Claire, Ophelia, Elena, two creep monsters, the Queen of Flowers, the chef, and the castle servants who seem to be close relatives of the earth dwellers.

   These are the powers that Lu Li has at this moment.

  Among them, Claire was once the head maid and could not provide help other than information. The queen of flowers can only be like a former farmer stationed on the farmland. If the fake viscount and fake chef are poor imitations, then the servants are just animals that will be afraid.

  Lu Li let the two creep monsters cover the territory outside the castle, and the castle should have been like this, but Claire resisted and said that he didn't want to step on the foul creep that squeezed out the filth.

  Creep makes the castle more visible to trespassers, but has the downside of making the castle look like a monster lair. What made Lu Li agree to Claire was her next plan.

   "These creeps are disgusting..."

  Claire retracted her wings and landed on the windowsill, making no secret of her disgust and guard against the creep.

  Creep monsters are new consciousnesses, but the fungi that make up the body have existed since ancient times, older than the ancients, and are everywhere.

   "They may also be weird in Midnight City." Lu Li replied.

  Anything weird may be a soul.

  The devil's contract and the dreamer are enough to restrain them.

"Back to the plan. We have regained the castle, and we should visit our neighbors next. But sooner or later they will realize that every neighbor we knock on the door will disappear or become one of us, and then move vigilantly to other towns or Gather."

  Claire tilted her head, staring at the reflection on the window and the gloomy lost city in the distance, continuing her grand plan.

   "Then why don't we issue an announcement as the new lord, send invitations to the surrounding lords to invite them to be guests, and then use the dreamer to treat them equally, and then declare that the southern part of Midnight City belongs to us..."

  The round bird's eyes fell on Lu Li's reflection.

   "King of Remy?"

  …

  【Dear Lord:】

  【We will hold a grand banquet in the Old Viscount Castle, and we sincerely invite you to attend the banquet three days later. At that time, there will be delicacies, sources, and resources you urgently need. 】

  【In order to ensure the personal safety of the lords, we allow you to lead the guards and servants to the appointment, and we will also ensure the safety of everyone. 】

  【Special reminder: After the banquet is three days later, arriving early will be considered an invasion. 】

  【—New Lord of the Castle, King of Remy】

  Dozens of letters with different handwriting and even different content have been prepared.

  These invitations will be sent to the forces around the castle one after another. Claire specially reminded Lu Li that there must be weird ones coming to test him, and subduing them will make the trap fail. So just show strength and push them back.

  The banquet is the best time to catch everything.

   Considering many weird language barriers, Elena, Claire and Ophelia will act as postmen to deliver and deliver letters.

  Lu Li continued to sit in the castle, lest there be any weirdness that could reveal the truth and see through Lu Li's identity.

  Eileen and the others had already set off, and Lu Li came to the hall alone, removed the baffle on the throne, and peeked at the bottom—there were no ratmen living at the bottom where moldy food residues were scattered.

  Looking away, Lu Li turned and sat on the throne, facing the empty and quiet hall.

  Ten minutes later, Lu Li, who didn't like it here, switched to Claire's bedroom tower.

  Here you can overlook the deserted garden outside the castle, as well as the silhouette in the distance:

  The withered world tree stands on the ground, and the three alchemy towers stand in darkness, and the alchemy tower in the south sheds the light at noon, forming a strange and taboo place.

  The existences in Midnight City check and balance each other, forming a strange silence.

   Not being disturbed by Weird's subordinates for the time being, Lu Li lifted his cloak and ate the delicacies that radiated from his taste buds.

  Although it's just some canned food.

   Aggressive —

  The sound of Liwu knocking on the window was heard suddenly. Lu Li put down the tin can, put on his hood and opened the curtains.

  Pale baby bird falls out of the window. Lu Li opened the window and let Claire jump into the tower.

   "Elena and Ophelia are caught."

  The high winds and the bad news poured into the lighthouse.

"what happened?"

  Claire told Lu Li that the first neighbor they visited had an accident. Elena and Ophelia released goodwill but lacked the power to protect goodwill...Ophelia's magma was restrained by them, but fortunately Claire followed and flew back.

  A pitch-black dream emerges from the void, gradually blurring the surrounding reality.

   "Lead the way."

  …

  Claire led Lu Li to a rocky cave.

  These snake-shaped monsters with fleshy wings cannot fly. Their fleshy wings, like insect arthropods, assist in crawling. Quickly twisting and crawling with a black body to form dazzling lines.

   More importantly, they are outsiders.

   "Where is my companion?"

  Lu Li's inquiry only resulted in a hostile hiss. Because of Elena's absence, Lu Li gave up making deals with them, and the invisible blade cut across their bodies, tearing them apart with sparks.

   Snake-shaped, eerie flesh throbbing with rapid inactivity, presenting a rocky cross-section.

  When Lu Li touched them, the cold and stiff feeling was no different from that of stones—no wonder Ophelia was also grabbed by them.

  Follow Claire into the grotto, leading to the long and deep labyrinth cave, and find Elena and Ophelia who are still alive in the storage room.

  They returned to the castle temporarily, and Elena told the reason for the failure along the way: These weird lack of delayed gratification that cannot be understood by human thinking, they are more interested in the prey that comes to the door than the banquet.

   "Then change the way of sending invitations." Lu Li said, "Let them be more interested in the banquet."

  He summoned the merchant Anthony in the secret room where outsiders were abandoned, and asked him to bring him the strange currency contained in the treasure chest.

  These will be sent out together with the invitation letter to lure the lords to participate in the banquet in three days time.

  Bright Land supported Qi Luli to do so.

  And these strange currencies sent out will return to his hands as they are recovered.

  The next part will continue to be divided into two parts: Lu Li, Elena and the creep monsters will issue invitations, and Claire and Ophelia will decorate the castle.

  They can't even pretend, at least the banquet is real.

  …

  Midnight City, South, People's Heart Street.

  Street signs collapsed among the ruins, walking on the broken and cracked streets.

  In front of the silent garden shrouded in mist, Lu Li stopped outside the iron gate.

  Eileen called out, and soon, the gray mist behind the iron fence gathered a ferocious face, staring indifferently at the outline outside the door.

  The castle behind stood quietly in the distance, and Lu Li's calm voice came from the black robe:

   "We are your new neighbors. We are going to hold a banquet in the castle in three days, and we sincerely invite you to come. Here are some small gifts."

  The creep monster holds up a treasure chest and opens it, revealing that the treasure chest is full of strange currency.

   "You will get richer gifts if you attend the banquet."