I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

The figure was missing more than half of its body; both legs were gone from the knees down. The stretched thigh skin was haphazardly tied off and knotted in two miserable places.

As the figure tumbled down, blood sprayed everywhere, spreading a thick, metallic scent.

But the figure could no longer care that this would attract more jackalweres, pointing towards the distance, urging them to flee farther, much farther.

Before this person crawled over, Li Yue had already confirmed through Shadow that he was the "noble" who had just been tortured by the jackalweres. At the same time, the jackalweres were half-chasing, half-driving, releasing the captured humans in an orderly fashion, sending them scattering in all directions.

Clearly, the jackalwere family's post-meal exercise... had begun.

"Is the count correct?" Li Yue ignored the noble who had flipped over in front of him, turning to ask Shadow.

"Yes, three small ones, one large one, two directions." Shadow split into three small arrows and one large arrow. The small arrows pointed behind the figure, and the large arrow pointed towards the nine o'clock direction—that was the direction of the four jackalweres chasing after the noble, and also the first batch that Li Yue wanted to add to his collection.

Adding weaker jackalweres would help speed up the process, and Li Yue certainly wouldn't miss this opportunity, specifically choosing to wait in the direction where the young jackalweres were.

"Alright, let's go," Li Yue said, first transforming into a ball of shadow to conceal their scent, then finding a nearby tree and climbing up—although Li Yue hadn't yet added jackalweres to his Demon Illustrated Handbook, he could guess that these canine demons would have very sensitive senses of smell.

Egg and Shadow also understood, Shadow completely covering the eggshell to isolate the smell, climbing the tree at almost the same speed as Li Yue, just barely avoiding the "noble" whose legs were tied in two knots looking up.

Li Yue was already somewhat accustomed to seeing humans in Demon King City—to the "fallen noble" under the tree, Li Yue seemed no different from a slave scholar, even feeling that he was more low-end than a slave scholar.

At least the slave scholars were captured and brought to Demon King City, while the fallen nobles simply threw themselves in, only to be caught here by the jackalweres for amusement...

Li Yue couldn't tell if he had become more cold-blooded, or if he inherently harbored a dislike for these humans who were outwardly glamorous but inwardly depraved.

Looking at the humans below, they had completely fallen into a state of collapse, not only not knowing where to escape, but also not understanding how to conserve their energy, only wanting to get farther and farther away from the place where they would be "eaten."

"Here! Here!"

"I found him first!"

"Come quickly!"

The three jackalwere pups followed the scent of blood, meeting at the location that Li Yue and Shadow had calculated—all of this fell within Li Yue's perception range, and Li Yue didn't hesitate, starting the analysis immediately.

[Analyzing... 32%...]

As Li Yue expected, the jackalwere pups weren't very strong, and the analysis was very fast.

"You found him first, but I bit him first!"

A jackalwere pup with downy fur still growing on its neck swept past the noble crawling on the ground at a speed difficult to discern with the naked eye, taking away a piece of flesh from under his arm.

"You bit him first, but I tore him first!" Another jackalwere pup with yellow hair on its forehead swept past, tearing off three of the noble's fingers, immediately chewing them with relish.

"Uncle Hyena was right, his skin really has a good chew!" The sound of bones crunching echoed dully in the jackalwere's mouth, like chewing on pickled radishes before a feast.

"Then I... then I killed him first?" The third jackalwere pup slowly ran over, its claws suddenly lengthening, slowly stabbing towards the noble's neck.

"Don't... little ones, it doesn't even count as a warm-up now. If you kill him like this, there won't be any fun left," A mature jackalwere suddenly appeared beside the noble, pulling away the third jackalwere pup's claws.

Li Yue was surprised by the jackalwere's speed—in terms of physique, jackalweres were similar to demon wolf warriors, both dog-shaped, only thinner; and the benefit of being thinner was reflected in speed, at least the one in front of him... was faster than the demon wolf Fendis.

Would "Killing Sea Butterfly" be able to trap them in time? That was the question.

Moreover, the jackalwere's neck was much thicker than that of the demon wolf warrior and not very proportional to the body—in Li Yue's perception, demon wolf warriors were more like werewolves in previous-life movies and TV shows, while jackalweres were more like hyenas, or rather, hyenas that had stood up...

The vital points were thick-skinned and fleshy, and stronger at tearing and biting.

"I'm telling you, if you want to eat, wait until his blood has drained out almost completely before eating. Although there will be much less juice at that time, it will be more chewy. You bite it, and you'll know by shaking it," The mature jackalwere was the "Uncle Hyena" that the pups were talking about, now imparting culinary strategies.

"Ah—" The noble wailed on the ground, unable to think, unable to say a complete sentence—he only knew that he would be eaten, and eaten by being chewed and shared.

[Analysis complete, Demon Illustrated Handbook entry 124—Jackalwere]

Li Yue guessed that the jackalwere's level distribution was similar to that of pure-blooded demons and the demon wolf clan, with different levels having their own exclusive numbers—like the demon wolf warrior Fendis was 134, the demon legion commander Bosh was 1202, and the two demon personal guards were both 1203...

Just as he finished adding the three jackalwere pups, Li Yue immediately moved his mind towards the "Uncle Hyena" beside him, which indeed confirmed his guess.

[Analyzing... 24%...]

The analysis progress started directly from around 20%, and the classification was also different from that of the jackalwere, obviously this "Uncle Hyena" in charge of torture was a special kind of jackalwere.

Li Yue then read the relevant introduction of "jackalwere" in the Demon Illustrated Handbook, and also better understood the survival logic of the jackalwere clan—the jackalwere was indeed the most basic unit of the jackalwere family, and along with their different personalities and physical growth, they would generally turn into two types, one was the "jackalwere hunter", and the other was the "jackalwere trickster".

Above these two types was the "jackalwere leader", and the leadership style of different promotion routes to become a leader was also different—Li Yue guessed that "Uncle Hyena" was a jackalwere hunter, as for which type their leader was, more information was needed, or face-to-face analysis.

"Like this, come on, learn from me," Uncle Hyena taught the little ones, biting the noble's right arm in one bite, quickly shaking his head.

"Ah..." In the noble's weak screams, the grass on the ground flew and dust rose.

"It's your turn," Hyena just pulled a little and put the noble back down, signaling the three jackalwere pups to try it themselves—two rows of bloody holes were left on the noble's arm, but they were all very pale, and the blood had been thrown to the other side of the body.

The three little jackalweres bit up before the blood flowed out, the biting posture consistent with Hyena, but each甩甩their own, tearing the noble's arm into several sections in the blink of an eye.

"Delicious..."

"I want more..."

"Uncle..."

The three jackalwere pups were always hungry, looking at the big jackalwere beside them with saliva dripping.

[Analyzing... 49%...]

While analyzing Hyena, a colorful caterpillar crawled across Li Yue's shadow on the tree, giving Li Yue a tingling sensation on his scalp—having studied "Lost Biology", Li Yue knew that this was a Lost Creature called "Wood Moth", which liked to eat trees, and would also become a moth close to wood elements after maturity, which was not dangerous to Li Yue, so he let it crawl past.

"Hmm? The taste is wrong, there's a fishy smell, a metallic smell..." As if he smelled something when he lowered his head just now, Hyena looked towards a tree, towards the direction the three demon children came from.

And at this moment, the noble who was so weak that he was constantly groaning on the ground suddenly stood up, as if giving up on escaping, his remaining body began to twist and squirm unnaturally.

"Oh, we're in for a treat..." Hyena's eyes lit up, his voice trembling.