I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Just then, a skeleton, its entire body a translucent white, strolled down from the grand staircase.

Afraid that Minnie would worry, Li Yue had deliberately exchanged for a new "sharply-boned handsome man" using Bosh's malice, and only showed himself after enduring the effects of "Rebellion"—with "Rebellion" active, Li Yue wouldn't dare approach Minnie under any circumstances.

When passing by the library hall, Li Yue even probed inside with his mind, discovering that the Minnies were still diligently practicing throwing and swordsmanship. However, in terms of numbers, there were more practicing swordsmanship, and only a few Minnies had recovered recently and were starting to practice throwing "spiked nets."

Seeing that the Minnies were not causing trouble, Li Yue felt relieved and arrived at the entrance of the sixth library—when the skeleton appeared in the corridor, the slave scholars had already been too frightened to act rashly. At this moment, more than half had sneaked back to their beds to lie down, a small number of the loudest had slipped away to the toilet, and only one person stood at the door.

That slave scholar looked haggard, but his blond hair was messily sticking up—Tom, the toilet-sweeping Tom, the death witness of the three slave scholars.

"What's wrong?" Li Yue came up behind Minnie, gazing at Tom.

"Res… … Respected Skeleton Lord… … I… … May I ask… … What was that explosion just now?" Tom mustered his courage to speak, his voice trembling like a mosquito's whine.

Little Minnie had been worried about Li Yue, but seeing "Brother" return unscathed, she hugged Li Yue's leg without hesitation, almost bursting into tears on the spot.

Li Yue picked up Minnie, looked at Tom, and said, "Get back."

Tom bit his lip and stood rooted to the spot, his legs trembling uncontrollably. While contradicting Li Yue, he didn't forget to use honorifics in the demonic language: "Respected Skeleton Lord… … I want to know… … What happened up there… …"

"What does it have to do with you?" Seeing Tom's persistence, Li Yue became somewhat doubtful.

"Is Lord Book Demon… … dead? What should we slave scholars… … do from now on… … to serve… …" Tom hated these words, but he had to ask. He lowered his head, feigning humility, but his eyes darted around.

【Are the slave scholars going to be executed? Should I run away?】

Li Yue saw through Tom's thoughts with the Demon Illustrated Handbook, and found that the slave scholars inside were also pricking up their ears and trying to listen, so he replied, "Yes, the Book Demon is dead."

The slave scholars were in an uproar.

"I killed him."

The slave scholars fell silent.

"As for how you will serve… … I haven't figured it out yet." There was no emotion in Li Yue's empty eye sockets. "In short… … don't let me see you."

As soon as Li Yue finished speaking, Tom obediently closed the door to the sixth library.

【Must escape… … must escape… …】

This was the last thought of Tom that Li Yue sensed—Li Yue hadn't figured out how to deal with the slave scholars either. He was currently burdened with many things and had no energy to think about their fate, so he could only lock them up for the time being.

"Brother!" Little Minnie hugged Li Yue's leg again. "I really don't know what's wrong with these humans. We clearly gave them meat, but they still have to make trouble… …"

"If Brother hadn't come back, I would have killed someone!" Minnie's tone was excited, but she felt like it was wrong to think that way, and her voice suddenly lowered. She muttered, "They are considered textile workers, right? We shouldn't hurt them… …"

"It doesn't matter. If they don't listen, it's okay to kill them." Li Yue taught the Minnies swordsmanship precisely so that they would have some ability to control the situation—in Demon King City, especially when the dawn is about to arrive, there must be no accidents in some easily overlooked places.

Thinking about it, Li Yue suddenly felt that perhaps there was "completion" taking effect when teaching the Minnies swordsmanship.

"Brother, are we free?" Little Minnie still remembered Li Yue's words.

"Soon." This sentence seemed to have become Li Yue's catchphrase. "Maybe tomorrow night."

"Then… … Brother… … are you still leaving?" Little Minnie seemed to know the answer to this question.

"Yes, it's the final moment. We can't relax. You also shouldn't slack off in practice. Perhaps this battle… … will be concluded by you… …" Li Yue wasn't sure if things would develop as planned. He came back this time to inform the Minnies to be prepared.

"Starting from red time today, you must hide in the hall and absolutely not come out… …" Li Yue prepared to turn the library hall into a death trap. "You will command. Once you receive my mental message, launch an attack with the spiked nets… …"

"Brother, what's wrong with your teeth?" Minnie suddenly interjected, making Li Yue suspect that this little fellow wasn't listening seriously at all.

"I… … am still in a development period." Li Yue closed his Demon Wolf Fangs in his mouth, not knowing how to explain to Minnie. "Listen carefully, it's very important… …"

"But Brother, aren't you a Brain Spirit? Why are you still growing teeth?" Minnie seemed very curious about this question, clinging to it like she was clinging to Li Yue's leg.

"Uh… … It's the same as helping you wear armor. You can understand my new teeth as that." Li Yue knocked on the bone armor on Minnie's shoulder.

Minnie giggled, and then asked the question she cared about the most: "Then… … can Brother help me grow taller?"

Li Yue had no height problems in his previous life, so he didn't expect Minnie to want to ask this. Then, thinking that the Minnies could extend their arms but couldn't stretch their torsos and legs, he understood their obsession with height.

"If you can complete the mission, maybe I can make you a pair of tall legs?" Li Yue's promise was very cunning—although there was no content about relevant devices in 《Deadly Mechanism》, Li Yue could completely combine his previous life's experience to make Minnie a wheelchair or something similar.

Although the materials were not ideal, self-healing bones and binding thread could barely work. As long as the wheels were bigger and taller—anyway, the Minnies' hands had no length limit.

"Okay! Brother, you say it!" Little Minnie vowed, "I guarantee I will complete the mission!"

Li Yue explained the arrangement of the library hall in detail, and asked Little Minnie to repeat it word for word before patting her head with peace of mind: "Whether you can avenge those dead compatriots, whether you can be free from now on… … tonight, it's up to you."

Minnie seemed to feel Li Yue's uncertainty, stretched out her arm, imitated Li Yue's appearance, and stroked the crystal clear skull head: "Brother, you also have to be careful, don't die, we are waiting for you at home."

"Giggle!" Li Yue strode away from the lower library, returned to the entrance of the thirteenth library, stared at the Chaos Gate, counted the lives he still had to reap, and began the countdown deep in his heart.

Meditating and recovering, finally the red time arrived—Bosh was indeed frightened, and did not come out of the Chaos Gate again. Li Yue expected that he should be recovering from his injuries.

Putting on that miserable, terrifying charred skeleton, confirming that the three effects of "Abominable", "Noteworthy", and "Rebellious" had not taken effect, Li Yue strode solemnly towards the Chaos Gate.

But when Li Yue passed through the dilapidated middle corridor, crossed the thick Chaos Gate, he didn't expect to see such a scene before him.

"How… … could it be… … you?" Li Yue couldn't move, not knowing how all this had happened, but it was exactly what he wanted.

The plan to lure the enemy into a trap could be implemented.