I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Just as Li Read had escaped from the vegetable garden and rejoined the ranks of the brain spirits, brain spirits and slave scholars were emerging from the library's lower corridors in twos and threes, heading towards the library's main hall to begin their daily translation work.

What differed from the past was that a skeleton soldier, its bones sparkling and translucent, was guarding the entrance to the fifth library room. Under the terrified gazes of the slave scholars and the brain spirits' intent gazes from above and below, it stood silently, like a god of death about to strike.

The sword gleamed with black light, and the skeleton's eyes held no pity. It was extremely frightening.

In fact, Li Read had originally intended to kill a few brain spirits from the fifth library room to conceal the fact that one was missing; however, when Li Read arrived at the entrance of the library room, ready to make a move, he realized that perhaps he didn't need to be so extreme…

Could it be the killing instinct of a demon at work? Li Read wasn't sure.

"What does the Skeleton Prince want to do…?"

"It can't be that he wants to pull someone to help him find something…?"

"Please don't let it be me!"

"I'd rather go and flip through books with the Mini Minis…"

The brain spirits whispered, their thoughts intertwined. Li Read felt a slight pang of sympathy, while also thinking… perhaps he could just talk to the Book Demon directly?

After all, he was the Skeleton Prince. Arranging for a dedicated brain spirit to run errands shouldn't be too much to ask?

Moreover, the Book Demon had already said that Li Read, this brain spirit, served Scourge last night… so just treat it as the client requesting overtime?

With that thought, Li Read turned around and walked towards the library's main hall, only to be stopped by a sharp page of a book as he reached the entrance.

[Malice + 381]

"What do you want now?" A line of text appeared on the page.

"One of the brain spirits has been requisitioned by me," Li Read requested leave for himself, his tone as a matter of course.

"Very well." The text on the page appeared very quickly, as if it didn't want to have too much contact with the Skeleton Prince participating in the closed-door war training.

Li Read was naturally happy with this. After thinking for a moment, he sheathed the bone sword at his waist and turned to leave.

The Book Demon's page was only retracted after the Skeleton Prince left the lower level of the library, allowing the onlookers—slave scholars and brain spirits—to enter, all eagerly anticipating the ringing of the bell that signaled the start of the closed-door war training.

The Song of Decay echoed through the middle level of the library time and time again, and Li Read had completely mastered this essential piece for the Skeleton Prince. During this time, Budibug's mental presence had descended twice, once when Li Read had just returned to the entrance of the thirteenth library room, and once at the start of Blue Time, checking in very regularly.

Before Budibug could check in a third time, the bell that Li Read had been eagerly awaiting suddenly rang in the library, symbolizing the start of the closed-door war training.

The Red Time had not yet arrived when the bell rang, but the Book Demon scattered its pages at the first moment, wrapping the outer walls and doors of the library's main hall—if Li Read had been on the scene, he would have been able to see that each hardened page was covered with the words "No Entry to the Translation Zone"; the magical power above them swirled, reminding the soon-to-arrive Demon Princes not to disturb or intrude.

Subsequently, 15 pairs of Mini Minis strode out of the library's main hall in high spirits, lined up in neat rows, and headed towards the middle level of the library, ready to fulfill their service duties…

In fact, before the bell rang, Li Read had noticed a change in the wall opposite the bed—at first, he thought it was the shadows playing tricks, but when Li Read concentrated his mental power, he realized that what was being fed back was no longer the hard walls of Demon King City, but a chaos filled with dream murmurs and ramblings.

Then, as the bell rang, the wall suddenly cracked, outlining an entrance—the entrance seemed to have undergone extreme distortion, and from the outside, one could only see rippling waves and constantly changing phantasmal lights, arched into a spherical bulge…

Li Read's mental power was like a clay ox entering the sea, swallowed the moment it passed through the entrance, receiving no more feedback than the ramblings; the magic emblem suddenly burned at this moment, abruptly integrated into Li Read's body, and then wrapped Li Read and dragged him into that chaos.

