I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Li Yue walked along Moonlight Trail, pondering the impact the Demon Expeditionary Force's departure would have on Demon King City.

First and foremost, it's certain that the Library hasn't received any orders to assist the Expeditionary Force, which is great news, allowing it to secretly grow stronger during the war.

Meanwhile, the pure-blooded demons from the Abyssal Maw, the demon wolf warriors from the Forbidden Forest, and even the gladiators from the Colosseum... should all be conscripted to join the first wave of attacks.

This must be why Oki Boeki couldn't wait to use Abada to snipe Budibooge.

Similarly, once the Expeditionary Force sets out, the defensive forces within Demon King City will be correspondingly reduced, possibly leading to a situation where heroes are running rampant everywhere...

Chaos reigns, suitable for hunting.

This is also why Li Yue appeared here in the guise of a hero—to scout the Colosseum, eliminate Abada, and... if he finds valuable materials, he can unceremoniously kill the chicken to get the eggs, without worrying about the demons of Demon King City knowing that it's a Brain Spirit hunting demons.

Li Yue tightened the tattered cloak around him, partially concealing the strong muscles pieced together from the patchwork of the Freak, his mutated eyes observing everywhere, simultaneously sensing the restless demonic aura on Moonlight Trail, knowing that his disguise was decent enough, having already been mistaken for a human by creatures like bats.

Killing a few bats that pounced towards the back of his neck, Li Yue tore off their wings and put them in his ragged pocket—while demon bat wings aren't particularly precious materials, since he passed by, he'd take them along.

Just as Fan Yan pocketed the demon bat wings and continued towards the Colosseum, eight figures suddenly emerged from the forest.

“They're thinking too simplistically about Demon King City; that place is a graveyard for heroes.” Karl, matching his Kingston appearance, spoke some elder-like dialogue, “Does he think he's Lamont? That he can enter Demon King City for the first time and see the Demon King, then slap him to death?”

While Li Yue was sizing up the eight heroes, the heroes were naturally observing Li Yue—Karl's hero skin, aside from being muscular, had a rather weathered and mature face, his lower jaw covered in a grizzled beard, half-sticking out messily, looking very prickly.

Li Yue harbored great ambitions.

Karl used perception to see through the equipment of the eight people in front of him, also deducing their identities—a knight with silver armor engraved with flowers, a gunslinger with silver bullets all over, and a mage carrying various magic potions.

His muscular body was well-proportioned, and the armor fit perfectly, with silver patterns engraved on it; a rapier was inserted at his waist, the hilt in the shape of a cross, obviously a divine object enchanted by the Holy See, capable of severing weak evil spirits.

【That Kingston… that hero seems very arrogant… I'll have to see what he can do…】

“What's his name?” The eight heroes remained wary, inquiring about Karl's origins.

“You guys go too.” Li Yue ordered Jessie and Brad, “Heroes help heroes.”

The gunslinger had eight pistols strapped to his waist, but held a long staff in his right hand, also appearing to be quite skilled in close combat, but there was nothing on him that showed his identity, he probably wasn't a noble.

“Times have changed; even if Lamont came now, he might not be able to find the Demon King's ass.” Karl said indifferently.

【Demon King City is open… a major event in Chaos Continent recently… we naturally have to come to investigate as soon as possible… hopefully we can find the Demon King's location…】

“What did he come to do?” Li Yue continued to interrogate Karl.

“Li Yue.” The male knight said with an arrogant expression, announcing his name, seemingly thinking that Fan Yan should have heard of it.

“He's going to the Colosseum?” Li Yue also had a copy of Demon King City's latest map in his hands, and besides being a bit vague about the Labyrinth of Delusion, he still had some understanding of the internal structure of Demon King City.

“Just because you think there isn't, doesn't mean there really isn't.” Of course, Fan Yan wouldn't deny that he made it up, instead asking the male knight, “You are… a descendant of the Van Helsing family? Why come to Demon King City?”

The moment they arrived in the Colosseum area, the eight "heroes" became the hunted. Having sufficient magic potion support, Li Yue didn't like Karl's kind of scattered hero, Karl guessed that he probably also looked down on those two mages who went to the Library to collect "Brain Spirit Pituitary Glands."

“Kingston.” Karl spoke the name he had already made up, and as for his place of residence… he chose a remote area thousands of miles away from the Tas Empire, “From the banks of the Lund River.”

“Exterminate evil to the fullest extent.” Karl spoke the Van Helsing family's motto, greeting the group of heroes with human etiquette.

Karl thought helplessly—the books he had read were all from decades ago; who knew what it was like here now?

The knight was male, a tall male.

Karl noticed the cross sword emblem engraved on his sword hilt, and after a brief recollection, remembered it was the family crest of the "Van Helsing family" of the Tas Empire—Fan Yan had read about it in the 《Chaos Calendar 259 Noble Directory》.

“Since you've made preparations, I won't disturb you, wish you good luck.” After making a brief comment, Karl bypassed the eight people and walked along Moonlight Avenue towards the Colosseum.

【If he's useful enough… I can also hire him… to die for me…】

Fan Yan nodded to Jessie and Brad, considering it a greeting.

【Hmph, so he's just a good-for-nothing without any ambition, only caring about his own promotion, and not pitying the creatures of Chaos Continent…】

“Well, this is the knight's resting place.” Karl joked to Li Yue, speaking a common saying in Chaos Continent and Demon King City.

Heroes?

【Human? Hero? Demon?】

【My first trip to Demon King City… will depend on them…】

“Lund River? Isn't that far from the Sea of Death? There are still humans there?” The gunslinger was suspicious.

“Knight, gunslinger, mage… their lineup isn't bad…” Fan Yan understood their thoughts by combining their inner voices—they had actually formed a hero team to advance to the upper levels of Demon King City.

Presumably, this kind of hero team wouldn't be able to find the way to the Throne Room, and they would likely suffer significant losses halfway, and then, if they were lucky, escape Demon King City, if they were unlucky… they would become a pile of dry bones, or skeleton soldiers.

“This is Jessie, this is Brad.” Li Yue suspected Karl's human identity, and instead introduced the gunslinger and mage.

“Did you also come to Demon King City to kill the Demon King?” The leading male knight was obviously the backbone of the eight heroes, and upon hearing Karl speak his family motto, subconsciously assumed that Karl was human.

Eight heroes had the same question.

Karl had no idea what the Fan Yanfeng family was like now, and fortunately, that Li Yue had enough inner drama, so he immediately took over her statement: “Oh… this genius hero of the Van Helsing family… actually came to Demon King City so quickly…”

【Genius hero of the Fan Yanfeng family… Lancelot's sister… a first-tier female knight…】

The mage didn't seem as mysterious as those two who were previously searching for "Brain Spirit Pituitary Glands"; she wore a holy white robe, and held a long staff in her hands, the tip of the staff was a bright green gem, faintly emitting a healing aura.

【Kingston… never heard of him…】

The male knight's mouth turned down slightly, looking at the weathered old hero in front of him, seemingly not very interested.

“Who said it wasn't needed?” The gunslinger Jessie's personality was also more outgoing; all eight heroes were young people, with completely different pursuits from the oily old man Karl was pretending to be.

The equipment was ordinary, there was nothing worth taking; how strong they were wasn't particularly obvious, but they hadn't been torn to pieces by the demons yet, proving that they should still have some strength.

“I'm here to collect some materials…” Karl glanced over the eight heroes, not seeing anything worth taking, and not intending to entangle with them too much, he pointed past Moonlight Avenue towards the Colosseum, casually making up a reason, “Some very precious materials…”