I Became the Demon King of Lust

Once she finished giving me all the rewards, the guide looked at me and said, "I hope that we will be able to meet again one day."

I couldn't help feeling surprised and confused when I heard this, but…there was no reason to offend the guide.

So all I could do was give a nod in response.

The guide gave a nod as well before raising her hand to form a portal.

Once that portal was formed, she said, "This portal will bring you back to your own world."

I was surprised to hear this, but I didn't hesitate to head over.

I had been worrying about how to leave this place, but now the exit was placed in front of me. But there was a part of me that couldn't help feeling a bit worried seeing this exit in front of me since it had been formed by the guide.

There was this strange feeling that I had about the guide ever since we had met.

It wasn't that I didn't want to trust her, but…this feeling made it hard for me to do that.

I really didn't know what it was about her that made me feel this way, but I did feel this way.

Still, there was no other way out, so I just stepped into the portal.

As I stepped in, I turned back to say, "Thank you."

The guide gave a simple nod without saying anything else.

Once he had disappeared, there were two figures that suddenly appeared beside the guide.

It was a small dragon and a small phoenix who had appeared.

After appearing, the guide asked, "What do you think about him?"

The dragon and phoenix looked at each other and gave a snort before turning back to the guide to give their opinion.

"He's an interesting young man. I hope that I will see him again."

"He's a kind and patient man. I hope that nothing bad will happen to him and my child."

The guide nodded in response to what they said before turning to look back at the portal to say, "I think that he will bring great change once he leaves his world. But until then, it seems like I'll have to prevent others from finding out about him."

As soon as they heard this, the small dragon and phoenix looked at the guide with narrowed eyes.

Both of them seemed like they were sizing up the guide.

But then they both said, "We won't say a thing. You don't need to worry about that."

The guide gave a simple nod before saying, "Thank you. That was what I was hoping you would say."

Then before waiting for a response from them, she waved her hand and sent them away. As they were disappearing, the small dragon and phoenix didn't seem to mind that they were being sent away like this.

Once they disappeared, the guide muttered under her breath, "I hope that you will be the person that I believe you are."

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When the flash of light disappeared, I found that I was standing on stage in front of everyone again.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

But there wasn't a single sound that rang out when I appeared.

I could see that everyone was looking at me, but it was as if they were all shocked by my appearance. They were so shocked that not a single person seemed to be making a single sound.

After a long time, the host was the one that reacted by saying, "We have our final contestant here, making his way out of the second trial. I'm sure that it was all very exciting watching him, so let's give him a round of applause."

But even with the host trying to break the ice, there wasn't a single person that actually clapped for me.

It seemed that all of them were just too shocked to react normally.

The host revealed an awkward smile, but he had a job to do. It wasn't as if he could just ignore this just because no one was reacting.

However, before the host could say anything, there was something that rang out in his ears.

He seemed to be muttering something, or at least that was what I saw.

After muttering for a bit, the host came over to me and said in a soft voice, "The organizers would like a word with you."

I revealed a bitter smile when I heard this, but it would be a lie to say that I hadn't already expected this. I knew that because of all the unexpected things that happened in the Tower of Trials, I would surely be called to talk to the organizers.

So I just simply gave a nod in response and waited for him to bring me away.

But it wasn't the host that led me away.

Instead, there were a few cloaked figures that suddenly came up to stage to surround me and escort me away. The way that they did this made it seem like they were protecting me, but I could clearly tell that they were preventing me from running away.

After all, when I stood in the center of them all, I could feel all of them putting their pressure on me as if they were trying to keep me suppressed. At the same time, I could feel the gazes that were cast in my direction, making it clear that they wouldn't let me escape.

But I had no intentions of escaping since I knew that there would be no way to escape.

This tournament was held by the large guilds together, so unless I could completely avoid all of these large guilds, it would be impossible to turn.

But these were large guilds for a reason.

These guilds had wealth, power, and influence that couldn't be ignored.

So I just had to go along with them.

Led by this group, I was brought to an empty room with a mirror wall and made to sit down.