I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

The audience was filled with a diverse array of demons, and Li Read, of course, wouldn't miss this excellent opportunity to increase the number of demons recorded in his Demon Compendium. He leisurely wandered among them, starting with the weaker ones for quick analysis.

[Analysis complete, recorded 308 – Winged Demon...]

[Analysis complete, recorded 309 – Fly Demon...]

[Recorded 105 – Harpy...]

[112 – Evil Horned Beast...]

[114 – Leaf Person...]

Following the Eye Demon, Li Read recorded Winged Demons, Fly Demons, Harpies, Evil Horned Beasts, Leaf People, and so on. He also learned that the little demon who initially told him to "definitely fall in the first round" was a "Winged Demon." This Winged Demon was now flapping around the arena with a pair of demon bat wings, afraid of missing any information and betting wrong, which would ruin his entire fortune.

Winged Demons are the most common type of lesser demon, fond of pranks. Sometimes, they are even killed by ordinary human children, so it's no wonder they care so much about their property.

The Fly Demon was the giant fly wearing human skin. The Demon Compendium records it as a demon born from Ogibugui's body, possessing independent consciousness and undergoing a "mutation." The one before him had also become the official registrar for the Slaughter Cup bets, the core of the audience. Dozens of small demons squeezed around, handing materials and coins to it, begging its fly hands to produce a few betting tickets.

The remaining Harpy, Evil Horned Beast, and Leaf Person all came from the "Forbidden Forest," which is the territory controlled by the Werewolf Warrior Finley, the Werewolf Findis, and the Werewolf King Fentus. Li Read guessed that when the demon expeditionary forces weren't on expeditions, it was difficult for these Forbidden Forest demons to find entertainment, so they didn't miss the excitement of the arena.

The Evil Horned Beast, on the other hand, was indigo blue all over, with huge horns releasing electricity. When it ran around, it would always electrocute some weaker demons, making the scene even more chaotic.

As Li Read moved through the arena, he had to be careful to avoid the Evil Horned Beast, lest he be electrocuted and collapse – after all, his main body was just a fragile Brain Spirit. The Bone of Self-Healing could block flames, but not necessarily electricity.

In this way, Li Read went back and forth a few times and roughly understood the demons' opinions on this battle.

Overall, Ogibugui's public opinion campaign was very effective – almost 100% of the audience believed that the "Octopus Demon Form" Corey would win, and the reasons were varied.

"Have you ever seen a swamp turtle in the Forbidden Forest? I have, and I've even eaten it."

The Harpy's voice was very shrill, and the sound waves themselves were one of its attack methods. "I've watched the previous two matches carefully, and I've remembered them in my head..."

"Your brain is so small that it's not even as big as my fingernail, what can you remember?" The Winged Demon extended the shortest and thinnest of its three fingers, mocking.

"Shut up!" The Harpy's voice rose, and the Winged Demon fainted directly. "That Brain Spirit is like a swamp turtle, as long as you peel off its shell, the rest is delicious and tender meat!"

"And who is the Octopus Demon Form? It's a demonized human! It's a human who has absorbed demon relics!" The Harpy's voice rose several decibels again, and Li Read's head spun, so he quickly stood further away.

"How can a human not be able to deal with a swamp turtle? He will definitely peel off its shell and eat its meat... so the loser will definitely be the Brain Spirit!" The Harpy's sharp claws scratched several deep marks on the ground, as if affirming the correctness of its bet. "I wonder what a Brain Spirit tastes like... When can I go to the library to try it..."

"I don't understand, I only know that the Octopus Demon Form is ranked 157, and the Brain Spirit is just a jelly with telekinesis. Even if it's 'mutated,' it's still jelly..." The Leaf Person was humanoid, but covered in vines, and while speaking, it spat out leaves. "I don't dare to buy that much from you, I'll just buy the Octopus Demon Form to win..."

The Leaf Person slid the leaves it spat out onto its branch-like palm, passed through the electricity left by the Evil Horned Beast, and handed them to the Fly Demon in the demon crowd.

