I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Of course, Li Yue already knew from Gamma that this sword belonged to the Kingston family. The Kingston family was one of the empire's major aristocratic families, with businesses covering minerals, mechs, and more, making them a top-tier presence among the nobility.

Splitgold Mountain was a new mining area that the empire had absorbed from the old Church, and the Kingston family's influence had already penetrated it. Naturally, the sentry recognized this as a noble's sword.

Seeing the sentry's posture of preparing to whistle, Li Yue estimated that if the answer wasn't satisfactory, he would undoubtedly summon more imperial soldiers.

"I eliminated a band of thieves on the road and took it. I'll give it to you as a toll?" Li Yue turned the broadsword and offered the hilt to the sentry.

Since there were definitely Kingston family members in the Five Towns, Li Yue couldn't make up a lie that would definitely be exposed, so he might as well tell the truth.

And this sword had, of course, been appraised by Li Yue's eyes and was worth a few gold coins, so he simply used it as a toll to enter the town.

"Thieves? You eliminated them alone?" The sentry sized Li Yue up, unsure what kind of thieves this big guy had eliminated.

"Hey, it's not worth mentioning. A bunch of guys who can't even get enough to eat, who think they can take the path of thieves after eating some Faith Source," Li Yue said, mentioning some of the conditions of Red Oil Town.

"Then what about this? Where did it come from?" The sentry's attire was also quite shabby, and he was quite tempted by the broadsword that was handed over.

But his gaze remained locked on the domino, looking as if he was afraid that his eyeballs would suddenly project something.

"I picked it up by the road too. I didn't originally plan to bring it into the town…" Li Yue placed the domino on the ground, appearing very cooperative.

"If you could just make things a little easier…" Li Yue rubbed some dirt on the domino with his foot, as if he was about to bury it on the spot.

Of course, Li Yue still wanted to take it away when he left the town—although the domino was a creation of demons, it might contain unexpected information, which was very valuable to Li Yue.

The feedback from the Appraisal Eye also confirmed this.

Li Yue was new to the continent and desperately needed all kinds of information.

"Impossible! This is a demonic creation expressly forbidden by the empire! Don't even think about it. Even if a Kingston himself came, he wouldn't be allowed to bring it into the town!" The sentry looked righteous.

"Do you think you're the first person to try to hide something in this forest?" The sentry pointed to the soil on the ground that had been turned over, and then casually accepted the broadsword that Li Yue handed over.

Looking at the slightly upturned corner of his mouth, he seemed to think that he had enough money for tonight's drinks, and could even have a big night out.

"Who are you? What are you doing in Iron Mine Town?" The sentry looked at Li Yue, then at the carriage parked on the path, and finally questioned Li Yue's origins.

"Oh, I'm a traveler on the road. I heard that these towns are very prosperous and have many merchants, so I came to buy some supplies…" Li Yue said, making up a backstory to facilitate his future freedom of movement in the town.

As long as he could handle these two sentries, Li Yue was confident that he could pass through the Iron Mine Town's sentry post.

"Oh…a traveler…not a merchant?" The sentry looked at the carriage on the path, noticing the boxes on it. "You're carrying some goods?"

"What's that?" The sentry stroked the hilt of the broadsword and pointed to the boxes on the carriage.

The next second, Li Yue grabbed the throats of the two sentries.

Then, their necks were twisted and crushed, and they died silently.

"A sword worth seven gold coins isn't enough? It seems the imperial army in the Five Splitgold Towns has quite an appetite…" Li Yue threw the two sentries on the ground, muttering to himself.

Obviously, the sentries were not only eyeing Li Yue's broadsword, but also the boxes on the carriage.

Of course, Li Yue wouldn't hand Gamma over to them—after all, this talking box was worth a lot and was meant to pay for future travel expenses.

So he could only kill them.

"Hahaha, you killed the sentries!" Seeing Li Yue's actions, Gamma, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke. "You're doomed…"

"Oh? How so?" Li Yue had only taken action as a last resort. His original intention was to exchange Gamma for money and then light up the Splitgold Mountain's marker, so he should avoid unnecessary trouble as much as possible.

"Don't you think the military doesn't have diviners? As long as they find the bodies and examine the scene, they can find clues," Gamma was even more convinced that this traveler was someone who lacked common sense.

"And their whistles are enchanted. Once activated, they will scream when near the murderer…" As a bard, Gamma had very broad knowledge.

Li Yue immediately crushed the whistles that the sentries used to call for reinforcements.

There was a soft cracking sound.

"Oh…I forgot. Although you're reckless, you're very strong…" Gamma said softly.

"But it's meaningless. As long as their bodies are still there, you won't be able to escape if they're discovered."

"Unfortunately, I think our journey is coming to an end," Gamma said regretfully.

"Really? But I haven't finished listening to your epic…" Li Yue began to think about remedial measures.

"That is indeed your loss," Gamma agreed.

"And if they find the murderer, they'll see that you and I were traveling together…" Li Yue tried to share the trouble.

"Haha, hell, I'm a hero, I'm a bard! My works are about to be sung throughout the continent. What do you think they'll do to me?"

"They'll invite me to the town hall and hold a ball for me! Just to listen to my poems!" Gamma pointed out the key point.

Li Yue also realized that as a well-known hero, he would indeed have many privileges.

"Okay…as long as there are no bodies, right?" Li Yue immediately turned around, picked up the bodies of the two sentries, and leaped through the trees in the forest to hide the scent. Following the map, he found a cliff and threw the bodies down.

He wouldn't dare to take the Kingston's sword anymore. When he entered the town later, he would just buy an ordinary weapon.

Finally disposing of the bodies of the two sentries, Li Yue ran back along the path and was shocked to find that the boxes on the carriage were gone.

Gamma had escaped?

Did the box not only talk but also grow legs?

Li Yue had been traveling with Gamma for these days, and he never thought that he had this ability.

"Gamma used 'clever words' to fool a traveler named 'Li' and finally stopped traveling with him…" In the cramped box, a person was writing on his own skin.

"Mixing in with the merchant's goods, Gamma embarks on a new adventure until he reaches the Bard's Convention…" Although the journey is a bit bumpy, it does not affect the poet's mood.

"There is no need to elaborate on the process. They are details worth ignoring, leaving it to your imagination…" The poet seemed to smell the scent of freedom.

And the path in front of the sentry station was empty, with only the sound of the wind blowing through the trees; there was not a single trace on the ground. Gamma had already gone far.

"Did this guy say so much just to trick me into leaving for a moment? To slip away? Did he know I wanted to sell him?" Li Yue replayed everything he had just experienced and suddenly felt like he had been tricked.

The whole process was very strange, making him seem very naive.

Some kind of ability?

Li Yue wasn't sure.

But what Li Yue was sure of was that he was using him to learn about the Keos Continent, and this bard was also using him to travel.

It was estimated that those thieves in Red Oil Town had also been played by him in this way.

"How much of what he said…was a lie? Or was it all lies?" Thinking that he might not get into trouble with the imperial army, Li Yue felt much more relaxed.

"My old partner, now it seems it's just you and me," Li Yue patted the skinny horse's neck. "I wonder if the Bard's Convention he mentioned really exists…"

【Really…】

The skinny horse blinked.