I Became the Demon King of Lust

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It didn't take us long to reach the place that the leader of the unaffiliated Awakeners told us about.

But we didn't go in right away.

Instead, we all used our different camouflage methods to hide ourselves before moving forward.

As we came closer, we could see that there were several groups that were already gathered.

There were some that we didn't recognize, but there was also a group that we couldn't miss.

This was a group that was also favoured to win, just like Julius was.

Tammy Wellen and the group from the Sol Warriors.

This was who was in the center of this group.

With how they were standing and with how they were surrounded, it almost seemed like they were the ones that were in charge of this meeting.

From our position, we could hear a few things that they were talking about.

"Did you hear about the boss? I heard that they found this very powerful boss that has two other side bosses."

"Un, I heard that there are also a bunch of elite monsters as well."

"Can you imagine all of the points we'll get out of this?"

It seemed like even those that were gathered weren't certain on what the situation was. There seemed to be many speculations about what the enemy they had all been gathered here for was, but no one seemed to have any concrete information.

But there were also a few whispers that weren't as kind.

"Do you see how they are standing there? They're acting like they're the ones that are in charge of all of this."

"Shh, don't let them hear you or who knows what will happen. You should know what kind of temper she has."

"That b*tch, if it wasn't for the fact…"

Based on these words, it seemed like Tammy didn't have a good reputation.

I looked over Alex and he gave a nod.

It seemed like it was a well known fact that Tammy didn't have a good reputation…

This was most likely in the information that Alex had given me, but I hadn't read all of it.

After a while, the chattering finally stopped as a group came forward.

This was a group that was completely covered in cloaks, so no one was able to see their true appearance.

The moment that this group appeared, everyone suddenly raised their guards.

But the leader of this cloaked group suddenly said, "I'm grateful that everyone has gathered together so we can work together. Let me introduce myself." He gave a bow and said, "My name is Diablo and my group here is the Band of Demons. We have gathered you all here so we can fight the boss and get the points that we desire together."

Everyone looked at him like he was crazy, but they didn't let their guards down.

The cloaked figure known as Diablo didn't mind as he pointed at one of the members of this group.

This cloaked figure he pointed at suddenly raised their hand and there was a screen that appeared.

This wasn't a screen like the TV screens, this was a screen that seemed to be made of water.

This water mirror formed and then an image was shown.

This seemed to be some kind of cave that they were looking at and in the center of it seemed to be something that was coiled up. They couldn't see it clearly since it was coiled up like that, but after a while, the image cleared up as it zoomed in on this coiled up thing.

It was a giant lizard.

But it wasn't just a normal giant lizard.

There was a pair of wings on its back.

"Dragon?"

As soon as one person said this, the whispers spread through the crowd and they all were about the image that they saw.

There were some that also thought that this was a dragon and there were some that were denying that this was a dragon.

After all, a dragon was considered a peak monster.

Even young dragons were considered A Rank monsters and true dragons were considered S Rank or even SS Rank depending on their power.

So if this really was a dragon, then there was no way that they would be able to fight it.

Diablo didn't say anything as he let the crowd whisper amongst themselves.

After a long while, when the whispers started to die down, he said, "I'm sure that all of you have your own thoughts on this matter, but let me say that it isn't a dragon."

One person couldn't help asking, "How are you so sure about this?"

Diablo nodded at that person and said, "I have my methods." Then without caring for a response, he turned to the rest of the group and said, "Through my methods, I have confirmed that this thing isn't a dragon, but rather some kind of mutated Salamander."

Salamander.

If this really was a Salamander, then this was a completely different story.

After all, a Salamander was only a C Rank Monster and something that they could handle.

Even if it was a mutated Salamander, it would at most be at B Rank, so they could still take it down.

But they wouldn't just trust the words of this cloaked figure that it was a Salamander.

Diablo also knew that this would be the case, so he said, "I shall bring you all to the location of this mutated Salamander and you're free to investigate it however you want. Once you confirm that it is indeed a mutated Salamander, we can talk about how we will hunt it."

There was a silence that filled the crowd after he said this, but slowly the crowd started to agree to this.

After all, there was no harm in just following him to see it.

Seeing this, Diablo gave a nod and then turned to head off in a certain direction.

The crowd looked at each other before following behind him.

Then behind all of them was our group with our camouflage up.