The Fly Demon "buzzed" and produced a betting ticket, stuffing it back into the Leaf Person's branches and leaves.

Li Read had heard enough, and taking advantage of the Harpy suddenly taking a nap, he decisively moved forward and handed all his wealth to the Fly Demon: "Brain Spirit, win in the second round."

"Oh?" The Fly Demon's reaction wasn't very obvious, but the Harpy, Evil Horned Beast, and Leaf Person next to it all looked at Li Read, and even the Winged Demon who had fainted on the ground woke up in fright.

Although the Fly Demon's hundreds of compound eyes were each staring at dozens of demons handing over money to bet, it couldn't help but look at this skeleton a few dozen more times, silently remembering its appearance.

"You can give me your money if you don't want it." The Harpy suddenly flew above Li Read and the Fly Demon, "Don't waste it..."

Before the Harpy could finish speaking,

Li Read didn't expect that even placing a bet in the lower audience section would be so difficult. His vision darkened, and his right hand turned into magma.

"Don't fight buzz... those who fight will die out buzz..." Although the Fly Demon wasn't very willing to accept this bet, it still took Li Read's money and began rubbing its hands.

The Harpy smirked, watching Li Read retract the magma on his hand.

Li Read also realized that there was such a rule in the audience section – didn't things get chaotic when he fought Findis? Why didn't he see any demons die out then?

Perhaps the scene was too chaotic, or perhaps the city lord personally intervened... None of this was important. Li Read instead felt that it was convenient for him that fighting wasn't allowed in the audience section, and he turned to ask a more pressing question: "What are the odds?"

"It depends on how you bet buzz..." The Fly Demon's compound eyes spun wildly, "If you bet on the Brain Spirit to win in the second round, it's one to one buzz; if you bet on the loser's death method, I can raise it to one to two buzz..."

One to one? Li Read was shocked – although Li Read hadn't bet on anything in his previous life, he also knew that almost all the demons favored the "Octopus Demon Form" Corey, so betting against it should earn a lot; plus betting on the second round, with such a small probability, the odds were one to one?

What kind of odds were these?

"Loser's death method?" Li Read didn't expect there to be such a category.

"Buzz... death by explosion, death by withering, death by loss of control, death by bleeding... all are possible buzz..." Li Read watched the Fly Demon's compound eyes spin wildly, suspecting that this was a new rule it had added in order to swallow his bet.

It really was "never playing a fair game"...

"No, just one to one." Li Read really couldn't predict the Octopus Demon Form's death method, and he wasn't even sure if he could win, although he was doing a costless business, he still hoped to guarantee profits.

"Buzz..." The Fly Demon rubbed out a betting ticket and handed it to Li Read. Li Read checked it and found that there was nothing mysterious about the ticket. The demon common language clearly stated Li Read's betting content and date, and it should be redeemable.

After betting through the "official" channel, Li Read ignored the fierce discussions of the Harpy, Winged Demon, Evil Horned Beast, and Leaf Person, and formally entered the audience section, quietly waiting for Budi Borg to take the stage – Li Read chose a position closest to the arena to facilitate the analysis of the "Octopus Demon Form" Corey and control the battle.

Li Read had discovered during his debut that his thoughts could freely extend in the arena, and he could even "see" the black mist where the throne was located; then, by the same logic, reverse perception should also be possible, and it wouldn't be shielded by some kind of magic circle.

Otherwise, Budi Borg could only rely on "Heavy Armored Muscle Man" and himself.

After observing in the audience section for a while, Li Read also saw a cloud of black mist like during his debut, but he wasn't sure what high-ranking beings were inside – the city lord would arrive for the final, so who was sitting above now? Ogibugui?

Li Read tried hard to probe the condition of the wasteland in the arena, looking for any terrain advantages that could be used, not noticing that the low-level demons in the audience section behind him suddenly opened a path to both sides, and a large pig was slowly walking over.

"Hey, you look... delicious."