I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

"Will it have an impact?" Jesse looked at the wreckage at the entrance of the armory, picking up a piece of armor exoskeleton that had exploded near her feet.

"I'll ask Woodson…" Wright said halfway, when suddenly a small, luminous bubble rose beside his face, expanding and contracting. "Huh? He's calling me."

"Patch him through, let's talk together." Jesse poked the little bubble, inside which was Woodson's face.

"Yo, Lady Knight, you're here too?" Woodson was a bit surprised to see Jesse. "That's perfect, what's going on? I received an experimental report."

The report Woodson received was from the mechanic who had just operated the exoskeleton armor.

"A demon attacked the armory, your new creation is useless." Jesse answered for Wright.

Even though the explosion of the creation had enormous destructive power, Jesse still didn't think it could play a decisive role on the battlefield—a lone demon could blow up the armor. If this creation were to be widely applied to the battlefield, how could it stand against so many high-level demons, or even Demon Lord-level demons?

"Whether the new creation is useful is for me to decide." Woodson shook his head. "This experimental report is very useful. I will further optimize the armor's design targeting the Shadow Demon Nolemore…"

"I'm here to inform you that these armors will soon be in production, but there is a precaution before use." Woodson continued, "That is, try to collect more Cyndrami Holy Ash."

"Holy Ash?" Wright didn't expect Woodson to come with another request.

"Yes, Holy Ash can effectively block demons from controlling the bone structure."

"Cyndrami Holy Ash is the bone ash of the Old Church's martyrs. The Holy Path Army is gone, and we use a little less of it each time. Where can we get so much to cooperate with your creations?" Wright was somewhat puzzled.

"You might as well ask Torsos." Woodson named a name, "This person has produced Holy Ash in the north, through some method, the New Church's martyrs can also produce this resource."

After Woodson finished speaking, he hung up directly.

"The New Church…" Wright fell into silence.

"That's indeed good news." Jesse nodded. "If there is enough Holy Ash, that demon wouldn't have been able to casually enter the armory…"

"Ouch!" Jesse seemed to think of something, "If the New Church has mastered the method of producing Holy Ash, then these newly joined refugees?"

"Whatever." Wright sighed, "At least they will die for their faith."

"Then I'll leave the Holy Ash to you to discuss with Torsos? I'll directly give the New Church a large order." Jesse imagined enchanting Woodson's armor creations with Holy Ash, creating an iron army that would self-destruct, piercing into the Demon Lord's army formation.

"It's best if it can be in place today, I can also try it out in the town hall first." Jesse also imagined covering the area around the town hall with Holy Ash, waiting for the Shadow Demon to fall into the trap.

"No!" Thinking about it, Jesse was startled, "I'll go wait for it now…"

"Huh?" Wright was still racking his brains on how to pre-order Holy Ash from Torsos.

"From the church to the armory, this Don Quixote will be busy enough tonight…"

"If he takes advantage of the chaos at the armory to turn the town hall of Holy Ore Town into ruins, then we won't have to fight this war."

"I'll go guard it now." Having met Li Yue a few times, Jesse had a certain prediction of his behavior, and suddenly realized that now was a good time to attack the town hall.

"Okay, you go, be prepared…" Wright released a point of light towards the sky, seemingly wanting to use this glimmer to see the situation around Cragstone Mountain clearly, "Perhaps before tomorrow night, demons will enter the Five Towns of Cragstone."

"They've arrived?" Jesse's body instantly tensed, "So fast?"

"On the contrary, their marching speed has slowed down." Wright shook his head, "This shows that they have also discovered us, discovered the Empire's troops."

"Before contact, the demons will definitely conduct some reconnaissance." Wright said earnestly.

"Send the remaining armor to Holy Ore Town immediately!" Jesse immediately demanded that the soldiers transport the remaining exoskeleton armor to its location.

"Tonight may be another sleepless night." Wright sighed.

"With my army, with the Revealer of Light, what are we afraid of?" Knowing that Wright would stay in Holy Ore Town for a while, Jesse was full of confidence.

"I hope so." Wright was not as optimistic as Jesse.

Jesse briefly arranged the armory's repairs, touched Wright's shoulder, and returned to the town hall of Holy Ore Town.

"Let's go! We're going to the town hall?" Underground, Li Yue called out to Shadow.

As Jesse had guessed, Li Yue had the idea of taking advantage of the chaos at the armory to directly rush into the town hall.

"But he's going to die." Shadow threw out Hunteral.

Shadow considered it from the perspective of strength—the New Church and Jesse's Brave Troupe had already gathered in Holy Ore Town. Without the 8th-level hunter Hunteral causing trouble outside, it would be difficult to rush into the town hall.

Even if they rushed in, it would be difficult to escape.

"Do you want him to use that material you left behind to heal a bit?" Shadow knew what Li Yue had left in Hunteral's body.

"No, since that material is left behind, it's useful. Besides, Holy Ash and the horns of the Evil Horned Beast are not used to make herbs." Li Yue shook his head. "It's okay, he won't die."

Although Hunteral was breathing more out than in, his body had not yet collapsed.

"That should have been Jesse who came over just now, right? Otherwise, the scale of that explosion couldn't have been so small." Li Yue was still savoring the explosion that had suddenly been moved to the sky.

"If we take advantage of this opportunity to go to the town hall now, it would definitely be worthwhile."

"Let's go, let's go take a look." Li Yue was still unwilling to give up, dragging Shadow towards Holy Ore Town.

If he could light up Cragstone Mountain before the war started, the journey ahead would definitely be much smoother—with the Empire's army and the Demon King's army fiercely fighting behind him, no one would pay attention to a Shadow Demon traveling everywhere.

To be honest, Li Yue didn't intend to excessively weaken humanity's combat power, because after all, he still needed them to contribute and block the demons behind.

"Alas, why bother? If humans didn't have a barrier with demons, they wouldn't have to suffer these losses." Li Yue felt that the several encounters in Cragstone Mountain were all misunderstandings.

He clearly just wanted to go to a few key places to take a look.

If they hadn't overreacted, they wouldn't even need to pay attention to him.

"Who told us we're demons." Shadow recognized this principle.

"But we don't eat people, why bother?" Li Yue seriously felt that he was a harmless demon.

At least, wandering in the human world for so long, he had never harmed humans when it wasn't necessary.

"They don't know you don't eat people." On the way back to Holy Ore Town, Shadow chatted with Li Yue, "You don't even eat food."

"Yeah, it's strange, why grow a stomach if I don't need to eat?" Li Yue put his belly on his head, his whole body falling apart.

After several battles, Li Yue's control over himself became more skilled, and he no longer needed a human form for daily travel.

Hunteral was always in a half-dead state, his life hanging by a thread thanks to "self-healing", dragged along in the dirt.

Soon returning to Holy Ore Town, Li Yue took a look with his X-ray vision and suddenly found that the town hall was heavily guarded, as if they had expected him to appear.

Or perhaps they were preparing for tonight's Bard Conference.

"They've learned." Li Yue assessed the town hall's defenses, knowing that he hadn't been faster than Jesse this time.

"Then are we still going?"

"Yes, we'll go again at night, let's sleep first." Li Yue threw Hunteral down beside him like a rag.

"After you wake up, you still have a poet in your belly to interrogate." Li Yue tilted his head and fell asleep on the spot.

But strangely, he had a dream.