I Became the Demon King of Lust

Chapter 312: The power of the large guilds

We had heard that they had built a city, but this was not something that we expected.

After all, this wasn't just a city.

This was a city that was even larger and more fancy than the one that we came from.

This was a city that had all kinds of different attractions and all kinds of facilities that even our city didn't have.

It was a city that would be equal to a capital of a nation.

That was just how well built this city was.

But wasn't this supposed to be a temporary city that was built for this tournament?

Why would they put in so much effort to build a city that was on a deserted island like this?

It just didn't make any sense…

It didn't seem like it was a matter of face at all.

Still, that wasn't something that I was supposed to be concerned about. After all, this was something that only the top members of the large guilds would know about.

It definitely was not something that would come down to the smaller members like this.

So for now, we should focus on the tournament.

Even though we had arrived early, we saw that this place was already filled with different people.

These were all people that had come to see the tournament, but we could tell that there were a few powerful Awakeners that were moving through the crowd. Judging by how young they looked, it seemed like they were our competitors.

The rookies from the other large guilds, not a single one of them could be underestimated.

This was just the power of the large guilds.

Since we had come early, it wasn't as if there was anything that we had to do right now.

Though we had come here all serious, it seemed that it had been wasted since we couldn't go to the venue yet as it was still being prepared.

That was what we had found out after talking to the guides that were waiting to welcome the competitors.

"You're free to walk around the city until it's time. We'll give you a talisman that we can use to contact you whenever, as long as you're in the city, so we'll be able to tell you when you need to come to the venue." That's what the guide said.

While we were surprised to hear that the venue wasn't ready yet, there was nothing that we could do.

So the only thing that we could do was take that talisman and walk around the city.

The first thing that we did was…

"Sweets."

That was what the girls demanded.

It seemed that they had skipped breakfast and their blood sugar was low, so they needed some sweets to raise that blood sugar.

I had thought that they were cranky, but I never thought that it was this.

I just thought that they were focused for the match.

Since they wanted sweets, we had no choice but to go to one of the cafes that were near the transport station.

This was actually the cafe that the guide had recommended to us when he heard that we wanted to get some sweets.

When we came in, we found that there weren't that many people that were here.

There were a few people that were sitting in booths, but they didn't care as we walked in.

The waitress just waved us in and said, "Sit wherever you want. There's plenty of open tables."

I gave a nod to her before leading our group into the cafe.

Since we had such a large group, we had to take two booths and two tables in the end.

It was just a good thing that this place was relatively empty so that we could take up all of these tables.

But it didn't take long for me to realize why this place was so empty.

I looked out and coincidentally saw someone being knocked away when they tried to enter the cafe.

I couldn't help being surprised by this, but then I quickly realized that there must be some kind of barrier around this cafe. It blocked people who it didn't recognize from entering the cafe.

And based on the ones that got blocked, it seemed that it blocked people who were below a certain level of power from entering.

That was why we had no problem entering.

Well, that was except for the handlers. I couldn't explain that one until I saw the mark on the wall.

Eden, it was one of the large guilds of the west.

This place was run by one of the large guilds, this was most likely why our handlers were able to ignore the barrier and come in with us.

But if that was the case…then did that mean that the people around us were…

I couldn't help slowly looking at the others that were in the cafe with us.

I could see that there were some unique individuals here that were also sizing up the people around them.

At the same time, I noticed that there were some that clearly looked like handlers as well.

It seemed that these people were Awakeners just like us, but if they were to gather here…they were most likely Awakeners from the other large guilds.

It was no wonder the guide had advised us to come to this cafe.

It seemed that this was one of the places that the competitors for the tournament were gathering in.

So this was a place where we could scout out our competition and make alliances if we choose to do so.

Though I didn't really care for the latter, the former was definitely a welcome opportunity.

We had received information about our competitors, but there was nothing like actually meeting them to see just what they were made of.

Still, we couldn't just directly go and talk to them.

So for now, I kept all of this to myself since it didn't seem like the others had noticed this yet.