I Became the Demon King of Lust

I narrowed my eyes to look at this blonde haired young man, but I didn't say anything in response.

After all, it didn't seem like there was anything that I could say in response to this.

No, it was better to say that there was nothing to gain from responding since it was clear that he was just trying to build a false rapport with me.

He was trying to put on a friendly appearance to make me let down my guard, but I wouldn't be fooled that easily.

Seeing that I wouldn't respond, the blonde haired young man didn't seem to care. Though the guards that were standing around were all looking at me with looks of judgement, as if they were angry that I had ignored the blonde haired young man.

But to be fair, I also ignored them as I focused on this blonde haired young man.

It was clear that he was the one that was in charge here.

The blonde haired young man didn't care about the way that I ignored him and just continued by saying. "I'm sure that you're wondering who I am, so let me introduce myself. My name is Eric Vanderbilt, it's a pleasure to meet you."

After saying this, he reached his hand out towards me, as if he was waiting for a handshake.

I looked down at the hand for a few seconds, but I still reached my hand out to shake it in the end.

Though I could have ignored it, there was a part of me that told myself that I shouldn't ignore it. I didn't know which part of me it was, but it was there telling me not to ignore this person.

After shaking his hand, Eric continued by saying, "I'm sure that you're also confused about why I'm the one who is here talking to you. Well, that's simply because the Tower of Trials that was used in the tournament belongs to my family."

I slowly began to understand what was happening when I heard this.

The information that I had obtained from the guide and the two beasts in the tower was already more than enough for me to know what the tower was.

It was not something that was created by the large guilds, it was definitely some kind of treasure that they obtained and used for the tournament.

Of course, they most likely never expected someone to clear the entire Tower of Trials, so that was why they had locked me up like this.

Seeing the look on my face, Eric continued by saying, "I just want to say that I don't have any ill intentions towards you. It's just that our family has had this Tower of Trials for a long time now and we still haven't been able to figure out anything about it. I was hoping that you would be able to give us some information about the tower and the trials you encountered inside."

I narrowed my eyes to look at him, but it really seemed like he didn't have any ill intentions.

But I couldn't help asking, "Shouldn't you have seen everything that I was doing in the tower? Is there a need to ask me these things?"

Eric chuckled as he nodded in agreement before saying, "Indeed, it was broadcasted, but…there were some parts that were cut off. It seemed that there were certain floors that we weren't allowed to see…such as the twenty fifth floor and the fiftieth floor. We were hoping that you would be able to tell us what happened on those floors specifically."

The twenty fifth and fiftieth floors…

As expected, it was the two floors with the big bosses that they hadn't been able to see.

I knew that it would be impossible to completely deflect this, so I had to gather my thoughts to figure out how much I should tell them.

After a while, I said with a nod, "The boss on the twenty fifth floor was a S Ranked Dragon and the boss on the fiftieth floor was a SS Ranked Phoenix."

As soon as I said this, the four guards that were around looked at me with gazes filled with disbelief. It was clear that they didn't think that someone like me would be able to defeat them.

Eric was much more calm, but he still said, "Is that so? Then how did you defeat them? If you can tell us, we would be happy to reward you for this."

I just looked back at him and calmly said, "There were mechanisms in the room that when activated would allow you to win against the bosses. I'm sure that you've seen them when I was taking care of the other floors."

Eric gave a nod of agreement before saying, "Then can you tell me what those mechanisms are?"

I slowly shook my head before saying, "When I left the tower, there was a restriction that was placed on me that prevented me from talking about these things. It seems that the tower doesn't care about the regular floors, it's just those floors that they want to keep secret."

There was more doubt that was cast in my direction, but my attention was completely on Eric.

As long as he accepted this, it meant that this matter was over.

He didn't say anything as he just stroked his chin, like he was pondering the matter.

After a while, Eric finally said, "Alright, I understand your circumstances. I thank you for everything that you've told us today and I'll make sure that the others understand as well."

The others…he was referring to the organizers of the tournament.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

Did he really have that much power that he would be able to sway the large guilds that easily?

But I didn't have time to think too much about this as Eric suddenly stood up like he was about to leave.

Before leaving, he turned back to me and said, "If you ever want to work together, please feel free to contact our Vanderbilt Family. Someone as talented as you is always welcome."