I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

To humans, are brain spirits just materials?

This book is first published on the entire network by 𝕥 𝕨 𝕜 𝕒 𝕟 . 𝕔 𝕠 𝕞

Li Yue silently savored the mental state of the mages, but his own thoughts were similar—the death town of Deshler was like a huge cake, cut into a small piece each day. Today's small piece had already been taken by Li Yue, leaving only a few bread crumbs.

However, this also reminded Li Yue that the Demon King City was falling into reality, and brave warriors were about to enter the city, very soon, perhaps even today.

“Hmph, the trading time for today is almost up. We've bought everything we needed to buy, and it's time for us to go to Black Slope.” The rangers of the Sea of ​​Death ultimately didn't give up this opportunity to make money. They packed their weapons and baggage and left the tavern.

Li Yue waited for a moment, listening to the inner thoughts of the two mages for a while longer, until Yingying reminded him that the butler was getting a little too close, before he finally left the tavern and circled around to the north side of Deshler town, to Black Slope.

As Li Yue left, the two mages hesitated for a moment whether to attack, but ultimately gave up.

“What did you hear?” On the way, Yingying asked Li Yue.

“Those two mages... want to enter the library...” Li Yue then told Dan Dan and Yingying about the mages' thoughts, “They need a material called 'brain spirit pituitary gland'…”

“Pituitary gland? Is that the thing at the back of your head?” Yingying was very familiar with Li Yue's body structure.

“Yes, it can help them enhance their psychic abilities, and even has some growth effects. It seems to be a necessary material for advancement… and a very good one…” Li Yue said, even thinking of collecting some in the library to sell in Deshler.

“What do those two mages have on them?” Yingying had already prepared to strike.

“No, I can't see.” Unfortunately, there was a layer of magical power blocking him, and Li Yue couldn't use his mind to detect the inventory of the two mages. Moreover, the butler was approaching step by step, so he couldn't make too much noise for fear of attracting unnecessary trouble. He could only use the Demon Illustrated Handbook to listen to their inner thoughts.

“It doesn't matter, we'll know sooner or later.” Li Yue felt it didn't matter. When they arrived at the library, he would kill them, and then he would know how many good things they had brought.

For now, he should focus on the present and first go to Black Slope to lie in wait and see what good things he could find.

“By the way, are you okay? How do you feel?” Li Yue found it difficult to predict what would happen on Black Slope, and asked about Dan Dan's “condition.”

“Um… I feel a little dizzy from being pulled by that mist. I'll be fine after a rest… I think…” It was the first time Dan Dan felt weak, “Be sure to take me with you later, to save ammunition…”

Dan Dan wanted to be launched by the magic cannon again—the stolen magic cannon had a total of one hundred shells, with different functions, some explosive and some piercing. Li Yue hadn't had time to carefully inspect them.

Of course, Li Yue didn't plan to use those one hundred shells before Dan Dan and Yingying left, after all, he hadn't mastered the manufacturing process of the magic cannon and ammunition yet.

“You're dizzy? That's rare…” Li Yue was still a little worried about Dan Dan's condition—the particle that Mento had broken off was still embedded in his skull, and it always seemed to be about to fall off. Li Yue was constantly “soaking” it, and suddenly felt that the progress was accelerating, so he seriously suspected that Dan Dan had a problem.

“I'm fine, I'm tough enough, let's hurry…” Dan Dan was drowsy, urging Li Yue.

Li Yue thought for a while, figuring that even if Dan Dan fell asleep, it wouldn't affect the launch, so he didn't turn back to Demon King City, but stopped at the forest slope next to the fork in the road outside Deshler town.

“That's the direction of Demon King City…” Seeing Li Yue hiding in the forest to observe, Yingying pointed the way for Li Yue, “I'll remind you before the butler arrives. If you want to fire the cannon back to the city, remember it's that way.”

“Got it.” Li Yue increasingly felt that Yingying could read his mind. The octopus tentacles pushed aside the patchwork monster and protruded, merging into the soil with the three demon half-bodies, crouching by the tree roots and shrinking his head, sensing the humans and demons hidden in the darkness.

