I Became the Demon King of Lust

But that also came with its own problems.

I didn\'t know when it happened, but it seemed like he had become a fan of mine as he asked me all kinds of questions.

Still, it was better than causing trouble by letting Claire and Long Shui Ling talk to each other.

In the end, the two of them went to separate ends of the tent and went to sleep.

I just answered a few of Kaito\'s questions before going to sleep myself.

A few hours later, we woke up rested and we needed to be rested since it was our turn to clear out monsters.

We had recovered a lot of our energy, so that wasn\'t a problem at all.

During the time that we had been asleep, there were other groups that had been going out to clear the monsters. They were coming back now and it seemed that they had quite the success with how much the porters were bringing back.

These mummies and scarabs weren\'t that strong, but their drops were quite good.

They would sell for a lot when we got back.

Anything that our porters brought back for us would be counted as our loot and we would receive the full amount for it.

So it was lucrative to hunt here.

That was the main reason why we had been allowed to rest first.

It was so that the others could get first crack at the monsters and loot.

What would be left for us would only be stragglers, but I was fine with that since it was less dangerous.

When we passed the group that just came back, they looked at us with looks of disdain. It was almost as if they looked down on us for staying behind at the camp and resting.

The members of my group were a bit riled up because of it, but I just calmly moved past them and out the camp.

Seeing me walk past them without a word, they followed my example in the end and followed me out of the camp.

The group that had looked at us with disdain had surprised looks, but they just ignored us in the end and headed into the camp.

After we left the camp, they all came forward to complain to me about how we had been treated.

I just calmly looked at them and said, "So what do you want to do about it? Do you just want to complain or prove them wrong?"

They were surprised by my question, but they slowly came to realize what I meant.

That was right, reacting would be just what they wanted to see since it meant that they had gotten under their skins. If they reacted, it would just make them feel good without doing anything for them.

So it was better for them to just ignore them.

They were kids, so it made sense that they didn\'t understand this logic yet.

In fact, Long Shui Ling had been the only one who had acted calm and followed me out when we left the camp.

But I was surprised that there would be this kind of competitive tension between our groups.

Still, it seemed right if I thought about it.

We were all here to prove our abilities, we all wanted a spot in the SS Rank Dungeon group.

So it could be said that we were rivals even though we were in the same raid dungeon group.

Once we came out, we found just how much the other group had done.

They had wiped out many of the monsters that had been wandering around and had almost doubled the safe zone.

But that was a problem for us.

This meant that we would have to move further away from the safe zone to find monsters.

The further that we moved from the safe zone, the more monsters there were.

It was something about how the safe zones made the monsters move away, so they gathered in spots in between safe zones.

And that was where we had to pass by to get to the next safe zone.

That was the place that we had to clear.

That was why I was faced with a hard choice.

We could just stay near the safe zone and clear out the stragglers that wandered over. That would be enough for it to be considered doing our jobs since we were still reducing the number of monsters in between us and the other safe zone.

At the same time, it would ensure that we would be safe.

But that would bring us shame later when we returned to the camp since it would mean being cowards.

The other choice was to move away from the safe zone and hunt down the monsters that were wandering between the safe zones. There would be plenty for us to hunt, so we would be able to return with our heads held up high.

The problem with that was that it was dangerous.

There would be far more monsters than we had faced before, so we would be in a very dangerous situation.

Plus, there was no telling what else would show up while we were fighting the monsters.

So as the leader, I couldn\'t just put us in danger like this.

I even suspected that the other group had done this on purpose.

They knowingly cleared out the nearby monsters just so we would be forced to go further out.

In the end, it was the kids who made the decision for me.

Blaze said, "Boss, we shouldn\'t be afraid and just fight the monsters with all our power."

Kaito nodded in agreement and said, "If we\'re doing this, we should give it our all."

I looked at them with knitted brows after they saId this, but I still said with a sigh, "Alright, but you have to promise me that if things look bad, we will run back to the camp even if it means losing face."

They nodded in agreement without any hesitation.

After all, they weren\'t keen on losing their lives either.

With another sigh, I said, "Then let\'s go."