I Became the Demon King of Lust

Once that was settled, there were no more problems to deal with.

Since Johnny and his group were removed from the team, there had to be a team that replaced them in the vanguard.

The team that was chosen was us.

And to take our place in the flank was a team of guards that were supposed to watch the camp.

Their guard duty fell onto Johnny's group instead.

There were some people that seemed unhappy about this, but there wasn't anything that they could say after the display that I had put on.

The only thing left was to get a good night's rest before we headed out.

We were completely abandoning the plan to build more camps since we knew that there was nothing left for us on this floor. All we could do was head to the next floor and see what was in store for us, so it was better to bring everyone just in case.

But before we went for that rest, I went to find Tie Gang.

Tie Gang led the two of us out of the camp with the same token as before, though it really wasn't necessary since we could have walked out of the front gate at this point. There was no need for us to sneak around like this.

Only after he used it did I realize why he did it.

It was to send a message to the others that we were having a private meeting and that they shouldn't disturb us.

So we made our way out of the camp and to a place that was secluded.

Once we were here, Tie Gang looked at me and said, "Well, what do you have to say?"

I was surprised by how direct he was, but since he was being direct, I said, "Wasn't that a bit too rash? Wouldn't doing something like that hurt the cohesion of the team?"

Tie Gang shook his head before saying, "It didn't matter at this point, the situation can't be changed by something like that."

I couldn't help revealing a confused look when I heard this.

Tie Gang saw this and said with a gentle smile, "I know what you are thinking, but that's your inexperience as a leader. Sometimes, you have to recognize that there are things that you can't change no matter what you do. You need to understand that you need to cut your losses and make these hard decisions."

I was caught off guard by this sudden advice from Tie Gang.

Narrowing my eyes to look at him, I could see a firm look in his face.

It was as if he had already faced this situation many times and he was speaking from experience.

But it made sense that this was the case.

After all, Tie Gang was someone who had been diving into dungeons for much longer than me. He should have experience as both a member of a group and a leader of a group, so he was qualified to say this.

It was also at this that I realized that my thinking was too shallow.

I had been getting ahead of myself since I had become the leader of my own group.

Things had only been going smoothly since we had the resources of the guild behind us and we were walking the path paved for us by the ones that came before us.

The mindset that Tie Gang had was the mindset of a pioneer, someone who was used to forging his own path.

This was someone who was used to making the hard decisions when he needed to.

So after taking a moment to adjust, I gave a nod and said, "Thank you for your advice."

Tie Gang's eyes filled with admiration as he looked at me.

Tie Gang had been worried that Lin Fan wouldn't accept the advice that he had for him.

He had seen how Lin Fan acted and he had been worried about him being set in his own ways. But seeing that he was able to accept the advice that he gave, Tie Gang felt much better.

It seemed that Bing Lan hadn't been wrong about him.

Tie Gang then reached out and patted me on the shoulder as he said, "Good, good. I was worried that you would be hard to convince, but it seems like you'll be just fine. It seems that I was worried for nothing."

I nodded along, but then I said, "Still, I don't think that you should have done it in such a direct and eye catching way. There should have been other ways to solve it."

Tie Gang raised a brow as he looked at me like he was surprised to hear this.

After a moment of silence, he said, "Ho, I never thought that you would be such a cautious person, but that isn't a bad thing."

With a sigh, he said, "Alright, I'll admit that I was a bit rash since I was worried about what would come. I wanted to settle things as quickly as possible since there's no knowing what will happen next and I didn't account for what you would think. I apologize for that."

I was once again surprised to hear this, but I said with a nod, "No, you were just doing what you thought was necessary."

The two of us fell silent for a bit.

Then I suddenly asked, "What do you think is the real cause of this mess?"

Tie Gang looked like he wanted to say something at first before shaking his head and saying, "I don't want to make assumptions. We should just focus on what we can do and deal with it when it comes."

I could see something in his eyes, but since he didn't want to face this thought, I chose not to push it.

The two of us didn't talk about much else and just slowly went back to the camp as both of us were deep in thought.

Neither of us knew what tomorrow would hold.