Vaguely, Li Yue, Dan Dan, and Yingying regained a trace of the feeling of hiding in the Forbidden Forest—except that at that time, there was a forest guardian representing the will of the forest watching, but now on this Black Slope… no one could find the stationary Li Yue.

Li Yue spread out his senses, roughly figuring out how many guys were hidden in the darkness near the fork in the road.

“Hahaha, there are even gnolls…” Li Yue sensed the surrounding situation and suddenly couldn't help laughing—their home was slaughtered, so the gnolls were branching out?

Within a radius of two hundred meters of Li Yue's location, there were seven or eight groups of demons, of which gnolls accounted for three groups. There was also an extremely weak group of skeletons. He didn't know if they were really there to lie in wait on Black Slope, or if they were forced to come as cannon fodder by some demon.

Among the remaining demons, there were minotaurs and demon chefs, also participating in teams. And there were two groups of demons not in the Demon Illustrated Handbook, which Li Yue was analyzing, exploring their identities.

But he didn't see any warlike pure-blooded demons. Li Yue guessed that they should be preparing in the Abyss Maw, and had to miss this opportunity to earn extra money.

In addition to the demons, there were also several groups of humans—the rangers of the Sea of Death were also among them, secretly communicating with humans, seemingly discussing whether to join forces.

After all, there were more demons present, and humans didn't have the advantage, so it was only natural to have this idea.

Chaos, disorder, that's the current situation of Black Slope.

And this was only within a radius of two hundred meters near the fork in the road. There must be many more hidden further away, some working alone and some in teams, all waiting to get a piece of the pie.

“Buffet…” Li Yue sighed—waiting for the merchants to come over, and then seeing who could grab how much?

How many materials can be extracted from this shot?

Li Yue began to think about random things.

However, a group of demons preparing to ambush attracted Li Yue's attention—not because they were so strong, but because after the Demon Illustrated Handbook analyzed them, Li Yue suddenly discovered that they were a fascinating type of demon.

A subspecies of the tiger-striped gecko, the psychedelic gecko.

They had mutated to the size of humans and possessed extremely strong camouflage abilities, able to blend into the environment. Their drops were also a substance called “photon pigment.” If Li Yue didn't have the Demon Illustrated Handbook, he wouldn't even notice them.

The numbering of these geckos starts with “8.” They live in the underground city of Demon King City. Their attack method is also to camouflage themselves with the environment, then wrap their tongues around their prey, and then squeeze them with their oral and thoracic cavities to digest them. Their stomachs also have a certain degree of storage function, similar to demon chefs.

Although Li Yue didn't know the specific function and drop rate of “photon pigment,” he could guess that it was related to their camouflage technique, and he immediately wanted to…

It sounded like a good thing! If he put it on himself, would he have optical invisibility? What about putting it on the magic cannon? What about using it as paint? It seemed to have many uses.

Moreover… there were enough of these psychedelic geckos. Even if the drop rate was low, killing them all would have a high probability of obtaining it.

Li Yue decided.

At this moment, the psychedelic geckos were disguised as stones and trees, lurking at the fork in the road on Black Slope, with forty or so forming an ambush circle, unnoticed by the humans and demons beside them.

The fork in the road was quiet. Li Yue had waited for about a quarter of an hour, only seeing a few carriages with the Demon Market mark driving out of the town, without any lone travelers.

“How long do we have to wait?” Dan Dan was extremely sleepy.

“Wait for the geckos to attack.” Li Yue transmitted his thoughts to Dan Dan and Yingying, clarifying the goal of this mission, “Let them rob the merchants, and we rob the robbers.”

Chaos on top of chaos—Li Yue had already foreseen the scene that would unfold soon. All that was missing now was a hapless fat sheep.

Heaven doesn't disappoint a demon with a purpose—just as Yingying informed Li Yue that the butler was approaching, and they would have to face a direct conflict if they didn't wait any longer, Li Yue saw a group of people finally coming to the fork in the road on Black Slope.

Old acquaintances at that.

And the atmosphere near Black Slope suddenly became tense, as if the entire small forest had suddenly awakened.