I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

As Gamma had guessed, the sacred ashes at the entrance of the town hall had been removed, replaced by several flags lined up side by side—Kingston, Clive, the Royal Family…

And of course, other nobles as well.

This indicated that tonight, the town hall would be filled with important figures.

A certain amount of wealth was needed to squeeze into the Bard's Assembly.

Thus, there were also rows of magic-powered vehicles at the entrance—besides the nobles, important members of various chambers of commerce were also present, of course.

They entered the building with their bodyguards, receiving enthusiastic greetings from the dancing girls.

It was in this lively atmosphere that Gamma arrived at the entrance of the town hall.

The guards at the entrance, seeing a raggedly dressed fellow, naturally became alert.

But Gamma bypassed the guards and came to an inconspicuous corner.

Embedded in that corner was a small ear, easily overlooked.

It had clearly been modified with some kind of spatial magic.

“That's something we can fabricate,” Gamma said with certainty.

“But this is ~” Big Nose fiddled with his red nose, “Who among the guests present knows that you are survivors of that war?”

“True,” Gamma nodded.

“Your face… is swollen? It must have been difficult, right?” Big Nose noticed Gamma's swollen cheek. “Returning alive to the Empire isn't enough to prove your weakness~”

“But these are all fabricated, all fake, and what's fake will become an epic,” Gamma shook his head.

“He can't go back now. He, and those poets hiding within the Empire weaving stories, don't have a chance.” Gamma ignored Big Nose's dazzling performance, grabbed my arm, and made me stop.

“Does that mean something incomprehensible happened during the war?”

“Pretty bad.”

They were all socializing, discerning each other's worth through their words and actions, forming acquaintanceships to facilitate the beginning of a nasty relationship when a poet won.

“Poetry inherently contains a portion of lies; that's not important. What's important is whose words and performance can best touch the hearts of the audience and meet their expectations,” Gamma found it difficult to explain the logic of the bards to Li Yue.

Big Nose really was a bard.

“All ~ wrong ~” Big Nose suddenly pulled his head away, then brought it close to Gamma's face again, “The stories we fabricate echo each other, oh, you understand, fabricating a few details that corroborate each other makes it easier to be believed as true, oh~”

Crossing through this door, Gamma changed into an ornate performance outfit as he entered the hall—poets' magic emphasized form, and of course, they wouldn't appear disheveled at such a grand gathering.

“Oh… only small figures are coming…” Li Yue hadn't expected Gamma to consider the audience's needs; it seemed like there was indeed a chance of winning.

“They are cheating…” Gamma's hand gripped the harmonica.

“Dili Dili~ Dili Dili Deng Dai~” Gamma sang the bard's exclusive melody.

Li Yue's clairvoyant eyes saw the structure of the hall and discovered that it had three floors, each with a space far exceeding the other seven towns, and far beyond the building's capacity.

“All~ wrong~” Big Nose's body suddenly inverted, stepping on the air with illusory steps, saying to Gamma upside down, “Doesn't his poetry also contain many false elements? Everyone understands~”

“Only I have seen that card.”

“Then you're wrong, oh? We are all very good storytellers; we have prepared very beautiful stories!” Big Nose chuckled.

“I am strong,” Gamma replied lightly.

“His story against our stories~ That's a fair fight~” Big Nose hung upside down, face to face with Gamma.

The auricle of the ear twitched, then opened a door.

“There are still a few people, but we haven't seen them yet; perhaps they died on the road, or they haven't completed their works and dare not participate.” Gamma chuckled softly, “Even if everyone witnessed the truth, the angle of creation is also very important.”

“They will lose,” Gamma no longer wanted to entangle with Big Nose.

In the hall, there were ambitious poets and eagerly anticipating guests.

“Among the bards, are you really the only one who escaped?” Li Yue asked again.

Big Nose's waist was covered with various trumpets; Li Hui wasn't sure if he was also one of the bards.

Of course, this was with Jesse's permission, and he was willing to let the poets and guests separate first.

“It's not to say… as long as those few poets who also survived the war don't participate, and everyone present is a liar, you're guaranteed to win?” Li Yue subconsciously searched the small hall on the first floor to see if there were any humans taking bets.

“This is aromatherapy; have some knowledge, okay?” Gamma tried to inhale, finally feeling like he was back in the world.

And Gamma had only taken two steps when he met an acquaintance.

“This can't be fabricated,” Gamma still had confidence in his work.

“Oh, how confident! I believe you can win! Hahaha! Because you are the only poet who returned alive from ‘that war’!” Big Nose revolved around Gamma.

“Yo, you really came back alive from there?” An exaggeratedly dressed performer with clown makeup ran over, greeting Gamma from afar.

“Card?” Li Yue didn't understand what Gamma was talking about.

Soft melodies played in the hall, waiting for the poets and guests to arrive one after another before starting the grand gathering.

“Even if they come, I'm not afraid, because I am closest to the battlefield…”

“When it starts in a while, you must take your eyes away…” Gamma muttered, “Otherwise, they will affect my poetry and my performance.”

“As long as there are stories, there is a need to be heard!” Big Nose twisted his body, instantly escaping Gamma's control, and glided away.

“It seems that his epic will definitely defeat lies?” Li Yue sighed in Gamma's mind.

“It will, it will, let's go and see.” Li Yue was like Gamma's driver, urging him to look around.

Afraid that there might be some mechanisms inside the town hall, Li Yue didn't show himself but squeezed an eyeball above Gamma's cheek, stubbornly turning Gamma's face into a trapezoid, like a squirrel stuffed with pine cones.

This was a venue specially built for the Bard's Assembly.

“Of course,” Gamma was somewhat indifferent to Big Nose.

“That depends on the identity and taste of the audience tonight,” Gamma said softly, “They didn't come here to listen to Big Nose tell jokes but really want to know how that war began.”

“But I think that Big Nose is quite good at performing?” Li Yue wasn't sure what kind of performance it was.

Since escaping the Silt River, Gamma had been living a wandering life, encountering thieves, bandits, Li Yue, and hiding in the Seven Cracked Gold Towns for so long; now, the moment to show his face had finally arrived.

This was a magic performed by the bards here, opening a separate entrance.

It seemed that the appearance of the bards was quite random.

“Because a very important part of the key was lost in that war,” Gamma wasn't stingy in telling Li Yue these things because he knew that the more Li Yue heard, the more curious he would be about his epic.

“I experienced that war,” Gamma tried to calm down, “I personally returned from that hell; only those who have seen hell are qualified to describe hell…”

“We were ambushed?” Yingying sensed that in the instant of passing through the door, besides an extra set of gorgeous clothes, many particles were attached to Gamma's body.