I Became the Demon King of Lust

After wandering outside the cave for a bit, we turned our attention inward.

After all, it wasn't as if we could just keep wasting our time outside.

There was only a certain amount of time that we had before the dungeon boss became too strong for us to handle, so we couldn't waste more time. Discover hidden tales at empire

But to our surprise, we found that the dungeon boss' cave was actually quite clear.

It didn't seem like there was anything that was there.

The only thing that came out of this cave was a slight chill.

It seemed that it was even colder inside of the cave than it was outside, but that wasn't strange since that should be where the source of this ice energy came from in the first place.

It was only when we walked through the cave that we finally realized that something was off.

It wasn't the fact that there were no monsters walking around here, it was the few burns that I found that lined the walls. There were burnt spots where the ice was melted and the cave was charred black.

This was a clear sign that there had been some kind of fight here earlier.

If I had to guess what it was, it was most likely the ones that had killed the unaffiliated Awakeners that we had seen outside.

Since there were signs of fighting here, it was very likely that they had cleared out all the monsters here and were currently fighting the dungeon boss. It seemed that someone had made it here before us, but who could it have been?

I wasn't the only one who realized this, the others also realized the same thing from the clues that were around us.

After sharing a look with each other, we immediately started moving further deeper.

But at the same time, I made sure to have Long Shui Ling put her illusions around us.

We didn't have the illusions on us right now because I had been planning on killing the monsters that we encountered. Leaving them in this cave would be bad for us since it would mean having to fight them when they were attracted by the noise of the fight with the dungeon boss.

It was better to clear out all of the obstacles that were in the way before that.

However, there was another problem as we went further into the cave.

It could be considered a problem that also wasn't a problem since it was that kind of thing.

The problem was that there was no sound coming from deeper in the cave.

If there was a group that was fighting the dungeon boss, then shouldn't there be some kind of sound echoing out from the depths of the cave.

If there weren't any sounds, then did that mean that they had finished fighting the boss?

Did they defeat the dungeon boss or…?

There were just too many unknown variables that we couldn't help feeling a bit nervous.

After all, just like how Diablo had told us about the dungeon boss, there could have been others that had been sent by the administrators to tell the participants about the dungeon boss.

So it was very likely that the group that had come before us also possessed information about the dungeon boss and that they might have taken down the dungeon boss first.

Since that was the case, did that mean that this was a wasted trip?

Or would we be walking into a trap set for those that came to fight the dungeon boss?

Anything was possible at this point.

Finally, we saw the end of the tunnel and what seemed to be a large cave in front of us.

We didn't go in right away and instead just sent one person to peek in.

I was the one that was chosen to peek in, or rather I insisted on being the one that peeked in.

Once I poked my head in, I couldn't help being shocked by what I saw.

This was a cave that was like the one that the mutated Salamander had been in.

No, when I looked at it closely, it seemed like it was just the same as the one that the mutated Salamander had been in. The only difference was that instead of being incredibly hot in here, it was freezing cold.

The walls, floor, and ceiling were all lined with ice.

This wasn't just any normal kind of ice, but rather ice that had formed in layers. It was ice that had ice on top of it because of how cold it was.

In the center of the room was something that was different.

Instead of a large coil, it was a large ball of white that was lying there on the floor.

Just a single look was enough to tell that this was an ice dragon, but I could also tell that it was still young based on its appearance.

It almost had a cartoonish feel to it rather than giving off the seriousness that one would expect from an actual dragon.

But when I looked closely, I could see that there was ice energy that was slowly flowing into the ice dragon as it laid there. It seemed like there was something inside of this room that was filling the ice dragon with this ice energy, allowing it to mature at a fast rate.

After seeing all of this, I turned my attention to the room to see if I could find what was sending that ice energy into the ice dragon.

However, my attention was caught by a certain thing.

Or rather by a few certain things that were in the room.

These were sculptures made of ice that were just standing around in this room.

They were grouped together and they were in different positions, but there was one thing in common between them.

All of these statues seemed to be human shaped.

After a while, I understood what these were.

They were the ones that had come to fight the dungeon boss before us.