I Became the Demon King of Lust

Alex and Julius' team followed close behind as we headed off into the forest.

We didn't need to go that far out to find our first group of monsters.

It seemed that there were many different monsters that were wandering around in this forest, one just needed to take a few steps to find a group to fight.

The one that we ran into was a group of goblins.

Goblins were monsters that were hard for weaker Awakeners to deal with, but for people like us…they were nothing more than cannon fodder.

It really was interesting to think about it.

In the past, I never would have thought about fighting goblins, but now I could take care of them without even a single worry.

I had really grown quite a bit from being the one that was bullied before.

This group of goblins was rather big, so Julius made a suggestion.

"How about we split them up into three groups and fight them separately?"

Both Alex and I knitted our brows slightly when we heard this before Alex asked, "Are you worried about the point split? Can't we just decide after defeating them? It's not hard for us to hold ourselves back to not kill them all."

Julius raised a finger and wagged it before saying, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, of course not. Do you really think of me as such a shallow person?"

Both of us raised a brow to look at him.

The way that we looked at him, it was almost as if we were saying, "You aren't?"

Julius revealed an aggrieved look before saying, "Let's get to know each other first. The best way for that is to see what each of us are capable of, right?"

Alex and I looked at each other before turning back to look at Julius and giving slow nods.

When he said this, we understood what he was trying to say.

He wanted to let our groups take care of them separately so we could see what each other were capable of.

Even if we had information on each other, there was nothing better than seeing us use our abilities firsthand. There would be things that we would be able to learn about each other from seeing us use our abilities.

In the future, it would make it easier for us to coordinate with each other if we knew what we were capable of doing.

So his suggestion was actually quite a good one.

Like this, we split up into three groups and we would all be responsible for fighting a group of goblins.

Splitting them up was very easy since they were dumb goblins.

Just two arrows from Claire was more than enough to split them up.

The noise created by these two arrows caused the goblins to stop before splitting up into three groups. One main group that would be responsible for defending if anything went wrong and two side groups that would be in charge of exploring what made those two sounds.

Now it was up to us to decide who we would face.

Julius was the first one to charge out with his group. While running forward, he suddenly said, "To the early bird goes the worm."

The group that he charged at was the main group of goblins.

This was the group that had the strongest goblins, so in a sense they could be considered a prize. But at the same time, it meant that they would be harder to deal with.

They were harder to deal with since these goblins were stronger, but they were a prize because the stronger goblins would certainly be worth more points.

I exchanged a look with Alex when we saw this and then we both gave sighs before heading in different directions.

Since he had already picked the main group, it really didn't matter which one we took since they had an equal number of goblins in them.

So we both went to take care of our own group of goblins, while also making sure to see what the others were doing.

The group of goblins that we chose was the one that went left.

This was a small group of around ten goblins and no elite varieties, so it wouldn't take long for us to take care of them. But the point of this was to demonstrate our powers, so we had to make a show of it.

I held back and let the others take care of it since I didn't want to show all my cards.

While it was good to share what you were capable of, there were some things that I wanted to keep hidden.

I also made sure that Bing Lan and Long Shui Ling stayed back as well.

Their powers could be considered trump cards just in case anything bad happened.

Luckily, the other members didn't mind since they thought that this was their chance to show off.

So they didn't hesitate to use their flashy attacks.

Especially Blaze and Kaito.

The two of them had been training together and they had gotten better at combining their flames together to use special attacks.

Though I could see the glare that Qin Yue Ru shot at them from time to time…

It almost looked like she was looking at a love rival when she glared at Kaito like this…

But they were both men, it wasn't as if anything was going to happen between them.

They were just good friends, but there was nothing that you could say to a girl who was in love.

The others also showed how much their training paid off with their different skills and I had to admit that I was impressed.

It was clear that all of them had been working hard in the time period leading up to the tournament.

As their leader, I was naturally proud of them.

But for now, my attention wasn't on them.

Instead, my attention went to Alex and Julius' group in the distance.