I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Li Yue watched helplessly as a demon emerged from the roots of a tree. After a moment of perception, he discovered that half of the demon's face was leaves, and the other half was human. Its fangs jutted out, making it look like someone not to be trifled with. Google Search Read

Li Yue didn't know yet that this person before him was the very forest guardian who had dissuaded the Demon Wolf King Fenteus.

[Analyzing... 97%...]

Shadow looked at Egg, and Egg looked at Li Yue, but since neither demon had a face or eyes, the forest guardian didn't understand what these people were silent about.

Li Yue almost replied with "I come from the Eastern Lands," but after forcefully restraining himself, his mind went blank for a moment. The analysis was about to be completed, and it was best to see the demon's identity before cautiously choosing a way to converse.

After all, this was a demon who could enter and exit from within trees, and its strength was comparable to Galarick. Before finding the other party's weakness, it was best to say less to avoid saying the wrong thing.

Seeing Li Yue's silence, the forest guardian circled in front of the three demons, carefully sizing them up, and giving Egg a few extra glances.

"On your way in, you killed countless vermin, but not for predation or self-preservation. Why?" In the Forbidden Forest, casually killing small demons for fun was standard practice, but that didn't stop the forest guardian from opening the conversation with this.

"They were getting close." The vermin were killed by Shadow, so the Shadow Demon answered at this time.

"Then I'm getting close too." The forest guardian's fangs slightly widened, seemingly disagreeing with Shadow's statement.

Between the question and answer, Li Yue also successfully recorded 116—the Forest Guardian.

[Forest Guardian; Distribution: Forbidden Forest; Lifespan: Changes depending on the existence of the Forbidden Forest; Habits: Stubborn and rigid, enduring the curse of the Forbidden Forest, able to call upon part of the forest's will, reproducing the natural disasters that the forest has encountered; Hobbies: Balance; Hunting hunters; Skills: Forest Traversal / Natural Disaster / Curse Fang; Action Prediction Success Rate: 451%; Weakness: Forbidden Forest; Material Drops: Calamity Fang / Calamity Wood]

Li Yue roughly scanned the Forest Guardian's introduction in the Demon Illustrated Handbook and knew that this person before him was indeed someone not to be trifled with—of course, Li Yue initially focused on the "Weakness," but seeing that the Weakness column wrote "Forbidden Forest," and combining it with other introductions, Li Yue immediately understood… The Forest Guardian and the Forbidden Forest were symbiotic.

Fighting the Forest Guardian was basically the same as fighting the Forbidden Forest.

After Li Yue figured this out, he sensed the Forest Guardian's gradually protruding fangs and hurriedly interrupted Shadow's conversation with him: "We came here… to visit."

"Visit?" The Forest Guardian turned to look at Li Yue, with a hint of doubt revealed in both the eye among the overlapping leaves and the human eye, "What are you?"

Even though the Forest Guardian was knowledgeable, it couldn't figure out what a few tentacles wrapped around a ball of thread… could possibly be.

[Shadow Demon… An egg… A demon similar to an octopus… Are they Demon Princes? How troublesome… ]

Troublesome?

Li Yue keenly grasped the Forest Guardian's mentality—the Forest Guardian, who was keen on "balance" and "hunting hunters," would naturally kill any demons in the Forbidden Forest that he didn't like; but the fact that the Demon Princes made him feel troublesome, didn't that mean he was also wary of this identity?

As long as he didn't treat himself as a "hunter," Li Yue felt that the conversation should be able to continue; and a 451% action prediction success rate was enough for Li Yue to listen to his inner thoughts and say things he liked to hear.

"Yes, we are Demon Princes, and this visit to the Forbidden Forest… is also our assignment." Li Yue certainly couldn't explain what he was, and tried to get the topic back on track, "An assignment entrusted by the Mentor Demon Lords."

Li Yue never hesitated to use Mentor's name to swindle and deceive. While talking to the Forest Guardian, he also transmitted thoughts to Egg and Shadow, signaling them not to speak nonsense.

[Mentor… Demon Princes… Closed combat training? This is a closed combat training assignment… Then will there be other Demon Princes coming in…?]

The Forest Guardian suddenly became anxious, shrank back into the nearest tree, and reappeared after a moment.

