I'm a monster in Demon King's Castle

Sure enough, Jessica Kingston couldn't contain her restlessness and immediately ran to the performance room behind the stage to wait for Gamma.

Lee Yue, using his clairvoyance to track her movements, guessed that she probably wanted to fool around with Gamma in the dressing room of the performance room.

Jessica disappeared into the second-floor hall, which was the opportunity for Lee Yue to sneak out of the third-floor restroom and light up a few boxes.

"I have to admit, you've captured the audience's heart ~" The clown chuckled at Gamma before leaving the stage.

"I told you, I will sing the epic." Gamma seemed to gain a lot of confidence from the audience's reaction. The clothes on his body became more radiant, and his body was gradually recovering.

At least from Lee Yue's point of view, the damage Gamma suffered when various poems converged on the stage had mostly healed.

Can a poet heal with the recognition of others?

No wonder this treasure chest person is so eager to participate in the Bardic Tournament.

"Hehe, not only did those present hear your poem, but we also heard it." The clown seemed to be implying something, "I hope the second half of your poem is just as wonderful…"

"Otherwise, we might make it up better than you, oh?" The clown put his arms around the strong man and the violinist, raising his thick eyebrows at Gamma.

"It seems you have some business there." The host didn't return the merchant's gift, spreading his hands.

"Very likely." The host nodded knowingly.

"You can try." Gamma didn't think that with their imagination, they could imagine what exactly happened in the second half of that war.

The Kingston family cooperates closely with various small families and is the source supplier of manpower to all the factories and industries of the empire.

Besides the Kingston family, Hu Ya also saw several other nobles on the eighth floor who were as famous as Hu Yue—the Sweet, Ganna, and Cohen families.

"Why are you so anxious? If you're anxious, then I'll be anxious…" Yingying originally thought so too.

Jin Shan found that his movements were frozen.

It is also Lie Yue's ultimate darkness.

Jin Shan walked into the toilet and sat down, preparing to remotely control the dominoes and eyeballs to make them explode and petrify.

This is Gamma's perception of the advancement ceremony.

"Oh? Try it? Did you see it? Your order of appearance in the second half?" The clown took out a piece of paper, crumpled it into a ball of flame, and the flame formed the number 1.

Since Clive wasn't invited to Jessica's box, the status of this Clive was obvious. The Kingstons had no need to talk to her.

All Gamma needs to do is finish singing the poem in the first half and completely end the Bard's Advancement Ceremony.

This way, a lot of time can be saved later.

As for the identity of the people inside, it is actually obvious—several major families are guarding this room, and there are guards in silver armor standing at the door, which must be the royal family of the empire.

However, there hasn't been a 9th-level poet on the continent for too long, and the content of the epic will also affect the promotion result, so Gamma can't be sure what will happen at that time.

Jin Shan couldn't help but imagine that if Demon King City killed them at this time, or if a cannon landed on the top of the town hall, wouldn't it be able to cut off many heads of the empire.

"Either rush in, smash it and run, and compete with them for speed!" Yingying could feel Hu Ya's anxiety, in Jin Shan's brain.

The moment he opened the door, Jin Shan felt that the emotions in the box were very simple—full of unease and eagerness, as if they were very much looking forward to the magnificent scene of refugees flocking to Lie Yue or the Holy City when the epic was published.

"It's time to make some noise and see if we can find an opportunity." Jin Shan also put a ball of eyeballs and dominoes in the wall compartment of the restroom.

Hu Ya, wearing a Clive dress, went to look and walked out of the restroom, asking each box one by one.

"Mr. Gamma… are you willing to share your creative insights with us?" Besides Hu Yue, there were still people waiting for Gamma.

Jin Shan learned all of these things through newspapers and word of mouth these days.

The Sweet family controls the empire's sugar, salt, and pharmaceutical industries, Ganna focuses on researching and developing various guns and cannons and has a close relationship with the Ministry of Creation, and the Cohen family is the main owner of the Imperial Bank. Even the royal family is extremely polite to them.

