I Became the Demon King of Lust

As soon as her voice fell, there were several things that appeared in front of me.

They just floated there in front of me, as if they were waiting for me to take them.

It was a set of armour, a sword, and a token.

I looked at these things with a raised brow before asking, "These are?"

The guide pointed at the sword and armour first to say, "These are the special equipment that have been issued to you for this second round. They will increase your power by 100% while you are in this trial."

A set of equipment that could double my power as long as I was in this place, that was definitely something very precious.

But there were a few concerns that I had about this.

First, what was considered double?

Was it double my base physical stats or did it also double the amount of mana that I had?

There were many things that I couldn't help thinking about since double was just too general of a term.

However, that only lingered on my mind for a few seconds before I moved on to the next thing.

Trial.

This guide had called this place a trial…what did she mean by that?

Also, what would the trial entail?

As I was lost in thought, the guide continued explaining a few more things about the armour and sword that I didn't find that interesting, so I didn't really pay attention to them. That was until there was a certain thing that she said that I had no choice but to pay attention to.

This was something that had caught my attention right as soon as she said it.

"In case the armour and sword are damaged, they will not repair themselves during the round. You will have to wait for the end of the round for them to be repaired."

Trial and round, those seemed like the key words to pick up from her explanation.

But before I could ask her questions about this, the guide had already moved onto the second item.

"This token…it's hard to explain what this token is without explaining what the second round is like. So before I tell you the function of the token, I'll tell you about the second round."

I was surprised to hear this, but I quickly focused myself as she began her explanation.

Without even needing to ask anything, she was about to answer my questions herself.

So naturally I would pay attention to what she was about to say.

As it turned out, this second round was really a trial like the guide had said before.

It was a test of one's power and one's adaptiveness.

The trial would be fifty rounds of fighting with different enemies being spawned in each round. As long as all of the enemies were defeated, then the next round would start.

But that wasn't the only way for a round to end.

There was another way for a round to end, which was going over the time limit.

There was a time limit of ten minutes given for each round and once that time limit was reached, it would be considered a failure.

However, failing a single round didn't mean that it was over yet.

There were a total of three lives that were given.

That meant that one could fail a total of three times on one stage and still pass it.

Though the lives were shared across all of the stages instead of just three lives for each stage. Once all three lives were lost, that meant that one would fail the trial and would be sent out.

However, it wasn't as if one would fail to reach the third round because of this.

The guide clearly explained what the criteria for who passed this round was.

"Those that pass all fifty rounds will reach the third round, but it's impossible for everyone to pass all fifty rounds. It will even be likely that there will be no one that passes all fifty rounds."

The way that she said this was like she was explaining this trial, but there was a strange intonation to her voice that strangely irritated me…

I didn't know what it was about the way that she said it, but it really didn't sound nice.

"So of course we can't just kick everyone out of the tournament since that would mean the tournament would be cancelled. Instead, we will take the top fifty who make it the furthest in this trial. So it'll all depend on how many rounds you can clear if you want to make it to the next round."

Once again, the words that she was saying weren't strange, but the way that she said it…

It strangely got on my nerves.

The guide suddenly took a step forward to grab the token that had been floating there in the air. She lifted it up in front of me and said, "This token will allow you to skip five rounds. That is your right as first place in the first round. You better appreciate it."

I finally understood why she strangely got under my skin…

It was because she was talking like an ojou, like she was better than me…

Still, I resisted the urge to dropkick her and reached out for the token that she was holding.

The guide just casually threw it to me, though the throw that she made was really bad. It barely reached me, so I had to take a step forward to grab it.

Still, now that I understood what this token was for, I understood how important it was.

But there were still questions that I had to ask.

"When can I activate it? Can I do it in the middle of the round or do I have to do it right away before the round starts? Can I see the enemy first before deciding whether to use the token or not?"

Faced with this barrage of questions, the guide couldn't help taking a step back with a surprised look on her face.

It was clear that she didn't expect me to ask all of these questions.

However, she didn't answer them as she said, "Alright, it's time for you to go."

Before I could say anything, there was a flash of light that appeared in front of me.