I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

“Alright, what good stuff have you got?” Li Yue maintained his habit of communicating with Gamma through writing.

Considering the surveillance eyes of the merchant guild and the glasses of the scavengers, Li Yue realized that there were too many prying eyes in this world, and he needed to be as careful as possible.

“There's a Poem-Sealed Gold Coin…” Gamma's voice sounded distant.

“Poem-Sealed Gold Coin?” Li Yue didn't understand what Gamma was talking about.

“It's a way for bards to keep their money safe, a very old method.” Gamma explained, “Bards travel around all year round and often encounter thieves or bandits, so some poets write poems and store their coins inside the paper.”

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Store coins inside paper?

“That way, even if they are captured on the road, they have a better chance of keeping their property.”

“It's very old magic, I didn't expect bards to still be using it…”

Equivalent to a mobile safe?

“As long as you decipher the meaning of certain words in the poem and reproduce the content of the poem, you can take out the gold coins…” Gamma was very familiar with the magic mastered by bards.

“Let me guess… you know how to decipher this poem?” Li Yue felt that this was too coincidental.

He had just told Gamma that he needed clean and portable money, and in the space of a morning, he had found a Poem-Sealed Gold Coin?

Even if the bards didn't have this ability… even if they really did, how could it happen to be in the underground warehouse of the Loutown Merchant Guild?

Could it be… Gamma's own Poem-Sealed Gold Coin?

That would make sense.

“I know this sounds suspicious, but it's the truth.” Gamma was very serious, “At this very moment, there is a Poem-Sealed Gold Coin in the warehouse, right next to me…”

“Don't you want it?”

Li Yue was silent, feeling that he might have underestimated Gamma a little.

Although this bard was currently locked in the cellar, he wasn't completely at his mercy.

If he wanted this so-called “Poem-Sealed Gold Coin,” he would have to take it and Gamma out together, and also protect Gamma's life so that he could decipher it…

“Are you concerned about the origin of this poem seal? Isn't it unimportant?” Gamma knew the reason for Li Yue's silence, but felt that it didn't affect the transaction itself, “As long as it can meet your needs, isn't that good enough?”

If everything went smoothly, Li Yue could get money, and Gamma could get freedom.

“Is this the good stuff you were talking about?” Li Yue was noncommittal, “What about the surprise?”

“I found out the merchant guild's transportation methods and routes…” It was also when Gamma was observing in the cellar that he happened to see Musta driving the black horse.

“That would be relatively better, but…” Li Yue certainly had the desire to rob the merchant guild.

Even if Gamma had found a weak spot in the warehouse, directly attacking the warehouse was obviously more difficult and easier to leave clues than robbing it on the road.

However, Li Yue also had to face a very real problem.

The traveler had only been in town for a short time, had visited the merchant guild, and then the merchant guild lost something…

Even a fool would suspect the traveler, right?

The merchant guild had a cooperation with the scavengers, and if this was not done cleanly enough, it would undoubtedly attract the attention of the authorities.

This was something Li Yue needed to avoid at all costs.

“No, that's not the surprise.” Gamma interrupted Li Yue's writing, “The surprise is that besides us having our eye on the underground warehouse, there's also a group of thieves who have the same idea!”

That was the surprise.

“Hmm… if someone else was going to steal it anyway, then if they succeed, and we steal it from them, it wouldn't count as stealing from the merchant guild.” Li Yue understood Gamma's implication.

“That's right!” Gamma exclaimed excitedly, “I just need to stuff myself and the Poem-Sealed Gold Coin into their stolen goods, and then you make a move, and it will definitely meet your expectations.”

Hearing that someone would take the blame, Li Yue was indeed much more excited, but there were still a few doubts.

“Is it that coincidental again? Just as I'm about to make a move, someone else happens to be about to make a move?” Li Yue asked Gamma.

“Perhaps… I gave them a push.” Gamma knew that this coincidence was difficult to justify, so he told the truth, “You realized it, right? The eloquence of bards?”

Li Yue had been tricked once when he killed the two sentries, and Gamma had also broken free from his control at that time.

“Keep talking.” Li Yue tapped his palm.

“Among the merchants who brought me into town, one of them was already a thief… When I knew he was going to send me into the merchant guild, I left a note in his notebook…”

Only then did Li Yue realize that this talking box had been making so many small moves along the way.

“What note?”

“The note recorded the inventory of goods, as well as the weak points of the cellar…” The things Gamma left were very superficial, but very effective, “No thief can resist this temptation…”

“Inventory? You knew the inventory back then?” Li Yue could understand finding the weak points, but Gamma had only carefully searched the cellar after reuniting with him, so how could he have written it on the note back then?

“I made it up.” Gamma said matter-of-factly.

“His actions also prove that I made it up well.” Gamma added, “He just came to the back alley to observe, and I left a new note…”

“What did you write?”

“Oh, blessed hero, the eternal night is coming, the black horse is wandering in the underground; gather five people, at midnight, the door to wealth will open for you…” Gamma recited a passage of obscure poetry.

“Why five people?” Li Yue asked.

“To rhyme.”

“Actually, it just wrote down the merchant guild's transportation methods and agreed with him on a time for further communication.” Gamma simply explained, “The time was too rushed, I couldn't write anything good, it's enough if he can understand it.”

Li Yue imagined himself as a thief disguised as a merchant, who, after completing a transaction, suddenly had a tempting note on him, and then just walked around nearby and got another one…

He must be very confused, right?

“Are you sure he can understand?”

“I even agreed on a time with him! Don't worry! Thieves won't let go of this opportunity, especially since it's just to take a look, even if the merchant guild finds out, it's nothing.” Gamma was a little annoyed by Li Yue's questions.

Especially when Li Yue questioned his poetry, this irritability was unusually strong.

“How is it? Isn't it perfect? They've already taken the bait! You just need to persuade them to make a move, and then you follow them, take me and my Poem-Sealed Gold Coin, and it's done!” Gamma accidentally let slip in his eagerness.

The Poem-Sealed Gold Coin was indeed Gamma's own, and this little slip-up did make his plan sound more real.

“Then how do I know that what you're telling me now… isn't ‘eloquence’?” Li Yue retorted.

“Would someone tell you that they are tricking someone else when they are lying to you? You're talking as if you've never lied before.” Gamma was very anxious, “There's a scapegoat, a plan, and a reward, what are you still hesitating about?”

“Make a decision quickly!” Gamma urged.

“Okay, then I'll see you at midnight.”

Li Yue did make a decision, but not the one Gamma imagined.