[No… There are no other Demon Princes… Only they have come in… ]

[Wait… Prince Finley is dead… Can't let Fenteus see them… ]

[Once they are discovered by Fenteus or the Demon Wolves… the Demon Princes will die… die in the Forbidden Forest… ]

"Prince Finley… is he doing well?" The Forest Guardian took the opportunity to confirm the identities of Li Yue's three demons—as Demon Princes also participating in closed combat training, there was no reason not to know about Finley's situation.

"Finley ah… he disappeared a long time ago, I don't know where he went." Li Yue said it as if it had nothing to do with him, "That class the Demon Wolf Prince and the Skeleton Prince were absent together, we didn't know what happened…"

"Do you know where he went? Did he return to the Forbidden Forest? We miss him very much." Li Yue's tentacles swayed in the air, and mucus fell one after another, like sad tears.

"…" Shadow slowly cracked a few spots, admiring Li Yue's superb acting skills.

"I don't know." The Forest Guardian shook his head.

[They really are Demon Princes… Can't let them meet Fenteus… ]

Li Yue certainly knew why the Demon Princes couldn't meet Fenteus—Fenteus's son died in closed combat training, wouldn't he take his anger out on them when they met?

"You are… the Forest Guardian, right?" Li Yue roughly figured out what the Forest Guardian was thinking and hurriedly dispelled his doubts, "We came this time only to observe and learn, we won't have any impact on the Forbidden Forest, and we have absolutely no intention of entering deeper…"

[Indeed… they stopped going deeper when the Shadow Demon reached its coverage limit… ]

The Forest Guardian keenly grasped the logic of Li Yue and others, which also confirmed Li Yue's statement, and nodded slightly.

"How long do you need?" The Forest Guardian pondered for a moment, agreeing with their identities, but also very unwilling to see the three Demon Princes wandering in the Forbidden Forest.

"Half a green-time is enough, we're just taking a stroll, do you have any recommendations?" Li Yue asked like he was asking a tour guide.

"The outskirts of the Forbidden Forest… should not have any existence that can threaten you, except for the Jackalwere family that just returned." The Forest Guardian's inner thoughts were quite subtle when he said this sentence.

[That hunts everything… that uses killing as a sport… that kills more than it eats… the Jackalwere family… ]

"Okay, we'll go there and observe." Li Yue's tentacles patted Egg, looking very excited.

[Demon Princes… difficult to restrain… just like Prince Finley… ]

The Forest Guardian thought of a Demon Wolf that once gave him a headache, and suddenly waved to the trees on the inside, and the demon trees also swayed in response.

Immediately afterward, the demon trees' branches grew, forming a faint tree wall.

"Don't cross the line I've drawn for you, or I will expel you." Although the Forest Guardian gave Mentor enough face, it didn't mean he would unconditionally indulge the three Demon Princes, and still retained a layer of insurance.

"I will be watching you." After the Forest Guardian finished speaking, he pointed to Shadow, "Especially you, be careful, observing and learning doesn't mean you can destroy everything along the way… I will also temporarily eliminate the hunting intent of the creatures here… towards you… during the half a green-time…"

Shadow was not convinced after hearing this, because it felt that those vermin or something were not a problem; and Li Yue immediately transmitted a thought to it, giving it a sincere suggestion.

"When you can cover the entire Forbidden Forest, you can consider twisting his neck, otherwise, don't move."

"Is he very powerful?" Shadow saw the Forest Guardian re-hiding in the trees, and then listed words on the eggshell.

"Almost… He can mobilize the power of the Forbidden Forest, you saw it." Li Yue even suspected that, in the Forbidden Forest, in terms of combat alone, the Forest Guardian could reach the strength of a "quasi-Demon Lord."

"Why did you keep pressing me just now? It must be very satisfying to be hit by him, right?" Egg had long wanted to provoke the Forest Guardian, but Li Yue had been pressing it with his mind, and it didn't act immediately out of politeness.

Of course it's satisfying… "Natural Disaster" and "Curse Fang" sound very satisfying, but it's not the time yet.

"Don't be so short-sighted, let's go, after we finish tonight's major event, we'll consider satisfying personal needs." Li Yue comforted Egg and Shadow, and floated towards the destination.

Clearing the last obstacle on the way forward, Li Yue, Egg, and Shadow quickly approached the cave where the Jackalwere family was located—this time there was no need to drive away the demons on the road, and the speed of advancement was much faster.

Li Yue even figured out how to leave the Forbidden Forest by the way, and his heart was full of comfort.

Until a figure leaped down from the raised earthen slope in front of the three demons.