation to resist the rays, bursting out with even stronger light.

“For the empire!” The heroes raised their glasses one after another.

“Yes! Sacrifice our lives and secretly live on! Just like he hides in the Sea of Death, manipulating everything!” The knights outside the wine cellar hesitated in their beliefs, and the light grew stronger.

“Now?” Soya looked at the knights behind Jesse, unsure of the process.

Anyway, he was originally a wanted criminal, and if he sneaked into the town hall again, he could go to the next town.

“With such a grand gathering, the town hall of Copper Mine Town may not be suitable.” Li Yue shook his head with a smile, “Why don’t we set it in the town hall of Holy Mine Town!”

Clearly, an heir had just died in the last war, but now it was very natural.

“Damn it! How exactly was that war lost?! Has no one told you!” Seeing Li Yue so approachable, Danny was still preoccupied with the answer to the seventh question.

“Finally waiting for you, I thought you would be able to receive the call and give up that foolish behavior.” Li Yue turned around abruptly, with some difficulty and stuttering.

Only one voice was very abrupt.

In the confrontation between the light shield and the rays, the armor of the knights beside Li Yue was about to crack.

Soya pondered, and his eyes suddenly lit up—such a convenient opportunity to stroll around the town hall, wouldn't it be a pity to miss it?

Is Copper Mine Town opened by his family?

Soya dodged, his heart not too excited.

And just as Li Yue and his knights stood up, preparing to leave the tavern to the enjoying heroes, the darkness on Soya's map suddenly shrank!

They were already asking about the registration details with great enthusiasm.

“Very good, I came today originally to recruit heroes for the Hero Squad who are determined to defeat the Demon King’s city.” Jesse finally got to the point, “Join the Hero Squad, and you can understand how we will end this war.”

It was foreseeable that before tonight, this news would spread throughout the Seven Towns of Riftgold, and the bards would definitely not miss the opportunity to sing poems directly in the town hall.

Recruiting people directly in the town hall?

“Die! Only when you die will the Kingston family be pure again!” Soya noticed that there was white liquid flowing in the knights' eyeballs.

The wine cellar vibrated and rumbled. The shadows at the bottom gathered together at some point, and a scorching ray of light cut through the ground like a knife, piercing towards Li Yue's back!

“My brother didn’t die in the war, my brother is a hero, I won’t allow you to disrespect his soul.” Li Yue drew his sword.

Of course, Soya also tried his best to play the part of a hopeful hero, but he noticed that the darkness at Copper Heart was stuck in place, and there was no way to light it up.

After all, this concerned the greatest risks that the Hero Squad might face.

This was the center of the Seven Towns of Riftgold, the first stop for the Kingston family to re-mine the holy ore, and also the place where the Demon Expeditionary Force had once camped.

“Crack!” The reporter pressed the slow shutter, and the flash spread to the corners of the tavern.

The Copper Heart Tavern became active again. The heroes seemed to have forgotten the dominoes and eyeballs scattered on the ground, drinking, singing, and dancing, as if they had already seen the Kingston family's treasury opening up to them.

And Li Yue took a step forward, bearing the pressure of the vast majority of rays—the knights beside him stopped the momentum of cracking, but Li Yue's armor quickly decayed.

Only a little bit of white was left in the Copper Heart Tavern to completely light up. If he could take advantage of the Hero Squad's recruitment to light up the town hall, then the goal in Copper Mine Town would only be the church left.

Zhong Rong felt it was a good opportunity.

The rays scorched towards him, landing on Li Yue's back.

“Let you drink heartily! For tomorrow! For the empire!” Li Yue toasted.

“Although Mr. Jesse has lost that part of his memory, it will not affect you from obtaining answers.” Li Yue seemed to have known about Jesse’s existence for a long time, but only chose to meet on this occasion today.

Of course, there were also some calculations inside.

After the Hero Squad truly stepped onto the battlefield, this condition was indeed very attractive.

For example, the weaker heroes on the mainland have already died one by one, and the newly recruited heroes are of a relatively high level, so the Kingston family's investment is still controllable.

And after hearing the benefits Li Yue said, the heroes present began to be eager to try—advancement materials were rare, and rituals were even more difficult to complete, and now the Kingston family would help with all of this?

It really was.

No matter which poet won, Li Yue would inevitably occupy a footnote in the epic.

Especially after the eyeball rain tonight, the New Church should be quite busy again, right?

The floor of the tavern collapsed suddenly. Soya saw several knights in the wine cellar guarding a mage, with four clockwork warriors standing in the inner circle.

This place had the best wine, the most charming people, and was almost already a city.

From beginning to end, watching Li Yue's performance, Soya felt that the Seven Towns of Riftgold seemed to have become the Kingston family's territory, and everything that the heir had done was prepared, with great ambition.

Li Yue indirectly changed the venue of the small bard gathering.

“Well, that’s also why I want to join the Hero Squad.” Soya nodded, “I will go to that city again.”