I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Several Minimi's were ordered to arrange the corpses of four slave scholars in a row at the edge of the library hall, like four dirty matchsticks.

Then, several brain spirits were ordered to examine the bodies of the slave scholars. The Book Demon opened a page of paper, automatically recording their causes of death.

"Deceased number 783, died of heart failure, heart stopped beating."

"Deceased number 784, broken neck, died of suffocation."

"Deceased number 785, drowned."

"Deceased number 786, fractured skull, brain damage…"

Li Yue's heart was in his throat—if he had a heart.

"Testimony: Heard arguing, a fight broke out in the toilet, then the witnesses were driven out of the Sixth Library; moments later the witnesses returned and saw deceased number 784 hanging himself…?"

After the Book Demon wrote a question mark, the young, blonde slave scholar lowered his head and walked to the side of the page, pressing his finger on the question mark.

"Ah…" The blonde scholar cried out, blood seeping from his palm, leaving a palm print, and the question mark disappeared.

"Report to the Demon Expeditionary Force, request for replenishment of slave scholars… 5 to 10… Kalire 299… Third Full Moon…" The Book Demon quickly completed the report.

"Tear—" The page tore itself off, wrapped around the four corpses after cutting their shackles, and dragged them to the entrance of the library hall.

"Dog shit… Dog shit rules…" The remaining pages of the Book Demon trembled slightly, and the words of cursing repeatedly appeared, smeared, and reappeared on the remaining pages.

"A corpse collector will come to collect the bodies, get to work!" The Book Demon gave another order, and the slave scholars, Minimi's, and brain spirits in the room all returned to their positions, and the death of the four slave scholars came to an end.

The indifference both made Li Yue breathe a sigh of relief and made him feel a little indignant.

Just like that? This is the process after the death of the library's most valuable assets, the slave scholars?

It's probably only because they were slave scholars that the Book Demon wasted a little more effort to record their causes of death—Li Yue believed that if a brain spirit was killed by the curse of a certain book, it certainly wouldn't receive the same treatment.

But fortunately, it was over—Li Yue believed that even the most brilliant detective would not be able to reconstruct everything that happened in the Sixth Library and the toilet; and the hexagram imprint on the table had also dimmed, perhaps it would be activated again in a few hundred years, but Li Yue knew that by then… he would no longer be trapped here.

Thinking this, Li Yue returned to the desk, but suddenly discovered a problem—the old scholar was dead, so who would he and the Minimi's translate for?

The Book Demon solved Li Yue's question perfectly—it opened and closed its pages, causing the two desks to merge into one, and the slave scholar closest to Li Yue was moved to the middle of the two groups of brain spirits.

"You, translate two portions." The Book Demon came to the table and displayed a line of shocking words to the slave scholar.

The quill in the slave scholar's hand trembled, and then he saw that the papers that originally belonged to the old scholar… were also piled in front of him.

Faced with the sudden increase in workload, the slave scholar had no way to refuse, his eyes were miserable; at the same time, the brain spirits in the next group had no objection to this arrangement and directly began to transmit thoughts to the slave scholar.

The slave scholar felt the sharpness of the pages, gave up thinking, and immediately wrote furiously, bearing the doubled workload.

Li Yue also had no right to pity him. Seeing the Minimi's raising the book "Desler, the Town of Death," he also transmitted thoughts to the new scholar as he had before lunch…

The two groups of brain spirits translated the books in front of them in tacit rhythm. The slave scholar wrote one sentence and switched the paper to write the next sentence, without a moment to pause, struggling to translate amidst the chaos.

Seeing that the work was on the right track, the Book Demon no longer made things difficult, and went to the next table, repeating the process.

Li Yue didn't have time to read the contents of the book "Desler, the Town of Death" for the time being, but took the opportunity to complete the analysis of the Book Demon.

[Analysis completed, Demon Illustrated Handbook entry 1113—Book Demon]

[Book Demon; Distribution: Library; Lifespan: 100-1000 years; Habits: Arrogant, lazy, simply copies the text it comes into contact with; Hobbies: Writing/forbidden passages; Skills: Paper knife/pincer attack; Action prediction success rate: 332%; Weakness: Binding]

Like the brain spirits and Minimi's, the Book Demon's number is also in the "11" sequence, which gave Li Yue some speculation about the ordering of the Demon Illustrated Handbook; also as described in the Demon Illustrated Handbook, the Book Demon's habits are arrogant and lazy, completely indifferent to the brain spirits, and didn't bother to discern the true causes of death of the four deceased.

Of course, Li Yue wasn't afraid of it delving into the matter, otherwise he wouldn't have gone to so much trouble to fabricate a perfect scene within his capabilities.