"We are just…" The merchant's voice became softer, and his hand reached into his wallet, handing something to the host in an attempt to bribe him.

However, this does not affect Hu Ya's plan.

When Lie Yue first became imperial territory, the Kingstons were among the first nobles to come here to absorb refugees.

"I know you're anxious, but don't be anxious yet." Hu Ya flirtatiously smoothed her hair, looked in the mirror, "So many nobles, and even the royal family, it's no joke to take action here."

The merchants at the tables on the seventh floor gathered at the edge of the stage, trying to find Gamma to sit down.

In the boxes of each family, the emotions of expectation and unease were the main theme, as if Gamma's epic was a magic box, hiding secrets that could shake the continent.

Hu Ya winked at the person who spoke, moved forward gracefully, and walked to the next room.

They have the keen eyes of merchants and can already see who is most likely to become the ultimate winner.

"Meaning… I prepared a mediocre performance to make the audience unable to leave an impression of my epic? That's impossible." Gamma muttered, cutting off a few zither strings and twisting them together, like a small worm.

When the expectations of the epic fall on him alone, as long as he tours the major cities of mankind, or directly goes to God's Oath City to sing the epic, he can become a true 9th-level poet.

Such a small town hall on the eighth floor actually gathered so many nobles and big shots…

Next to the Kingston family is the box of the Medy family. There are many people inside, almost all of whom are already seated, probably because the Medy family controls the empire's major newspapers, and they are the main force in spreading the epic, so they treat the Bardic Tournament most seriously.

But after the merchant successfully took out something, Gamma quickly left the stage to prepare for the second half of the performance in the performance room—for Gamma, what the merchant can provide is not important.

After all, even Gamma himself cannot understand everything that is happening at this time.

Someone in the restroom was discussing the epic they had just heard. Yingying didn't dare to talk to Jin Shan directly.

The first box belongs to a certain family. Noticing the "slave" family crest on their clothes, Jin Shan knew that they were the family focused on population trading and slave training—Hu Ya Yue.

"It doesn't matter, there will always be business…" The merchant nodded to the host, without intending to take back the bribe, "For example, after the game starts, after announcing the winner?"

Passing by the box of the Hu Yue family but not going in, Jin Shan walked around the eighth floor, leaving only the box in the very center unlit.

Seeing Gamma's reaction from afar, Jin Shan felt that Hu Yue might be disappointed.

"Um ~ Making a grand finale ~ How grand ~ Hehe, believe me, no one will be able to see his performance in the second half." The ugly clown left a strange remark and went off stage with his companions to quickly revise the script in the performance room.

Gamma then remembered the lottery at the beginning, took out the slip of paper, and saw the number 8.

"Seal the floor." Not only at this time, but a voice came from the eighth-floor restroom.

Also, when stepping into the first box, Jin Shan found that as long as the door was opened, even without walking in, one could detect what was inside.

"Hello, I'm Clive, Clive Jessica, have you seen Jessica?" Jin Shan imitated Clive's voice, and Yingying imitated Hu Yue's movements and rhythm, with the two demons playing a woman looking for relatives during the performance intermission.

Hurrying along the corridor, from the west side restroom to the east side restroom, the intermission was about to begin, but Jin Shan never waited for the opportunity for the royal box to open, feeling a little anxious inside.

During the intermission, due to physiological needs, almost all the doors of the boxes were open, so there was no need to even ask. Jin Shan tiptoed past, occasionally stopping to observe, trying not to attract the attention of the bodyguards at the door.

"This is against the rules." Instead, the host stopped in front of the merchants, "The competition is halfway through, you are not allowed to inquire about the content of the poet's work."

"Hu Ya Yue… sitting on the floor below?" Someone in the box noticed Hu Yue's appearance, with a tone full of impatience, "There is nothing you want here, get out."