I Became the Demon King of Lust

Inside of this room, there were many beast corpses that were scattered around.

The smell of blood was still fresh and strong in the air, showing that it hadn't been long since they died.

But that wasn't the most shocking thing.

The most shocking thing was the pedestal that was in the center of this room with this red gem on it that was releasing a large amount of fire energy.

As soon as we saw this, we knew that this must have been the thing that triggered the beast wave.

At the same time, when I saw it, I couldn't help letting out a sigh of relief.

It really wasn't something that we had left behind. After all, this red gem was placed in this special room with a pedestal holding it up, this was not something that the mutated Salamander should have dropped.

This was most likely some kind of mechanism of the dungeon that had only been unlocked when the mutated Salamander died.

We didn't see this since we had left right away, but I couldn't help being curious about something.

There was no doubt that Tammy and the others should have stayed behind to search this cave after we left. They should have seen this room with the red gem in it even if we hadn't.

So why did they not take this red gem?

When I looked over at Tammy, I found that she had a frown on her face as she looked at this red gem.

At the same time, it seemed like there was a look of unfamiliarity as she looked at this red gem. It was almost as if she was seeing this red gem for the first time.

When I saw this look on her face, I couldn't help thinking to myself.

"Did she not know about this?"

If she didn't know about this, then it made more sense.

After all, if Tammy did know about this, then there was no way that she or the others would have left it behind. There would have been a large fight over this red gem and maybe even some deaths would have occurred.

So there must have been some kind of hidden condition that had triggered that had caused this red gem to appear.

But what was that hidden condition?

I had no idea at all.

After my thoughts settled on this matter, I started turning my attention to the beast corpses that were scattered across the ground.

It was clear that they had been killed by something and it seemed like it was quite the gruesome death.

But what had killed them?

There didn't seem to be anything in this room…

No, when a room was too clean, it would be suspicious.

There was most likely some kind of trap that was here…

I looked over at Alex and Julius and it seemed like they had figured out the same thing as me. So we all made sure to stand away from the center of the room, moving close to the exit just in case anything happened.

But we also made sure to leave some people behind us so that they would have to fight the beasts that were following behind us instead of us.

We were in the perfect position to observe the situation.

After a long silence, there was someone that finally couldn't take it anymore.

This person was a part of one of the groups that had jumped down right away with Tammy's group as part of the vanguard.

It seemed that this person had quite the courage since they were able to follow Tammy in the vanguard. Discover exclusive tales on empire

But it also seemed like they didn't have that much of a brain as they charged forward without any hesitation.

At first, it seemed like nothing was about to happen as they ran across the wide room towards the red gem.

When the others saw this, they couldn't help feeling a bit of regret over not going forward first. There were also a few people that took a few steps forward, as if they were preparing to go forward as well.

Though the reason they were about to go forward wasn't the same reason as why this person charged forward.

They were planning on surrounding this person that had run forward after he grabbed the red gem off the pedestal. They were planning to surround him and take that red gem with force.

As that person that ran out got further and further away from us, as well as getting closer and closer to the red gem, he said in an excited voice, "It's mine! It's all…"

All of a sudden, that person stopped talking and they suddenly froze on the spot.

They looked down for a second before suddenly bursting into flames.

These flames were so strong that we couldn't help raising our hands to protect our eyes. At the same time, with how hot the heat coming from these flames were, we had no choice but to also take a few steps back.

When the beasts that were still in the room saw this person burst into flames, they gave a snort as if they were saying, "What an idiot."

Naturally, not a single one of them did a thing to help this person that was covered in flames.

They also moved away from that person, as it seemed that these flames were also too hot for them even though they were flame attributed beasts.

When it was all over, the flames had burned that person to ashes.

No, it was so powerful that even the ashes immediately turned white.

It seemed that the flames were nothing to scoff at.

When it was all over, the ashes scattered away and that person disappeared without a trace.

It seemed that there were traps that were around this red gem, that was why the beasts hadn't approached it yet.

At the very least this person's life hadn't been lost in vain.

At the very least, they showed us one of the traps that was in this room.