I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Arriving at the lower level of the library, the brain spirits floated around idly, mostly concentrated in the hall area, with a scattered few lingering on the corridors, searching for book demons. Google Search Reading

Just a day ago, the library was the domain of Budibug and the book demons. No matter how much the brain spirits thought, they would never have imagined that at this moment, the library had basically changed hands.

The brain spirits were just curious about what had happened yesterday—the library was in tatters, and the Miniminies had all gone to the middle level to sleep. Who gave them the guts to not work?

Some slightly malicious brain spirits even looked forward to the book demons appearing soon, to punish the lawless Miniminies and watch the fun.

This was the state of the brain spirits when Li Yue came again.

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Again sensing "Skorlik," the few brain spirits in front of the lower corridor didn't take it seriously—how would they know that the one who arranged for them to enter the Chaos Gate as attendants yesterday… was this skeleton?

“Gather all the brain spirits… to the hall.” Li Yue didn't transform into the appearance of a book demon to communicate with the brain spirits, because "sharp, bony, handsome man" was currently Li Yue's strongest state of self-defense. For a long time to come, Li Yue would use this body to rule the library.

“Who do you think you are…” The brain spirits were waiting for the book demon, not Skorlik, so their attitude wasn't very good.

But this attitude disappeared when Li Yue raised his bone sword: “Okay.”

The brain spirits in front of the corridor quickly notified their companions. Before long, they were waiting with Li Yue in the lower library hall—57 of them, two missing. They had gone to the middle level of the library and accidentally clashed with the Miniminies, and were stabbed to death by random swords.

“Listen, I don't have much time to waste with you.” The skeleton's expression was indifferent, surveying the brain spirits of various heights. “From today onwards, this place is mine, and you are mine too.”

Shadow huddled next to Li Yue, listening to his domineering speech.

The brain spirits were outwardly silent, but the chaotic inner thoughts didn't escape Li Yue's gaze.

[Malice +37+98+114]

[What do you think you are… just a skeleton… this is the library… the brain spirits' territory… Lord Budibug's territory… ]

“Pop! Pop!” Suddenly, two brain spirits died violently, stunning their companions.

The two that exploded were the two with the most serious rebellious emotions in their hearts, and the two with the most intense malice—Li Yue silently noted them in his heart, preparing to observe them again tomorrow to see if there would be any change.

“I'll tell you where to go, and you will go there; I'll tell you what to do, and you will do it.” Li Yue continued to chuckle, “No extra questions to ask, and you don't need to do any associations.”

[Why should we… can you kill us all… sooner or later Lord Book Demon… Lord Budibug will clean you up for us… ]

[Malice +98+114+131… ]

“Pop! Pop! Pop…” Another series of brain spirit deaths—all the brain spirits that provided malice over 100 died.

“I don't need your answers, but I know among you… who wants to die.” Li Yue used the Demon Illustrated Handbook to identify those brain spirits that were easier to control.

[Malice +78+54+31… ]

The malice began to decrease, and the brain spirits' emotions were mostly fear—did this skeleton know what we were thinking? Would I be the next to die?

Listening to the brain spirits' heartbeats, Li Yue quickly found the trick to communicating with them—those with malice exceeding a certain level were either relatively rich in mind power or had the strongest rebellious consciousness… Based on their inner thoughts and strength, Li Yue selectively eliminated those that were not easily controlled.

After a round of screening, only 21 brain spirits were alive; and seeing Li Yue's clean and efficient handling of the brain spirits, Shadow clung even closer.

“I think, I should be able to reach a consensus with you, right?” Li Yue said, and crushed another brain spirit whose inner thoughts were deeply hidden, finally fixing the number of survivors at 20.

“Very good, congratulations, you survived today.” Of course, Li Yue didn't plan to screen only once, and decided to select the most obedient ones after multiple rounds of screening to become the first batch of guards.

This was the only choice at the moment—Budibug was dead, the magic power of the library had been opened, and the brain spirits also had the possibility of promotion, so it was necessary to cultivate a group of loyal, elite brain spirits to become his assistants.

In other words, Li Yue's killing of Budibug not only liberated the Miniminies, but also liberated all the brain spirits—they just didn't know it.

And the conditions for assistants… Li Yue valued loyalty the most. Among the three methods of authority, contract, and fear, the last one was obviously the most efficient.

[Sure enough, patience is the right choice… is there anything more terrible than death… ]

The surviving brain spirits' reactions didn't exceed Li Yue's expectations—the brain spirits who died frequently had memories that were almost a mess, and only the instinct of survival dominated all their thoughts, no different from beasts.

“What's more terrifying than death is having to die every day.” Li Yue used the demon's method to motivate the brain spirits, “I hope that every day in the future… you can be healthy and happy.”

The 20 brain spirits were as silent as cicadas in winter, facing each other with Li Yue.

After being quiet for a long time, a brain spirit finally asked: “Please… how can we serve you?”

“You… have a task.” Li Yue finally waited for this question, “Not translating, nor serving… ”

“Each brain spirit, choose something you like the most… ” Li Yue didn't directly explain the “Advancement Studies,” but still taught them the method of “soaking” the sensory object.

Li Yue estimated that with the magic power of the newborn brain spirits, the time required to “soak” a sensory object… would almost be calculated in months or years, so time was tight, so it was better to start now.

Anyway, in terms of magic power reserves, Li Yue had already won at the starting line. As long as it wasn't Budibug, he could still take whatever he wanted from these brain spirits, and it wouldn't change.

[Something I like… I don't have anything I like… Does a spider web count… I really like the spider webs in the third library… ]

The brain spirits had many questions, and Li Yue answered them one by one—Li Yue was the one speaking throughout, and the brain spirits were transmitting their thoughts. Although the content was relatively obscure, Shadow still grasped a trace of the outline.

Having fought alongside Li Yue for so long, Shadow increasingly felt that this demon was very special.

“For example, flames, for example, moonlight… anything you like is fine.” Li Yue broadened their thinking while listening to the brain spirits' heartbeats, and inexplicably looked forward to some strange surprises.

One brain spirit's imagination and time were ultimately limited, and perhaps some very practical abilities could be developed.

“Okay, go, report back to me next Green Time.” Li Yue waved his hand.

After most of the brain spirits died violently, the remaining ones were very obedient—the brain spirits scattered and eagerly searched for their own “sensory objects.”

With the Miniminies and brain spirits arranged, Li Yue ultimately had to think about a very troublesome question—what to do with the slave scholars?

In Li Yue's vision of the library, there was no place for the slave scholars.

They were human, yet not human, almost useless…

“Where to next?” Shadow felt that she had learned a lot, and roughly guessed what Li Yue was going to do—this brain spirit was building the library into his fortress!

“What do you think… what should we do with that group of slave scholars?” Li Yue walked towards the sixth library, seeking some novel perspectives.

“Those vegetables in the sixth library?” Shadow froze, “Aren't vegetables… for eating?”

Was this brain spirit a monster? Even vegetables… did he want to develop some new uses for them?