I Became the Demon King of Lust

After turning in that direction, the knives suddenly gathered on a single point in the air.

They all seemed to stab a certain point in the air and just floated there for a second before falling downwards. The mass of knives fell down together and clattered onto the ground.

Even when they fell to the ground, they didn't split up and just were gathered on the same point.

It was almost as if there was something that was in the center that was drawing them all together like this.

I just looked at the frail looking young man and said with a smile, "I never thought that you would have this kind of power. It seems like even that handshake in the beginning was a setup."

The frail looking young man also revealed a faint smile.

Since he had been exposed, there was nothing that he could do about it.

He suddenly gave a roar and then there was a shaking that came from all around us before many different things were ripped out of the ground and the wall. All of these things were things that were made from metal.

This frail looking young man's power was magnetism.

Or specifically, it was the ability to control magnetism.

The thing that he had put in the hem of my sleeve during our handshake was a small piece of metal. He had been using this to pull the knives into following me.

It gave off the illusion that he was controlling the knives, but he was actually just using magnetic attraction to pull the knives at me.

That was how they had been following me the entire time.

And now that he had been exposed, he had no reason to keep acting.

He was using all his powers to pull in everything made of metal around us.

With me at the center, he was most likely trying to use all of these metal things to crush me.

This was a good plan, but…it was too bad that it was used on the wrong person.

I revealed a smile and said, "This is going to end in an instant, so open your eyes wide and watch closely."

The frail looking young man was surprised to hear this, but then he said, "Come!"

As he said this, the pieces of metal that were floating in the air suddenly started to fly towards us.

It seemed that he really was planning to go all out, so I responded in turn.

"Much faster and stronger." I said to myself.

Then with one step, I appeared in front of the frail looking young man.

His eyes opened wide in shock, but he wasn't able to do a thing as my sword suddenly came forward to slash him.

Of course, since this was only a duel and not a death match, I didn't use the blade of the sword.

The frail looking young man was knocked to the ground and his eyes rolled back in his head showing that he had been knocked out.

I let out a sigh of relief, but I quickly found that there was another problem.

The pieces of metal flying through the air were still flying at us with extreme speed.

Well, it wasn't flying at us, but rather flying at the frail looking young man who had fainted.

He had most likely set himself as the point of attraction, but he would have been able to stop anything that came at him before it hit him with his powers. Or at least that would have happened if he didn't faint.

Now they were just coming at him with incredible speed and he would be crushed if I didn't do anything.

Weighing the pros and cons, I decided that it was better to save him.

I could have just left him, but saving him would increase my own evaluation in the eyes of the judges.

At the same time, it was as easy as a wave of my hand to save him.

So there was no reason not to save him.

But before I could make a move, there was a snap that rang out.

Then all of a sudden, there were these invisible barriers that appeared around us that blocked off the pieces of metal.

I was caught off guard at first, but then I looked around to see where this barrier came from.

It was one of the examiners who had raised his hand to create this barrier.

As expected of those chosen to be examiners, not a single one of them was simple.

When that examiner saw me looking at him, he looked at me with a smile on his face.

I couldn't help being surprised by the fact that he was looking at me with a smile, so all I could do was look back with an awkward smile.

I didn't know just how much of a mess this caused amongst the examiners.

There were many of them that glared at the one who had acted.

If they had been the one that saved him, then they would have left a good impression on him. That would have given them a better chance of working with this person with the buff attributed power.

All of them had seen how strong his buffs could be, so they were all very excited about this.

After the metal pieces had been stopped, the serious looking man announced, "This fight is over. The winner is Lin Fan."

There wasn't any applause that rang out after the fight since the ones that were watching were those still in the tournament.

Not a single one of them would applaud a strong opponent moving on.

After all, not a single one of them had been able to see through his abilities just now. Not a single one of them knew how he had suddenly disappeared like that.

So all they could do was look at Lin Fan cautiously.

On the stage, the frail looking young man slowly woke up.

He was an Awakener, so even if he looked frail, his body wasn't actually that weak.

It didn't take him long to wake up even though I had knocked him out.

Seeing the metal pieces surrounding us, the frail looking young man revealed a faint smile and said, "It seems that I've lost."

I gave a nod before saying, "But that was a good fight. Especially your setup, that was a very smart idea."

Since I had won, there was no reason not to praise him.

After all, it wasn't a bad idea to build up a relationship with powerful people in the future.

But to my surprise, the frail young man shook his head and said, "It wasn't just a setup, I really meant what I said."

I couldn't help being taken aback when I heard this.

I slowly watched as that frail young man's eyes filled with a strange look that almost bordered fanaticism…

He said, "It is an honour for me to meet my idol. Plus I even got to shake his hand. I'll never wash this hand as long as I live."

My chin dropped when I heard this and I just shook my head.

"Please wash your hand…"