I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

“Since you clearly know that ‘heroes’ exist, why do you still insist on creating new faiths? Wouldn't it be better to learn how to become a hero when some god dies?”

“You can even strengthen your bodies by eating corpse oil, so surely you can become heroes by muddling through, right?” Li Yue tore off the old man's wrist, seeing the white fluid flowing inside.

This white fluid continuously nourished the old man's body, reshaping his bones and muscles.

Seeing Li Yue staring at the white fluid, the old man immediately shouted and yelled, trying to break free from the pyre.

Then he was twisted even tighter by Li Yue, like a fully wound clockwork toy.

“What is this?” Li Yue relit the torch.

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“This is god's blood… it also seems to be called… source of faith…” The old man lowered his head in fear, “Sharing god's blood… allows one to approach faith, to approach the gods…”

“So you were relying on this to try and create a Red Oil Sect, right?”

“I also learned it from… other believers…” The old man used to be a member of other sects, and recently found a new faith under the inspiration of Red Oil.

“Becoming a hero requires countless materials, accumulating countless experiences, battles, and rituals…”

“Although there are indeed heroes nurtured by the source of faith…”

“But with god's blood… we don't need to take this crooked path!” The old man firmly believed in this.

“Alright, I understand, the gods are dead, and you have a shortcut.” Li Yue nodded, understanding the relationship between these sects and heroes on the continent.

Believers and non-believers are just appearances; the core is still god's blood, or rather, the “source of faith,” which can help humans quickly gain power.

A power that can be transmitted.

“This is the main city of the Demon King's City, right?” Li Yue pointed to the city on the map.

“Yes, it's a place where all kinds of demons are produced…” The old man thought Li Yue was still asking about local specialties.

Li Yue had already determined that the information from the old man's mouth alone was not enough to fully deduce the actual meaning of the 11 markers, so he simply gave up and changed the purpose of the conversation to simply understanding the information of these destinations.

“Then what about here? Logically speaking, shouldn't the Demon King's City be in the most remote place? How come there's a mountain?” Li Yue's finger continued downward, pointing to a mountain range south of the Demon King's City.

“That is Mount Jue, the edge of the continent, an untouchable and impassable boundary.” The old man's understanding of Mount Jue was very clear.

“Why?” Li Yue didn't understand.

Demons are already in the Demon King's City, so how can there be a further boundary?

Are there more terrifying beings over there?

“I don't know…” The old man shook his head, taking the opportunity to gather the god's blood flowing in his broken arm back into his body.

“Alright…” Li Yue also realized that the old man's knowledge was limited, signaling him to continue.

“This is the former Holy City, Xindrami, also the place where faith fell…” After talking about the five points south of Red Oil Town, the old man changed to talking about the north.

The marker north of Liejin Mountain is Xindrami, the place where the Heavenly Spine fell.

“What about now?” Li Yue noticed that Wendy had heavily crossed out the traces of the Holy City on the map.

“Now it's a ruin, a place strictly guarded by the Empire's New Church, and it's being rebuilt.” The old man's understanding of the north surpassed that of the south.

“So the other sects don't dare to go there to preach?” Li Yue tried to figure out where the old man's inexplicable awe of Xindrami came from.

“The Holy City, within the Empire… is a place we would never go.” The old man nodded, “The New Church is taking root, and there is not much time left for other faiths…”

“The New Church is very powerful?”

“Supported by the Empire, they have endless believers and resources…” The old man sighed, “If the Old Church were not still spreading in the north, I'm afraid the New Church would have already unified the continent…”

“Old Church?” Li Yue realized that the old man's research on sects far exceeded his understanding of other things.

“The remnants of the Old Church… sheltered by the Snow Country… the succeeding Pope is taking the path of godhood, shifting the center of faith…” The old man's voice began to murmur, saying things that he himself didn't understand.

Li Yue simply attributed this to the conflict between the New Church and the Old Church. Currently, it seemed to have nothing to do with him. The 11 markers were not within the territory of the Tass Empire, mainly concentrated in the areas of the Old Church and the Demon King's City.

“Fanhua City, on the edge of the desert, is an important trading city-state between the Old Church and the Sand Country, adjacent to the desert…” The old man began to introduce the last 3 markers.

“I heard that the Sand Country, the Empire, and the Snow Country are vying for control of Fanhua City, but it hasn't reached the point of war…”

“Why? Isn't the Empire the strongest?” Li Yue tried to understand the national strength of the three countries.

“But a large amount of the Empire's resources and troops are invested in the war with the Demon King's City, as well as the protection against the Sea of ​​Death. The importance of Fanhua City is not so high, perhaps it is just a path to spread the New Church…”

“Before the New Church and the Old Church decide the winner, it is difficult for the Empire to have the spare capacity to control Fanhua City…”

Li Yue was silent for a moment, realizing that Fanhua City might be the most complicated of the 11 markers, after all, all three countries were taking action here.

“This river… is the Lunde River…” The old man continued to speak northward, talking about a river leading to the sea.

“I know, I can read.” Li Yue saw the words Lunde River, but didn't know what the saying was in the vicinity.

Obviously, the old man didn't know either, so he just read the manuscript.

“Then what about this last one? Misty Corridor?” This time Li Yue read the place name first.

The old man seemed to be choked, pondered for a moment, and then added: “This is the territory of the Snow Country, there is a possibility of quickly advancing into the territory of the Empire, and many wars have broken out…”

“There was one recently, it seems… it seems…”

After struggling for a long time, the old man really couldn't remember more.

“Oh! I remembered!”

The old man's peripheral vision noticed the torch in Li Yue's hand, and suddenly realized that he couldn't end the topic like this—god's blood was still nourishing the heart, mixed with corpse oil and filling the chest…

The old man was still preparing his last strength, trying to break free from the pyre and fight for freedom.

This traveler is a non-believer. As long as he is infected with god's blood and corpse oil, he may be able to obtain his blind faith.

“Don't lie, you are a believer, how can you just open your mouth and say it?” Li Yue threw the torch and lit the gallows where the old man was.

The old man also took action at the same time, vomiting a large amount of god's blood and corpse oil, spraying towards Li Yue.

But Li Yue dodged it in an instant—Li Yue, who had always been vigilant against the old man, would certainly not be caught by him.

The flames ignited the god's blood and the source of faith, turning into fire rings that splashed everywhere. Li Yue watched this human fountain until the old man no longer had any sound or movement, becoming a charred corpse on the pyre.

Summarizing the information of the 11 markers, Li Yue sat on the corpse-filled square, staring blankly at the mountain of corpses, the pyre, and the corpses all over the ground, his mind full of thoughts about what this map was for.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yue discovered that after chatting with the old man for so long, the marker of Red Oil Town seemed to be brighter?

Could it be that just staying here is enough?

Subsequently, the growth of light on the map became very slow, as if it had solidified.

So Li Yue stepped forward and walked around in various corners of Red Oil Town.

Soon, Li Yue discovered that the more remote the places, the faster the Red Oil Town marker lit up; but as long as he stayed for a long time, the growth of light would become slow, and he had to look for the next place.

Li Yue walked from day to night, the smell of corpse oil in the square was even thicker.

When he passed by the small mountain of charred corpses again, Li Yue suddenly heard a weak groan inside.

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