[Illustrated Handbook collection reaches "6" types, obtain "1" Demon Point, unlock "Summon" function…]

Li Yue was reading the Book Demon's weaknesses when he noticed that the fog on the system panel was suddenly cleared away, revealing a button in the lower right corner, marked with the word "Summon" and even adorned with a pair of demon wings.

At the same time, the blank space below the [Malice] value was also activated, showing new data—[Demon Points], currently at "1."

This was a surprise that Li Yue hadn't anticipated—the function of the Demon Illustrated Handbook… would it be opened according to the number of entries collected?

Currently, Li Yue had collected six types: Demon Wolf Warrior, Skeleton, Human, Oogie Boogie, Brain Spirit, and Book Demon… In other words, the Demon Illustrated Handbook was encouraging him to collect more types of demons?

What was the purpose?

Li Yue realized that his understanding of the Demon Illustrated Handbook was still very superficial, and then he subconsciously speculated about the function of the new feature.

As the name suggests, "Summon"… was it to summon something to his side?

When Li Yue focused his mind on the "Summon" button, he suddenly received relevant information about this function in his mind—[Randomly summon demons from another world… ]

The introduction was only a few words, but it stirred up a huge wave in Li Yue's heart—there were other worlds beyond this world, then for the world he was currently in, wasn't his former world another world?

So what would be summoned?

Li Yue suddenly thought of those famous vampires and demons he had read about in his previous life… Could they all become his helpers?

The following explanation temporarily stopped Li Yue's wild thoughts.

[Summoned demons from another world are not driven or restricted, but can fulfill their obsessions and sign a contract…]

Li Yue seemed to understand—the Demon Illustrated Handbook, in order to enrich itself, had opened the "Summon" function, increasing the possibility of encountering demons.

But what followed, of course, was huge uncertainty—the summoned demon might harbor malice, and the owner of the Demon Illustrated Handbook needed to sign a contract with it in order to take it for their own use…

After reading the information, Li Yue's mind repeatedly rubbed the "Summon" button in his mind, and also triggered further confirmation.

[Whether to consume "1" Demon Point to summon a demon?]

Summon? Here?

What a joke…

Li Yue hurriedly chose [No], thinking that he had finally settled down, and couldn't ruin this situation with his own hands.

The "swish swish" sound in the library didn't stop, Li Yue's thoughts drifted far away, knowing that he had another trump card, but he wasn't sure if it would really be beneficial to him.

…

In the Gold Treasury Corridor, "Slave Owner" Bodekoli stood at the corner, surrounded by the same group of flies.

The little guy, who looked very similar to the Demon Scribe, leaned against the wall, playing with the chain in his hand.

"Lord Demon Scribe… Can you make an exception? A bug once came to the Gold Treasury…" Bodekoli was discussing with the little guy.

"No… Demon-level demons need to make an appointment to enter the Gold Treasury. This is a rule set by the Demon King." The little guy swung the chain boredly, "I can responsibly tell you that no brain spirit has been here."

The swarm of flies beside Bodekoli stirred for a while, as if very angry.

"Aren't you afraid that a bug will steal something from the Gold Treasury? Then you won't be able to explain it, right?" Bodekoli knew that he couldn't afford to offend the little guy, nor could he afford to offend the swarm of flies beside him, and tried to persuade him, "I won't go in either, I'll just investigate the traces at the door, just for a moment…"

"Bugs, I think you are the biggest bugs…" The little guy leaned against the wall and didn't move, "Last night there was a riot in the vegetable field. A small brain spirit, even if it didn't die at the hands of the vegetable people, it would die at the hands of the Skeleton Captain!"

"Damn it… Ah!" The swarm of flies suddenly became manic, and one of the red flies drilled into Bodekoli's ear, and then Bodekoli shouted, "Call your dad out!"

"Yo, King of the Arena? How fierce…" The little guy smiled, "I won't, can you call him out? Do you dare? Aren't you afraid my dad will ask you to pay back the money?"

"Damn it… Damn it…" Thinking of the large sum of money he still owed the Demon Scribe, the Oogie Boogie possessing Bodekoli cursed repeatedly, but hesitated.

"Lord Oogie Boogie, this is a dead end…" Bodekoli's right eyeball suddenly turned, and then his right hand stroked the human skin floating in the air, "Although the soul of that brain spirit appeared here, the aura is not strong enough to prove that it is not in the Gold Treasury at this moment…"

"Then where did it go!" Bodekoli's left eye was blood red.

"Lost animals like to return to familiar places. Since it's a brain spirit… why don't we go to the library and look for it?"

"Go! Go now! I want Bodiboge to give me an explanation!"