I Became the Demon King of Lust

It didn't take long for this group to arrive at the cave that had been in the image.

This was a cave that was in a very strange area.

This area was completely barren.

It wasn't barren because the land was dead, but rather it was barren because of the extreme heat that filled the air.

As soon as they came close to this place, they could feel the temperature rising.

Then when they came closer, the temperature suddenly increased by over fifty degrees.

It reached a point that was unbearable to humans, let alone plants. If it wasn't for the fact that they were Awakeners, then it might have been hard for them to stay here without being burnt to death.

Though the land was barren, there were also a few plants that did grow here.

These plants were plants that had adapted to the heat of this place, so they were able to grow even under these extreme conditions.

As they passed by them, there were quite a few people that were tempted to pick these plants.

After all, these plants had gained special energies adapting to the heat of this place.

It could be said that these plants were filled with flame energy from growing here, so they could be considered herbs filled with flame energy.

They would without a doubt be useful to anyone that had a flame attributed power.

Even if they didn't have a flame attributed power, there were plenty of people that had flame attributed powers that needed this kind of herb.

So if they brought this herb back, there was no doubt that they would be able to earn quite a bit of money.

However, not a single person split off from the group to pick this thing.

That was because they knew that they had to be careful in an area that could grow this kind of plant.

After all, the heat that was around them and the plants growing were all indicators of something that was filled with large amounts of flame energy. This could only happen when there was an abundance of flame energy that was released from something.

And that something…was most likely the boss that they were here to take down.

So it seemed that at the very least, Diablo hadn't lied about a powerful boss being here.

They just needed to see if he had lied about what the boss was.

A Salamander and a dragon, it was clear which one they preferred to fight.

So they wouldn't let their guards down until they saw the boss.

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When they arrived at the cave, they could feel the heat that was coming from it.

It was already hot in this area around the cave, but the air that was being blown out from inside of the cave was even hotter than this. It was clear that there was something that was generating a large amount of heat inside of here.

This heat seemed a bit too strong for a Salamander, but Diablo had said that it was a mutated Salamander, so it wouldn't be strange if the heat was a bit stronger than a normal Salamander.

They still held out hope that he wasn't lying to them.

Once they reached the entrance of the cave, Diablo suddenly stopped and turned to look at everyone else before saying, "This is as far as my group will be going. If everyone wishes to see the boss, you are free to do so as long as you don't disturb it on your own. Once you are done, please come back out so we may discuss the terms of our cooperation."

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at him with knitted brows.

After all, the fact that he wouldn't be coming with them was already suspicious enough.

It made it seem very likely that there was some kind of trap waiting for them inside of the cave.

As if he could see what they were thinking, Diablo calmly said, "You're free to leave people out here to watch over us. I promise that we won't do a single thing."

All of them looked at Diablo with doubtful gazes, but he seemed to be sticking to his word as he went to the side with his group.

Though the way that they sat down and relaxed almost seemed like they were asking for a beating.

After all, they looked like they were on a picnic instead of being watched by everyone.

Still, since they were willing to be watched to this extent, they didn't think too much of it and split up their groups.

There were some members of their groups that stayed out to watch over Diablo's group and there were some members of their group that went into the cave to check the boss.

As for us, we also split up into different groups.

This time, we didn't move separately as three different groups.

Instead, we separated into just two groups based on the situation.

One group would be going into the cave with the others while the other group stayed out here and watched over Diablo's group.

There was no knowing what would happen, so we made sure to cover all our bases.

The group that was staying outside used the water barrier of the water user from Alex's group to cover themselves.

While our group that was going inside was using Long Shui Ling's illusions to cover ourselves as we headed into the cave.

After seeing it, Julius and Alex had to admit that the illusion ability really was the best cover that we could have used. The only reason that they didn't use it before was because of their pride in their own people.

With this illusion around us, we were able to easily sneak past the group standing there and headed into the cave.

As soon as we entered the cave, we were hit by the heat that came from it. However, the other water user was able to block this heat for us by creating a very faint mist around us that cooled the area down.

With this, we headed in after the group that went in first.