I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

These few young masters were none other than the skeletons that Li Read had met on Moonlight Trail during the third round of the Killing Cup – the one with the gold chain, the one in the velvet robe, and the one holding his skull, all three of them.

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At that time, Li Read was originally on Moonlight Trail, preparing to snatch a few tickets for the Colosseum's spectator seats, but he heard news about the "Octopus Shapeshifter" family from these skeletons, knowing that these skeletons were big mouths. Looking at it now... they seem to be very rich and arrogant.

They tore off the disguises provided by the Demon Market, revealing their true forms, not caring at all about being exposed – it was the same in Moonlight Trail.

"I'm preparing to buy another Holy Sword..." The skeleton with the gold chain seemed to be the leader, quite fond of battle. At this moment, he took a wine glass from the waiter and poured it into his chest cavity with a clattering sound.

"Goderick, you shouldn't expose what you want like that, father said..." The velvet-robed skeleton chuckled, put his arm around a female demon from the auction house, and joked with Goderick, who wore the gold chain.

"Hahaha!" Goderick twirled his finger near his temple, understanding his companion's joke, "Vitterick, I know what you want, you must want that car, right? You like that kind of thing the most, you can't hide it."

"What's so hard to understand? I also know that Thunrick definitely wants to buy that demon merchant! He wants to prove to father that he has the most wealth!" Vitterick, in the velvet robe, held the female demon's hand and pointed to the skeleton holding his skull to the side.

Thunrick remained noncommittal, staring at the stage, quietly waiting for the auction to begin.

Li Read listened for a moment, becoming more interested in the "father" they mentioned, wondering if it was Liddrick, who had been asleep all along?

Judging from the arrogant appearance of these young masters, could they be Skollrick's brothers?

Unfortunately, their heads were empty, and there were no hidden meanings in their hearts, they were just bantering.

Thinking, Li Read carried his chair and sat in the last row, preparing to observe the state of each bidder during the auction. Abed, on the other hand, heard about potential competitors, glanced at the skeletons, and gripped the purse filled with gems and gold sand in his sleeve.

The auction house was large enough, but there weren't many bidders today, only about a dozen or so, scattered around, with the ratio of demons to humans being about half and half.

Soon, a hot-bodied half-demon auctioneer walked around the stage, and the auction officially began.

"The first item up for auction, I believe everyone has been waiting for a long time, is the latest model of magic-powered vehicle from the Tas Empire, starting price 2000 gold coins!" The auctioneer raised her hand, and a car filled with magic-powered devices rose from the floor, rotating on the stage.

Magic flowed, the engine roared, Li Read silently felt the technological power of the Chaos Continent.

At the same time, Li Read heard the starting price and felt that it was still within his acceptable range – even if it was auctioned for ten times the price, it would only be 20,000 gold coins, and a hundred times... he could at least get an auction item legitimately and leave.

And if these bidders shed enough blood in the early stages, the probability of winning the seventh auction item would be even greater – half of the people in the room were humans, and there were also three skeletons. Li Read could hear the bottom line in most people's hearts, calmly bleeding them dry.

Just as he was thinking, Li Read saw Goderick raise his hand – he looked at Vitterick, the velvet-robed skeleton beside him, and smiled.

"I'll help you, hehe."

"4000!" The auctioneer turned her palm and pointed at Goderick.

Vitterick pinched the female demon's butt, looking indifferent, and also raised his hand.

"8000!" The auctioneer smiled and looked at Vitterick.

Li Read was a little dazed – directly doubling the price? Is that how auctions work?!

Isn't this forcing me to rob?

The situation was not optimistic.

Li Read listened to the inner voices of a dozen or so bidders, while also starting to bleed them dry. Abed was a little strange, wondering why Li Read, a merchant from the Sea of Death, would be interested in a magic-powered vehicle.

Most of the humans present didn't seem to have much interest in this item, they should have other channels to obtain this magic-powered vehicle. Only one human with a trace of cold air on his body participated in the auction. Li Read listened to his inner thoughts and knew that he came from the Snow Country. This time, he participated in the Demon Market of the Demon King City, and also had some needs to obtain the latest technology from the Tas Empire.

