I Became the Demon King of Lust

Once the flimsy alliance was formed, we didn't waste any time jumping down from the trees.

The beasts that surrounded the cave didn't really react to us.

They were no longer stampeding and seemed to be guarding the cave instead.

It was clear that whatever was in the cave was their main goal, so we didn't rush into a fight.

We knew that there was a limited amount of time before the beasts inside the cave became stronger, but that didn't mean that we should rush into a bad situation. The first thing that we had to do was find a way into the cave itself without taking too much damage.

If we drained ourselves before we even got in the cave and fought the bosses inside in that condition, there was only defeat waiting for us.

The first thing that we had to do was observe and find a weak spot in their formation to penetrate from.

It took a while, but we were able to find it in the end.

The distribution of beasts was actually strange, it was that most of the beasts were gathered around the back of the cave rather than the front where the entrance was. This created an uneven defense that made it easy for us to break through the front if we wanted to.

However, no matter how we looked at it, it really seemed strange.

But when we looked at it, we found that there was nothing strange about the back of the cave.

It seemed that there weren't any hidden passages that could lead into the cave or any special items that were there. It just seemed that the beasts were just gathered there for no special reason.

After taking some time to confirm this, we decided to not worry about it and charge the cave still. Continue your adventure with empire

With the different groups, we were able to quickly find a vanguard that would lead the way.

However, it was a surprise to everyone who this vanguard was.

"I'll do it." Tammy suddenly spoke up again.

After what she had said earlier, she had fallen silent and hadn't said another word.

That was until she suddenly said that she would volunteer as the vanguard.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

Everyone looked at her with strange looks as if they were trying to figure out just what she was trying to do, but Tammy ignored them as she looked at Michael and said, "Unless there's a problem with me taking that position?"

Michael also had a strange look on his face at first, but then he quickly revealed a smile that made him seem very friendly as he said, "Of course not, there's no problem at all."

Though the Sol Warriors and Deus Mecum were both based in Europe and seemed neutral, there was actually a hidden grudge between them.

I only knew this because of the information from Alex.

On the surface, it didn't seem like there were any tensions between the two sides, but beneath the surface…

The reason for this tension between them was actually very simple.

It was simply because they were both religious organizations.

One worshipped Christianity while the other worshipped the sun goddess.

So it was simply a fight for believers and followers.

Still, they had to remain neutral on the surface, so it wasn't as if Michael could do anything to Tammy.

He could only accept her proposal and wait to see if there was any chance for him to strike.

But Tammy was just too powerful for that.

Tammy turned into flames as she charged forward and swept across the beasts that were in front of the entrance. These beasts tried their best to fight back, but without the momentum of the charge from earlier, they just weren't able to resist the flames that came at them.

Seeing these flames, I couldn't help turning to look at Blaze and Kaito.

Both of them were watching Tammy push through the beasts and when they saw me looking at them, they shook their heads with bitter smiles on their faces.

They knew what level of power they were at and they knew that they wouldn't be able to do the same as her with their firepower.

They had to admit that her flames were better than theirs.

But of course, that didn't mean that they would give up in the future.

This just made it clear why she was one of the favoured contestants in this tournament.

With Tammy's flames clearing the way, we quickly made our way to the entrance of the cave.

There was even a large area in front of the cave that was left completely open by the beasts.

The moment that we arrived in this area, we immediately understood why it was left open by them.

The heat was just too much.

This heat was even greater than before when we came to this cave.

It was almost so hot that we received burns just from standing there.

If it wasn't for the fact that we were Awakeners, we might have really been burnt by all of this.

It was no wonder there was a lack of beasts that were standing in front of the cave itself.

They were trying to avoid this heat that was coming from inside.

But why was this heat coming out like this?

Or rather, just where was this intense fire energy coming from?

That was what was causing the heat, it was a large amount of fire energy that was coming out of the entrance of this cave.

No one had any idea where this fire energy came from, but we did know one thing.

This kind of large amount of fire energy usually meant that there was some kind of treasure.

It seemed that there really was some kind of treasure in this place that was attracting all of the beasts.

I couldn't help feeling a bit of pity since this should have been ours.

After all, the only explanation was that it was linked to the mutated Salamander and we had left it behind.