I Became the Demon King of Lust

Then there was silence that lingered in the air as everyone waited to hear what Bing Lan would have to say next.

Bing Lan wasn't in a rush to speak as she casually turned back to get a remote from the podium. She pointed the remote at the podium and calmly pressed one of the buttons, causing the image on the screen to change.

The image went from the entrance to the tower to a few images of what seemed to be a wasteland.

Bing Lan didn't say a single thing as she kept pressing the button on the remote to change the image.

Again and again she kept changing it until she finally reached the end of the slideshow.

During this time, the tension continued to build in the crowd as everyone wondered why she was doing this.

Not a single person understood why she was showing this slideshow, though there were a few of them that did know what this slideshow was about.

These were the images that had been brought back from the preliminary scouting team of the Awakener Association.

Since normal cameras didn't work in the dungeon, these images were brought back with a special method. The amount of work to bring back just these images was by no means small and it would have cost quite a bit.

This was not something that could have been done if one wasn't backed by the large Awakener Association.

So these images were very precious and couldn't be shown to normal people.

Yet Bing Lan was showing it here.

Once she had finished showing the slideshow, Bing Lan said, "These are the images that have been brought back by the preliminary scouting team sent in by the Awakener Association. As you can see…"

She continued on to go into the details of what these pictures were and how they would be used.

But when she did, everyone couldn't help feeling confused.

After all, there was no reason for her to go into this here with everyone gathered like this.

Some of the smarter people of course noticed that even the support staff had been called, so they couldn't help coming to a conclusion.

"Was the guild master planning on bringing everyone into the SS Rank Dungeon?"

There were naturally pros and cons to this, but when it came down to it, the cons far outweighed the pros.

First, it would hurt collusion to bring everyone in like this.

Too many chefs in the kitchen meant that someone was going to be burned eventually.

It was better to have a small crack team enter instead of bringing everyone.

Second, in the event that they failed, didn't that mean that all of the main forces of Elementia would be destroyed?

Putting all of one's eggs in a single basket was a sure way of getting wiped out if something went poorly.

And there were many other cons that far outweighed the benefits of going together.

So there were many of them that were questioning what Bing Lan was doing.

There were also many of them that were trying to send secret gazes at Bing Lan to advise her against this.

But Bing Lan ignored it all and just continued with what she was saying.

When she was done, she turned to look at the crowd and said, "Now, are there any questions?"

Even though they all had questions, not a single person said a single thing.

The questions that they had were not things that could be discussed in a large setting like this, so they couldn't just ask her these questions now.

At the very least, she didn't seem like she was going to announce that everyone was going to go.

So there was only silence that followed Bing Lan's question.

Bing Lan didn't seem unnerved at all by the silence that she faced.

She just stood there with a calm look on her face, as if this was all normal.

After waiting for a bit, Bing Lan moved back in front of the podium and put the mic back down before leaning in to say, "Now, let's discuss who will be heading into this SS Rank Dungeon."

That moment that she said this, the crowd fell silent once more.

There had been whispers among them while Bing Lan had been slowly moving, but they all focused on Bing Lan the moment that she said this.

After all, this was what they had been concerned about the entire time.

Even those that didn't pick up on it right away were starting to feel suspicious.

Bing Lan just looked over the crowd and said, "I'm sure that all of you would like to go, but…we can't take all of you."

As soon as she said this, there were looks of relief that appeared in the crowd that were quickly replaced with concerned looks again.

They were relieved that Bing Lan wasn't planning on bringing everyone, but there was still the concern of why she had gathered everyone like this.

If she wasn't planning on bringing everyone, there was no need to give them all the details like this.

So they knew that she wasn't finished with whatever she was about to say.

Bing Lan waited for the people to realize this and settle before saying, "Now, we will be choosing those that will go, but we won't be doing the usual method of choosing just the strongest."

Everyone couldn't help being shocked when they heard this.

Bing Lan just ignored those shocked looks as she said, "Instead of just choosing the strongest, we will be looking at people who have special abilities. It doesn't matter how strong you are, as long as you are able to use your abilities in a skilled manner."

Everyone was even more shocked and confused when they heard this.

How would they measure that?

But Bing Lan quickly gave them an answer.

"To do that, we will be using a special method of comparing everyone's results."

There were looks of understanding that appeared again after she said this.

There were people that finally understood why she had done all of this.

It was to ignite their competitive spirit.

It was to announce a competition on who would be going to the SS Rank Dungeon.