Soon, the auction of the first item came to an end. When the merchant from the Snow Country raised the auction price to 128,000, Li Read finally heard his limit from his heart.

Vitterick's inner thoughts also carried some anger, dissatisfied with the human's lack of tact.

【How annoying, when the Demon Expeditionary Force sets off, I must ask them to help plunder a few Snow Country towns...】

Vitterick raised his hand, and the auction price came to 256,000. Li Read began to think... what would happen if he won the auction but couldn't pay.

I wonder if the Bone of Self-Healing can be sold for money?

【That's it, next item.】

Vitterick thought, and then saw the auctioneer raise her hand and point to Li Read at the back of the hall: "Number 7, 512,000 gold coins!"

Vitterick suddenly turned his head and looked at the merchant with the dim yellow eyes.

【Damn... what is that number 7 behind... how annoying...】

"512,000 once..."

"I'll remember you..." Vitterick looked at Li Read.

Intimidation?

Li Read then remembered that auctions could be played like this, opening up new ideas – if there were problems with the auctions of the Magic-Powered Cannon and the Fireplume Valley Prophet, he could also reveal his true form as the Brain Spirit Lord and clash backstages with everyone...

It's also an option.

"512,000 twice..."

Vitterick finally turned his back and raised his hand, and Li Read also breathed a sigh of relief.

"1,024,000!"

Li Read had a new understanding of the skeletons' financial resources, shrank back into his seat, and no longer participated in the auction. In the end, the auction price of the first magic-powered vehicle was fixed at 1,024,000. Li Read believed that his 270,000 gold coins were definitely not even a hair's worth, no wonder the town chief only allowed him to enter after seeing Lamont's relic.

【I have no money... I'm done...】

Vitterick still had that unchanging bone face, but his inner thoughts revealed the reality that he had lost the opportunity to bid.

Killed one... Li Read thought silently, then looked at the remaining bidders, thinking that before the Fireplume Valley Prophet took the stage, he must eliminate five more competitors.

Abed turned his face to look at Li Read, as if he saw that he was a troublemaker.

The starting price of the second auction item, the magic-powered cannon, was 5,000 gold coins, which also attracted bids from merchants from the Sand Country and other demons – without Li Read even needing to do anything, the auction price directly soared to 160,000, again by that merchant from the Snow Country.

Estimating that the application of the magic-powered vehicle was limited, but the magic-powered cannon was a must-have?

Li Read knew that this was already the limit of the Snow Country merchant, and was preparing to raise the price again, as a final effort for the wishes of Yingying and Dandan, but sensed a line of text flashing on the inside of his skull.

"You don't need to raise the price, let's just snatch this magic-powered cannon." Yingying stopped Li Read from raising his hand.

"That human is at his limit." Li Read said leisurely, "I originally planned to bid if I could, and snatch it if I couldn't..."

In fact, Li Read didn't see the possibility of snatching it – while bidding, Li Read was also sensing the entire auction house, and found that his thoughts could only extend to the hall of the auction house, and that there was a faint layer of blockade on the other corners or door seams, which should be some kind of security measure.

"I found the place where the goods are stored." In the complex terrain of the shadow, Yingying's perception was obviously stronger than Li Read's.

"Then let's not be polite, let's go." Li Read drilled into the shadow space.

"How do we go?" Dandan's particles moved randomly, sensing the magic-powered cannon in Li Read's eyes, wanting to rush up and snatch it now.

"Leave the skeleton here, raise your hand the first two times for each item..." Li Read prepared to control remotely, leaving the moment the auctioneer's hammer fell.

Saying that, Li Read kept the skeleton and the outer transformation, still wearing Desler's robe, and the skull and flesh gradually separated, merging with the shadow.

And under the robe of an empty frame, a round egg suddenly fell; the eyes of the merchant Grandet in the robe, those dim yellow eyes squinted, as if retarded, only mechanically raising his hand.