I Became the Demon King of Lust

The crowd's reaction was quite intense as they cheered for what Asura said.

It seemed that there were many that were excited because of what he said.

Judging by the way that they looked and the aura that was coming from them, it was clear that they were Awakeners as well.

They were excited because for them, it meant that this was a chance for the future.

But even for normal people, they couldn't help feeling excited.

Since the dungeons had appeared over ten years ago, there had been no mention of the demon king. The demon kings were regarded as the final boss of this whole affair, but no one had even caught a glimpse of a single demon king yet.

So when the demon king was confirmed by the Awakener Association, they could finally feel assured.

The demon king was like a danger that had been looming over them the entire time.

If there was a chance that this danger could be eliminated, they would naturally be happy.

The crowd started cheering for what Asura had said and it seemed like there were many people who wanted to volunteer their powers to him.

But Asura wasn't finished yet.

There was a reason why he had put his arm around my shoulder and brought me closer to him.

I had no idea why he did this, but he definitely did.

After pulling me in, he said, "In this new generation, we even have someone who has fought against the demon king before."

As soon as his voice fell, all of the cheering suddenly stopped.

Everyone looked right at Asura, as if they wanted to ask him just what he meant by this. However, he just calmly stood there with a smile on his face, as if he was teasing them.

After a moment of silence, Asura said into the mic, "Our little friend Lin Fan here has already faced off against the minions of the demon king and has triumphed over them. In the future, I believe that he will lead us against the demon king."

There was only silence that followed after he said this, but I could feel everyone looking at me.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

It was clear that they were sizing me up, as if they were wondering if this was even true in the first place.

But after that moment of silence, there were cheers that rang out.

This time, people didn't seem to care about what had happened before as they cheered for me.

Of course, it wasn't just blind faith that they cheered for me like this.

Rather, it was because it was Asura that they cheered for me like this.

Everyone naturally knew that I was a part of Elementia and they knew that the incident involving the demon king before happened in a raid dungeon that Elementia was visiting. Though it had never been reported that I had been in that dungeon since there had been a coverup of that.

But now that Asura said this, people naturally believed him because of his prestige.

They thought, "There's no need for him to lie to us, so it must be true."

I could feel the excitement that came from the cheering around me, but I didn't feel happy about it at all. Rather, I had deeply knitted brows as I watched everyone in the crowd cheering for me like this.

I would have preferred staying in the shadows than being exposed like this.

So I couldn't help glaring at Asura after he said this.

But he just ignored me as he continued, "In the future, humans will fight back against the demon kings and take control of the dungeons. We will no longer have to fear dungeon breaks, sudden dungeon appearances, or even demon kings! Together, we shall take down the demon kings!"

The cheering reached a peak after Asura said this.

Many people were cheering for the Awakener Association, but I could hear that there were also people that were cheering for me.

With just a few words from Asura, my reputation had been completely turned around.

I couldn't help thinking if Lilith knew that this would happen that she created the mission for me to win this match.

But then again, I didn't think that it was very likely.

She most likely had some other goal in making me win this tournament and I had gotten caught up in this because of that.

As the crowd cheered around us, Asura leaned in and whispered, "I'll explain later and I'll be sure to compensate you properly. But for now, just go along with it and hype up the crowd."

I didn't know what to say in response to this, but I could feel his hand gripping harder on my shoulder.

So in the end, I waved at the crowd which made them cheer even harder.

It seemed that everyone was cheering as if they believed in the future that Asura talked about.

It seemed that they were cheering for the future where humans would defeat the demon king and bring this era of dungeons to an end.

But it was unknown if they knew just what kind of cost would come at this.

It was also funny that a demon king like me was being used as a tool to rally people to fight the demon king…

Once he let the cheering go on for a bit, Asura said, "From now on, the Awakener Association will be accepting new members. If anyone wishes to join the Awakener Association and fight against the demon king, then please consider it."

This was the other true goal of doing all of this.

It was all to make the Awakener Association stronger.

All I could do was reveal a bitter smile and wave at the crowd at this.

I couldn't help wondering just where I would fit in the future that he described.

After all, as a demon king, it wasn't as if I had a place in this future.