I Became the Demon King of Lust

There was a moment of hesitation as I looked at the blue phoenix as if I was trying to figure out if she was being serious or not.

But in the end, when she was about to say something again, I started running around the room.

The room itself wasn't that big of a room, but it wasn't that small either.

To run around it, meaning to go a single lap was to run around two kilometers.

Meaning that to run a hundred times around the room was to run around two hundred kilometers. That meant that I would have to run the distance of over four marathons to run a hundred laps around this room.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

At the same time, I only had ten minutes to do so since there were only ten minutes per round…

This was definitely not a speed that normal people could reach.

No, it wasn't even a speed that normal Awakeners could reach.

If it wasn't for the fact that I had trained with Su Chen and had the ability to increase my power, then even I might not be able to do such a thing.

I had looked down on this trial since she had said it so casually, but running a hundred laps in this room definitely wasn't that easy. So I didn't hold back at all as I buffed myself from the beginning.

"A bit faster and stronger."

It was only a small buff since like a marathon, it was important to pace oneself while running long distance. If I used all of my energy from the beginning, then I would find myself running out at the very end.

Of course, I made sure to hold the sword in my hand and wear the armour while running.

Since I was going to do this, I made sure to have this set of equipment that doubled my stats while doing it. I wasn't a fool that I would just ignore them just because it made it a bit easier to run.

The payoff would be too much.

Though I did cut a strange figure while running because I was holding a sword and was in full armour.

The good thing was that the blue phoenix seemed to find this funny, so she didn't mind that I had these buff items on while running.

Or at least that was what I thought at first…

"You look strange running like that. If you're going to run, you should at least use proper form."

I was focused on running, so I didn't hear it at first, but…

"You should swing your arms and raise your knees when you run. Only then will you be able to run properly."

A bitter smile appeared on my face when I heard this as a strong urge to curse the blue phoenix out appeared deep inside of me. But I resisted that urge in the end and was able to hold myself back.

This was the blue phoenix's trial, so of course she could tell me to do whatever she wanted me to do.

Since she was telling me to run with my knees up and with my arm swinging, I had no choice but to do so. Though it did make things much harder since I was holding a sword and wearing armour that got in the way.

I was going much slower because of it, so I had no choice but to say.

"Faster and stronger."

With the added buff, I was able to maintain the same speed as before, but the strain on my body was clearly much greater. I had to maintain the buff while also using more power to maintain this.

But as long as it was just this, then I wouldn't have a problem maintaining this.

It was too bad that the blue phoenix didn't leave things like this.

"The way that you're holding that sword, it really does look strange."

A bitter smile appeared on my face when I heard this. For the blue phoenix to suddenly say this, it was clear that there was another request that she was going to make…

As expected, she said, "You know, it would be really cool if you ran like you were marching. It would give it a very good feeling."

March?

She wanted me to march while I was running?

I really didn't know what to say in response to this.

So instead of responding, I just kept running as I was already doing as if I didn't hear what she said.

But…she said it again and she stared right at me the entire time as if she was putting pressure on me.

So in the end, I pulled out a potion and stuffed it in my mouth after saying, "Much faster and stronger."

This was me going all out since there was nothing else I could do at this point. Since this was what she wanted, the only thing that I could do was comply.

At the very least, I would be cured when I left this trial, so this was all that mattered.

If I could pass this, then it would be worth it.

Finally, the blue phoenix was satisfied when she saw me marching along at incredible speeds. With how fast I was going, it was hard to believe that I was just marching.

But I did all that I could to maintain that marching form.

It seemed that at this rate, I would be able to make it.

That made me feel relieved.

One thing of note was that the heat had dropped since I wasn't right by the blue phoenix anymore.

Since I was running around the edge of the room, it meant that I was in the coolest place since the blue phoenix was right in the center.

Or at least that was what I had thought.

But after a while, I couldn't help feeling that it was getting hotter and the increasing temperature wasn't stopping…

As for the time…it had been around five minutes since I arrived in this room.