I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

All the demons participating in the closed battle training looked at Li Yue in unison, even Yingying arranged its shape into eyes on the ground.

[Malice + 451 + 803 + 274...]

The malice stemmed from jealousy, making their gazes almost tangible.

Although the pressure was immense, Li Yue, having experienced the Blood River's gaze during the Blood River simulation battle, could still withstand it, bowing slightly to Mento to indicate his acceptance.

Although Li Yue didn't know what the "blessing" was, nor how the 13% and 4% were calculated, he guessed it must be related to the casualties of Steel City's defenders and the contribution to breaking the city.

Nearly one-third!

First place!

Li Yue felt that his efforts in the simulation battle hadn't been in vain—who wouldn't want to be first, even if they were a monster?

Moreover... Li Yue had indeed racked his brains, making attempts far beyond the limits of a brain spirit to achieve the greatest battle results.

Then, Mento's finger swept across the demons in the field, announcing their respective scores in order.

"Bosh, the direct damage plus the effect of demon encouragement... has earned you 7%..."

7%?

Did this mean that participating in a Blood River simulation battle would result in an output statistic at the end?

While Li Yue was grumbling inwardly, he also followed Mento's train of thought, silently recalling and reviewing the entire battlefield—Bosh charged with himself and his guards as the vanguard, indeed accumulating many advantages for the subsequent general offensive. Was this the so-called "demon encouragement" effect?

Those feelings full of power, the fantasies of unrestrained slaughter, and the final sword thrust into the human commander... should all have been strengthened by Bosh and his guards, indirectly causing greater damage to the defenders of Steel City.

Li Yue felt that after the Demon Illustrated Handbook included Bosh, he would definitely find "Demon Encouragement" and "Rebirth" in the "Skills" column.

When Mento's finger turned to the next one, Li Yue realized that Mento's evaluation mechanism... didn't seem to have any points related to the commander's tactical distribution.

In other words... no evaluation of Bosh's command?

The tactics of the Demon Expeditionary Force were all devised by the commander themselves? Even the Demon King instructors wouldn't interfere?

"Keli, direct damage... 3%..."

"Ke'er, direct damage... 5%..."

So the twin sisters... the younger sister was indeed more powerful—Li Yue silently noted.

"Nettemei'er... Mai Mai... Pige..." Mento's finger swept over the Nightmare Succubus, the Demon Merchant, and the Demon Chef, without any evaluation, as if he were talking about roadside flowers and grass, only mentioning their names before moving on to the next direction.

"Daemon Benben, intelligence contribution... distortion... city breaking... portal... completed 3%..." Mento's finger finally paused.

"Hehe..." Daemon Benben grinned, glancing at Li Yue.

Li Yue was puzzled—intelligence contribution was understandable, but what was distorted?

Li Yue was in the Shadow Space at the time, missing the scene of Daemon Benben tampering with the battle results.

Yingying in the shadow seemed to sense Li Yue's confusion, suddenly displaying a line of words: "When the siege beast broke the city, he distorted 1 into 3..."

Li Yue suddenly understood, sensing Daemon Benben's withered arm, thinking no wonder the gap on the outer side of Steel City... could be smashed into that shape.

"Redcoat, meteorite ritual... portal ritual... contribution 1%..."

Li Yue pondered slightly, realizing that this contribution degree must not have calculated the great damage caused to the Demon Expeditionary Force by the meteorite being used by the Archmage, and finally understood Mento's implication and the expeditionary force's battle strategy—not caring about casualties, only seeking to inflict the greatest possible damage on humans.

"Finley, vanguard, direct damage... contribution 2%..."

The Demon Wolf Prince Finley bared his teeth, but didn't dare to interrupt Mento's speech, only silently looking at Li Yue's skull from behind.

[Malice + 651]

Li Yue knew that what Finley wanted to say was... if Skullrick hadn't instructed the skeletons to defect, the Demon Wolf Prince would definitely have been able to win more merit!

Sure enough, Mento didn't pursue the matter of Li Yue ordering the skeletons to kill the Demon Wolf Prince Finley at all, turning his finger to the next "person"—Li Yue... under his feet.

At this moment, Yingying was the only one in the field who hadn't been mentioned for scoring. The shadow demon no longer displayed words to communicate with Li Yue, but focused on waiting for Mento's announcement, its outline trembling slightly, as if a Bone Necromancer's head might jump out at any time.

Li Yue felt that Yingying's kill rate must not be low—first of all, there was the Bone Necromancer's skeleton sea tactics... if it weren't for Yingying's support, it definitely wouldn't have been able to take shape, let alone the countless Steel City defenders "twisted and killed" under the meteorites that blotted out the sky at the end.

From Li Yue's perspective, Yingying was the one who should be "blessed."

"Yingying, carrying the Bone Necromancer... direct damage... a total of 2%..." Mento indeed mentioned Yingying's cooperation with Li Yue, giving corresponding bonus points, with the overall evaluation only lower than Li Yue, higher than the Demon Secretary Daemon Benben.

"It's a pity that Shadow Strike wasn't used in the end," Yingying cared more about whether he could achieve his ideal wide-area damage than the score, "Such a big shadow..."

Li Yue didn't tell Yingying either—even if Shadow Strike could be used in the end, all those who died would be from the Demon Expeditionary Force, with almost no human casualties.

Just when he thought Mento's announcement was over, the Demon King instructor's finger slightly raised again, falling back on Li Yue, seemingly to give a complete evaluation.

Behind Li Yue, whether it was the Demon Wolf Warrior Finley or the red-skinned Little Bosh, they were bestowing upon Li Yue the strongest hatred and resentment, not believing that this skeleton that had been hiding in the expeditionary force could obtain a 4% kill rate.

"You, Bone Necromancer... indirect damage... Archmage's blood... a total of 4%..." Mento's explanation stopped there. Li Yue understood through the malice he received that the two demons behind him didn't understand Mento's evaluation of him.

At the same time, Li Yue slightly realized that the sum of the scores of all the trainees present didn't reach 13%. It seemed that this kill rate did indeed include the cooperation of the Blood River, and the rest were effects simulated by the Blood River itself based on the battle situation...

Wait a minute.

What Mento said just now was... "You"?

Li Yue noticed that Mento had called out the names of all the demons participating in the closed battle training, but hadn't used "Skullrick" to refer to himself!

Had he been seen through?

Forcibly suppressing the shock in his mind, Li Yue remained motionless, regardless of Yingying's unrestrained swaggering under his feet and Daemon Benben's utmost ridicule of Bosh.

"Based on your condition... the closed battle training will make certain changes..." Mento's voice was still ancient and heavy, but as he spoke, the castle-like wax figure beside him quietly changed, as if something inside was about to break out of its cocoon, constantly causing cracks in the wax figure from the inside out, and then re-adhering, as if it had gained life.

"Red Hour is near... you rest... recover... the battle training will start on time at the next Red Hour..." Mento announced the end of the test, and even before the commanders could have any interaction, a worm fell from his sharp chin, falling into the Blood River.

The Blood River instantly receded, taking away the other expeditionary force commanders, leaving only Yingying and Li Yue.

"Yingying... based on your kill rate ranking... you can choose a Demon Relic..." The worm on Mento's chin swayed, suddenly three light spheres appeared in front of him, the light spheres were wrapped in dim mist, and the outlines of the items inside could be vaguely seen.

Yingying instantly stretched out, jumping from Li Yue's shadow into the shadow of the light spheres, jumping back and forth, loving them all.

"And you... will receive the blessing..." Mento turned to look at Li Yue, still not calling out the name "Skullrick."

"But before that... I will ask you a question."