The bones were stretched, the brain was stretched, and the thoughts were stretched—Li Read only felt that his whole person was like being pulled into a noodle, shaking open his body from the Gate of Chaos, and then descending into the darkness under a ball of light.

At the same time, more than a dozen "noodles" also descended from that distorted phantasmal light, sticking to the light-reflecting floor, and then re-piling into their original bodies.

The light came from above, and the people in the field could not yet see each other's full appearance; and Li Read's mental power also seemed to be interfered with by something, and could only feel the approximate figures of the people around him, but could not perceive the details.

These few… are the Demon Princes who are going to participate in the closed-door war training together?

Li Read tried hard to outline the body shapes of the demons around him with his vague perception, but found that the range was limited, and he could only perceive a few people around him at most—three tall figures stood relatively close, with wings on their backs, strong and with a strong bloody smell, even the chaotic space could not hide their own aura.

Compared to the three tall figures, a short, fat guy hiding behind them seemed very small, but his bloated belly was very prominent, and there was a faint aura of gold on his body?

Li Read's mental power bypassed these four classmates, and then found a very familiar figure beside him, that figure was small, floating in the air, but carrying a cluster of things similar to chains, and holding a quill in the other hand…

"Hey… closed-door war training… is this how we're greeted? Even the light is afraid of us and dares not come forward?" The tall figure in the center spoke in archaic demon language, his voice muffled, and he sounded like a person of no small origin.

And what he said, translated, was "Why don't you turn on the lights"?

"It must be that your wings are too great, blocking all the light…" The two people beside the tall figure echoed in a low voice.

"Hehe… a bunch of idiots, this is the Gate of Chaos judging the number of Demon Princes and constructing itself…" A familiar voice sounded, and Li Read finally remembered "its" origin.

Demon Scribe!

Strictly speaking, it was that small, substitute Demon Scribe—Li Read had seen this demon when he stole the Supreme Magic Stone, and at that time he found that he was not very easy to get along with…

If Li Read knew that he didn't even give Oogie Boogie face, he wouldn't be surprised by his action of directly calling the three tall figures "idiots" at this moment.

"Bite my demon ass… what are you?" The tall figure in the center suddenly pushed aside the big-bellied fatty behind him, and amid a series of "clangs" of gold coins falling to the ground, walked to the front of the little Demon Scribe, "I hope you will still dare to be so presumptuous when you see my face later…"

"Oh, my coins…" The big-bellied fatty picked up money all over the ground, as if there was nothing more important in the world.

"Isn't that Bosh, the son of the Demon King Commander? Are the two next to you your guards?" The little Demon Scribe shook the chain, "A few stupid heads who only know how to kill, kill, kill, what do I dare not say?"

"Demon Scribe… stingy annoying ghost…" The big-bellied fatty, who had finally picked up the coins, raised his head and whispered, as if reminding Bosh in front of him.

"Daemon Benben?" Bosh heard the big-bellied fatty's hint, spread his wings, and his thick tail pointed at the little Demon Scribe like a giant python, "That guy who thinks he's very smart and whose mouth needs to be sewn up with steel wire?"

"You sew it up and see… hehe." Daemon Benben floated a little higher, looking at Bosh and his guards, "I suspect that your degenerated hands can only hold knives and swords, but can't hold steel wire, oh?"

After that, Li Read only felt a strong wind blowing on his face, and staggered a bit, almost unable to stand steady—Bosh just clenched his fist, and the air in the entire space seemed to be sucked dry by it, all attached to his fist.

The air inexplicably became hot, and Li Read forcibly stabilized his steps, thinking that it was fortunate that he had not courted death and transformed into Mini Mini to come here, otherwise he might have lost his life in this "small friction…"

"No harm allowed." A voice that pierced the skull sounded, Li Read felt a burst of dizziness, and then his whole body was wrapped in viscous air, unable to move.

But Bosh could move!

The Demon King Commander's son waved his right fist, instantly breaking free from the viscous air bondage, and ignited a magma-like heat, smearing it towards Daemon Benben's face under the cloak.

"Hehe… stupid shit…" Daemon Benben remained motionless, waiting for the fist to imprint on his face.