I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

The Demon Illustrated Handbook still didn't pop up with the "Analyzing..." prompt, clearly indicating that these small flies were not in the category of demons.

Immediately following, the heart that Li Yue held in his hand exploded instantly, a plume of black cloud rising into the sky, with countless small flies scattering and flying in all directions within.

Li Yue quickly retreated, not planning to use lava or petrification rays to eliminate them right now—since the deformed heart was related to the flies, it was obviously some kind of arrangement by Oogey Boogey, so it was best not to act blindly.

And the flies' target wasn't focused on Li Yue alone; they seemed to lack intelligence, considering everything within sight as an enemy, flapping their wings and charging towards all the nearby heroes.

Although they were in the safe zone, the heroes' vigilance had been very high since Li Yue arrived. When the small flies scattered, they weren't caught off guard either, forming small teams to defend against the enemy.

For a time, flames and ice magic were fired randomly within the safe zone, and the small flies were like countless exploding bombs. Whenever they collided with the heroes' magic or the heroes themselves, they would explode into a mass of purulent blood, even directly shattering a knight's longsword and blinding a mage's eyes with poison.

Li Yue himself deployed a barrier with his mind, and the small flies couldn't invade within half a meter of him. After a series of dense poison explosions, even his hairstyle wasn't messed up.

Soon, the small flies were cleared away, and the safe zone, after a moment of chaos, returned to calm.

Li Yue looked at the purulent blood on the ground, thinking that the direction was correct—obviously, the small flies were indeed some kind of defensive magic of the Colosseum, specifically used to injure heroes.

That also proved that the enemy was ahead.

It seemed that he had to be more careful on the road ahead.

"Hey! What's going on! Did you do this?" The heroes who had just been affected glared at Li Yue angrily.

Li Yue shrugged, too lazy to even explain.

If he hadn't performed surgery on Larry just now, who knew how big of a commotion would have been caused when these small flies had truly matured.

As it was now, the heroes hadn't suffered any major casualties.

"He saved me, and he saved you…" It was the priest Larry, who had just been stitched up not long ago, who answered the heroes.

Enveloped in a faint light, Larry was already able to stand up again.

"If he hadn't performed surgery on me early, when the flies had completely occupied my body and then exploded, everyone here would have ceased to exist," Larry stood next to Li Yue.

The heroes recalled everything they had just experienced, agreeing with Larry's statement, and their feelings towards Li Yue became even more complicated.

【Larry has really been cured, this doctor is so amazing…】

【He was closest to the flies, but he didn't suffer even a little bit of injury, he's actually so powerful…】

【Damn it, if he wasn't so expensive, we really should team up with him!】

Li Yue didn't listen to their thoughts too much either. He took out the small bag containing the holy ash from his pocket, shook it at the priest Larry, indicating that the transaction was complete.

Larry nodded, applied some medicine to the wound on his chest, and then rested, recovering his strength as quickly as possible.

【Follow… follow…】

His heart was still murmuring, but Li Yue only focused on collecting the mirror fragments in the soil, listening less and less.

After this little interlude, Li Yue finally successfully integrated into the hero group of the first safe zone.

The heroes came and went, walking and stopping. Soon, the eyes were no longer focused on this "doctor," each busy exploring the Colosseum.

Only when a hero with extremely serious injuries sought medical attention would the other heroes point with complicated emotions at Li Yue, who was sitting on the edge with his legs crossed. Then, after asking the price, the injured hero would give up dejectedly—it was a joke, this doctor's asking price was already comparable to the earnings of an entire trip to Demon King City, who would ask him to perform surgery?

It wasn't until Li Yue collected another 6 magic mirror fragments that the priest Larry finally stood up from the ground again and walked towards Li Yue.

Sensing the situation within five meters around the Freak Puzzle, Li Yue returned to his body in time, shook his head, and looked at Larry askew.

"Faith needs you," Larry still looked tired, but his mental state was much better, and the faint light on his body had already faded.

"You want me to go with you? But I don't think you have anything I want on you," Li Yue completely treated exploring the Colosseum as a business.

"You should have faith," Larry shook his head, "You should come with me…"

And when Li Yue applied the concepts of the Holy See and faith to Larry, he quickly understood the murmuring in his heart.

【Follow the priest, practice faith… spread the light of faith, illuminate the darkness of Demon King City…】

Although Larry's inner words were a bit mystical, Li Yue still roughly understood what he meant and became a little interested in the "priest."

It was estimated that the priest Larry wanted to follow was the "exiled priest" that the newsboy had mentioned before.

"Go with you? I don't know what you are still insisting on," Li Yue didn't have time to nag with Larry, "You were exiled by the Holy See, right? I heard outside, what did you do?"

Li Yue was still somewhat interested in what happened outside.

"Oh… you mean that… with faith in your heart, whether you are exiled or not is not important," Larry shook his head.

【He is my light… I am willing to follow him to the farthest corner of the Sea of Death…】

Larry's heart was full of worship for that priest, and Li Yue was already a little too lazy to listen. However, after chatting for a few words, Li Yue roughly understood the cause and effect of their coming to Demon King City from Larry's words and heart.

It was nothing more than the expeditionary army being dispatched, and the Holy See internally divided into two factions.

One was the pragmatist, headed by the Holy Path Army, advocating for ceding part of the Holy See's power, lobbying the Tass Empire, the Snow Country, and the Sand Country to gather all of humanity's resources together to meet the expeditionary army in the Holy City, defeat or drag down Demon King City.

The second was the radical faction, mainly a small group of people from the Seventh Division, suggesting that the Holy See maintain its consistent high profile, display its strongest power, establish absolute authority after annihilating the expeditionary army, and then let the light of faith illuminate the entire Chaos Continent.

Bai Xu—that is, the exiled priest—belonged to the radical faction. After contradicting the pragmatist Pope, he and his direct descendants were exiled to Demon King City.

If this priest could find the weakness of Demon King City during this exile journey, or show the absolute advantage of the Holy See's sacred arts over the demons, it would undoubtedly become powerful evidence for the radical faction's advice.

However, obviously, this exiled priest did not have the ability to protect all his believers. After entering the second safe zone of the Colosseum, there had already been a lot of damage.

"If you can help us complete the task, after going out, the Holy See will be your backing and give you what you want."

Larry finished his statement, trying hard to invite Li Yue to join: "Wealth, status, demon materials… the Holy See can give you these things."

Help you complete the task?

Li Yue looked at the illusory pie that Larry drew, not having any appetite at all.

Obviously, mixing into the heroes was to let the strong ones inside help him clear mines and deal with Oogey Boogey. How could he possibly go back to being a grunt?

Besides, if the radical faction prevailed and the Holy See attacked Demon King City fiercely, wouldn't that add a bit of risk to the library?

Maintaining the status quo was good.

"Thank you for your invitation, I will consider it," Li Yue smiled and nodded, politely refusing.

"Very good, I will be ahead of you. If you change your mind, come find me," Larry turned and walked towards the depths of the Colosseum.

【Strange, why… my words of faith seem to be unable to change his heart at all? It has been a long time since I met a human with such firm beliefs…】

Listening to Larry's inner voice, Li Yue realized that the priest had actually used some tricks just now.

Fortunately, he wasn't human.

Looking at his departing back, Li Yue suddenly understood.

He couldn't let Bai Xu leave Demon King City alive.