I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Following the map of Desler Town in his mind, Li Yue quickly turned a few corners and arrived at the entrance of the town hall, calling out to the armored guards at the door: "I want to see the town leader. Google search reading."

"Who are you... Get out of here..." The armored guard's voice was muffled, and before he could finish speaking, Li Yue embraced him, and was subsequently drained by Egg, decaying into a pile of scrap metal.

Another armored guard, seeing this, turned and fled to inform the town leader—Desler's armor was much weaker compared to that of the Colosseum, almost paper-thin, and they lacked the courage to resist Li Yue.

Before long, a half-demon resembling a secretary walked down, leading a team of slightly stronger armored guards, standing at the entrance and sizing up Li Yue.

"I, Budhiberg, want to see the town leader." Li Yue momentarily transformed into the appearance of the Brain Lord, then reverted to his original persona as the merchant Grandet, not intending to pay a single cent of toll.

Li Yue knew that in front of certain individuals, the identity of the Brain Lord would be very useful.

The secretary beamed with joy, changed his demeanor, and led Li Yue into the magnificent town hall, heading towards the town leader's office on the upper floor.

"Well... Lord Budhiberg... the town leader is not in a good mood, please refrain from any excessive actions..." The secretary's pace was slow, seemingly still observing whether Li Yue was truly the Brain Lord.

"I'm not in a great mood either." Li Yue conveyed a telepathic message to the secretary, confirming his Brain identity, and the secretary's pace began to quicken.

"I want performance! I want transaction volume! I want to become a minor pillar too!" Before even entering the town leader's office, Li Yue could already hear several deafening roars in the corridor.

"I apologize." The secretary's face was full of smiles, inwardly explaining the source of the town leader's irritability—the Demon Market was held in rotation by countless towns like Desler, and each time it was a performance competition between mayors and town leaders.

Only with good enough performance and a large enough transaction volume could Desler be valued by Demon King City, leading to the town leader's promotion to a minor pillar, with a small candlestick of their own.

After the announcement, Li Yue opened the door and entered, seeing a morbidly obese half-demon, whose formal attire couldn't even conceal his belly, knowing that this was the town leader of Desler.

"Lord Budhiberg, you honor us with your presence at the Demon Market, is there anything I can do for you?" The town leader said, but there was a hint of disdain in his eyes.

【Is this him? The Brain Lord who made even Oogway Boogey, the King of the Colosseum, suffer? Doesn't seem like much...】

Seeing that the town leader was also a half-demon, Li Yue immediately felt more confident—being able to read his inner thoughts was clearly very helpful in requesting an entrance ticket to the auction house.

"There are many things you can do, such as introducing me to the auction house, or informing me what items will be auctioned in the next few days..."

"I'm sorry, the auction items are strictly confidential and will be announced on the night of the auction. I've already forgotten what they are..." The town leader said, and Li Yue also listened to his inner thoughts, indeed finding no information related to future auction items.

Perhaps it's some kind of forgetting magic? The security measures are quite comprehensive...

"So that means... you can't help me with anything?" Li Yue replied slowly and calmly.

"Well, it can't be said that way..." The town leader began to get a little irritable.

【Anyway, I'm the town leader, this is my territory, within the time limit of the Demon Market, no one can do anything to me...】

"But... you should also know the rules of the Demon Market, if you want to enter the auction house... you need an introducer, and as the town leader of Desler... I certainly can't just let anyone in..." The town leader patted his belly, which was sealed with countless souls collected by Desler, not afraid of death at all.

【At least I need to confirm that you have the spending power... otherwise, what can you do if you enter the auction house, rob it? I hate poor ghosts like Brains the most...】

"Take out your weapon..." Li Yue conveyed a telepathic message to Yingying, who was about to take action immediately.

"Not this guy, take out the sacred object." Li Yue quickly stopped Yingying—the town leader wanted to prove his spending power, obviously directly taking out 270,000 gold coins wasn't shocking enough, and after searching himself, the most valuable thing was probably the sacred object of the Lamont family.

