I Became the Demon King of Lust

They were surprised to see this, but they still followed me over to the side so we could talk alone.

Once we were alone, I said, "I\'m sure that many of you have already noticed that we\'ve been getting a few looks."

All of them revealed bitter smiles when they heard this before nodding in response.

I also revealed a bitter smile before saying, "I\'m sure that you can all guess what the reason is, but that doesn\'t matter." I revealed a more serious look before continuing, "What does matter is what we\'re here for today."

All of them also revealed serious looks when they heard this.

They knew that I wouldn\'t say all of this for no reason, so there was something that I wanted to say.

I gave a nod of praise seeing this before saying, "Since we\'re here, naturally we have to show everyone just what we\'re made of and make them accept us. So are you all ready?"

There were excited looks that appeared on their faces when they heard this.

Both Kaito and Blaze seemed especially excited for some reason as from time to time, they peeked back at Rupert in the distance.

It was clear that there was a certain someone that they wanted to impress.

But it was all good as long as they were motivated.

Since staying here would just mean being looked down on by everyone, then there was no need to wait any longer.

The base camp had been made, so it was time for us to head into the break zone.

As we did, we passed by the other Awakeners who were just standing around the camp preparing their own things. As we passed by, they looked at us with the same looks and they didn\'t even try to hide it.

It was clear that they were blaming us for them being sent to a place like this.

But it wasn\'t baseless since this was the truth.

The others looked at me with worried looks, but I just ignored them all as I said, "This is to be expected, we just have to prove them wrong."

The worried looks disappeared from their faces and were replaced with determined looks.

After passing through the gate to the break zone, the surroundings completely changed.

Just by taking a few steps into the break zone, there were no more sounds around us other than the natural sounds of nature. All of the hustle and bustle that came with humanity just faded away once we were here.

This was no longer the safe zone that had been created by humanity, but the dangerous break zone.

But even though it was the dangerous break zone, we weren\'t nervous at all.

This was something that we were already familiar with, so we casually made our way forward.

There really wasn\'t a goal since our mission this time was just to slaughter the monster that lived in this break zone. It was just a normal material collecting mission that was beneath the first dungeon raid team, but here they were.

So for now, we just wandered around until we found some monsters.

But since this was a break zone, it didn\'t take long for us to find some.

Claire raised her hand to stop everyone before pointing in a certain direction.

All of us stopped before moving forward slowly and more importantly, as quiet as we could.

After moving a few steps, we saw what she was pointing at.

It was a group of monsters that was just hanging out under a tree.

As we came closer, we saw the appearance of these monsters.

A dog head, that was the thing that stood out first. But when one looked at it closely, they would see that it wasn\'t a dog\'s head, but rather a cross between a dog and a lizard.

There were scales, but also fur that covered that face.

These creatures stood between two to three feet tall and had a variety of weapons in their hands.

Kobolds.

It was a pack of kobolds.

These were the monsters that inhabited this break zone.

While they didn\'t seem that strong, the most terrifying thing about the kobolds was their ability to work together. They had a strong understanding that they could attack together even without words, which made it hard to deal with if one was alone.

But for our group, it was easy to take down these kobolds.

Not to mention, they weren\'t aware that we were watching them at all.

So they wouldn\'t be able to guard against our ambush.

Since it was just a group of kobolds, it didn\'t seem like something that we needed to make that big of a fuss for.

Rather, the bigger problem was deciding who would be the ones to take it down.

Inspired by what I had said earlier, everyone wanted the chance to show off.

I was surprised to see that even Bing Xin was joining in.

In the end, we had no choice but to decide with the time honoured tradition.

"Rock, paper, scissors."

"Alright!"

I was once again surprised since it was Bing Xin who won and gave this cheer.

But then she quickly covered her mouth.

It wasn\'t that she was embarrassed to shout out like this, but rather it might have been a bit too loud that even the kobold could have heard her.

Luckily, it didn\'t seem like the kobold heard anything.

During this entire time, the kobold had been standing under the tree grunting about something.

With how they were standing there, it was like a group of co-workers who were on their coffee break shooting the breeze. It didn\'t seem like they were terrifying monsters at all.

However, they didn\'t stand a chance against Bing Xin.

After all, kobolds were only D Rank monsters in the first place.

It was easy for a B Ranker like Bing Xin to take them down.

With a single flick of her hand, all of the kobolds were encased in ice.