I Became the Demon King of Lust

When I had finished, everyone was silently looking at me with strange looks.

After another period of silence, the cloaked figure to the right suddenly said, "Why did you feel that he was suspicious enough to report him? This could have just been normal behaviour."

I calmly said, "It seemed like he was sneaking around, so I reported him. Plus, I wouldn't be a good leader if I didn't take care of my subordinates."

The cloaked figure continued to look at me without saying anything.

But in the end, they gave a nod and turned back to Bing Lan.

Bing Lan saw this and said, "I trust that everyone is satisfied with this?"

After another silence, the people around the table gave nods in response.

Bing Lan looked at me and said, "You can sit down now and listen. If there's anything else, we will call on you."

I just gave a nod before finding an empty seat at the end of the table.

Or at least that was what I had been planning on doing, but Bing Lan stopped me before I could do that.

She nodded at the person sitting to the left of the head seat.

That person was surprised to see this, but they still relinquished the seat in the end and moved down to the end.

I had thought that they would hold a grudge against me for this, but they didn't even look in my direction. They just simply sat down without a word and focused on what Bing Lan had to say.

Bing Lan just looked at me as if she was waiting for me to sit down.

I knew that I had to sit or else I would just be holding up the meeting, so I went to the seat that had been emptied for me and sat down.

Only after I sat down did Bing Lan continue.

She picked up a remote and pressed a button, causing a screen to come down from the ceiling.

Once this screen was down, the projector turned on and there was a slideshow that began.

These were all pictures of Hayato's handler Motoyasu in different places.

I was confused what these pictures were, but the others clearly knew what was happening as they immediately reacted when they saw these pictures.

There were a few where he was meeting someone in secret, but I had no idea what this was or who that person was.

So I just silently sat there and waited for someone to speak.

But no one said a word as they silently watched the slideshow.

Finally, when it was done, Bing Lan said, "It's Amaterasu."

All of the people in the room revealed serious looks when they heard this.

Amaterasu, it was another one of the big guilds in this world.

As the name suggested, it was a guild that was based in Japan and had heavy ties with the Japanese government.

But why would they suddenly send a spy to Elementia like this?

It didn't make sense at all.

The cloaked person who was sitting on the right gave a sigh before saying, "So it is related to the new dungeon after all."

Bing Lan gave a slow nod in response to this.

I could only just sit there with a confused look on my face as I didn't understand a single thing that was happening.

Bing Lan's hand moved on the table and she slid the folder that was on it over to me.

I looked down at this and slowly picked it up before opening it up to see what it was.

This folder had been on the table in the first place, it had been there before I had even arrived.

It was most likely for the person that had been sitting in this seat previously.

But since Bing Lan wanted me to read it, I would read it.

When I opened it up and saw what was written inside, I couldn't help being surprised.

That was because there was a detailed report on the events of this matter.

As well as a clear explanation on why this was happening.

It turned out that there was a dispute between Amaterasu and Elementia over a dungeon.

Both of them wanted to claim it, but neither of them would back down on this dungeon.

So in the end, it had ended in a deadlock where neither side was able to claim it for now.

It had gotten so bad that even the Awakener Association had to get involved and make sure that there wasn't an all out war.

Right now, they were still deciding which side to give this dungeon to, but they still hadn't made a decision.

As for why this dungeon was so important…

It was one of the only five SS Rank Dungeons that had been discovered.

SS Rank, that was the rank that was even above S Rank that no one had been able to reach.

So far, they had only been able to scout these SS Ranked Dungeons and no one had been able to clear them yet.

So for Elementia or Amaterasu to get that chance…

If they were able to clear it, there was no doubt that they would receive instant fame and wealth.

At the same time, they would receive the coveted title of first SS Rank Awakener.

So neither side would back down on this matter.

After they discussed this matter a bit, Bing Lan suddenly turned to me and said, "We'll need you to act as bait."

I couldn't help being caught off guard since I had been focused on the report the whole time, so I didn't know what had happened.

But since they were all looking at me, I had no choice but to go along with it and give a nod.

Seeing this, they went back to their own discussion.

I tried paying attention, but it was already too late for me to understand anything.

So all I could do was sit there and wait for the meeting to end.