And Li Yue wasn't afraid of anyone trying to snatch it—it would be good to see how other demons bypass the Demon Market's contract, saving him the trouble of distinguishing between friends and foes, and he could snatch it back.

Anyway, with Yingying and Egg around, even if a grandson of the Lamont family was resurrected, he would have to die.

So Li Yue took out the Lamont Holy Whip from his belly.

"Is it enough? Is it enough to buy your auction house?" Li Yue dragged the whip on the ground, swaying it slightly, making a piercing sound.

【This aura... Lamont? The sacred object of the Lamont family? The thing Isaac became famous for?】

The town leader recognized the goods, and like his secretary, immediately changed to a smiling face: "Enough, enough, with this wealth, you can have a seat in the auction house."

"As for the introduction fee... I'll charge you 10,000, how about it?" The town leader winked.

"Not good, not acceptable." Li Yue shook his head, "You also know that our library's funding is limited."

"Huh?" The town leader was a little dazed, "You want to enter for free?"

"One gold coin, at most." Li Yue threw a gold coin to the town leader, "Any more, and I'll buy your life."

Li Yue issued a threat.

"Huh?" The town leader supported the table.

【Malice +444】

【Damn it... if most of Desler's defense forces weren't concentrated in the auction house, would this Budhiberg think he could scare a brain with just one head?】

"Anyway, the Demon Market is only during this moon, you don't want this place... to become the library's backyard, do you?" Li Yue had a bone sword and two sons of demons, he really didn't think solving the death town of Desler was any trouble.

The trouble only lies in the guardian contract of the Demon Market.

"The Demon Expeditionary Force is about to set off, and small towns like yours can be easily snatched ten or eight of them, your days will be even harder then." Li Yue presented the facts and reasoned, accurately assessing the town leader's weakness—even if he had the ability to protect himself from the Brain Lord, it was granted by the Demon Market, could it stay with him for life?

"Hey, what are you saying... if the Brain Lord has a need, how dare I not comply?" The town leader surrendered, "We, the death town of Desler, can make an exception for you once."

【When I become a minor pillar, with more magic nourishment, I won't be afraid of a mere Brain Lord...】

"I also hope you can bid on a few ideal items and help our Desler..." The town leader tore off a piece of paper, scribbled a few strokes, and sketched out a letter of introduction.

"Good to say." Li Yue reached out to take the letter, but didn't intend to let the town leader off so easily, "I also want to know... how many bidders are there in the auction house tonight? What's their financial strength?"

"You know, I forgot." The town leader's answer was consistent with his inner thoughts, "Once you leave this door, I won't remember you either."

"Oh..." Li Yue was a little disappointed—it seemed there was no way to know the intelligence of the competitors in advance, he could only observe them himself in the auction house.

But it was a good thing that this town leader would forget himself... if he really wanted to rob the auction house, it was best not to be noticed.

Of course, now that he knew most of Desler's defense forces were in the auction house, Li Yue hadn't made up his mind to rob it, because that would basically be equivalent to fighting Desler head-on, it had to be profitable enough.

Unless absolutely necessary, he could still try the regular channels.

Seven auction items, he wanted the second and seventh ones, so he needed some strategy in the process, it was best to make the bidders' wallets bleed in the early stages, raising the price until their brains ran out, so as to ensure he could bid on the last item—the Fire Valley Prophet.

Alas, if only the order could be changed...

Li Yue suddenly thought of the Demon Scribe Damon Benben—if this guy was here, tampering with the order would be more beneficial to him.

Thinking about these random things, Li Yue arrived at the auction house on time before the auction began, and Abed, who was waiting at the door, ran over happily and sat next to Li Yue.

Not far away, Li Yue sensed several familiar auras, he didn't expect these second-generation ancestors to be here too.