I Became the Demon King of Lust

I couldn't help being taken aback when I heard this and I wasn't able to react right away.

However, I was pulled back to my senses when the Ice Princess said, "What's wrong? Tell me what you have in mind."

I saw the way that she looked at me and I could tell that she was serious about hearing my plan. As for her reason why, I naturally didn't know, but since she was willing to hear me out…then there was no reason to hesitate any further.

I calmly said, "We have one advantage over the orcs which is our intelligence. With this intelligence, we can outsmart the orcs and force them in a situation where they won't be able to escape. While it is dangerous to burn this orc camp since we're in the forest, as long as we use our abilities to fall some trees to create a stopping zone, we should be able to avoid a full forest fire.

When that time comes, the orcs will burn to death inside of the fire trap that we set. If there are any that survive, then they will be too weak to fight back in the first place."

The Ice Princess nodded along to my plan before suddenly taking out a piece of paper that she put on the table in front of us. Then she looked at me while pointing at the map and saying, "Show me the area."

I was once again surprised, but I took out a pen from my bag and started drawing out an area on the map.

This map already had the orc camp marked on it, so based on that, I was able to segment out an area that I believed would be a good stopping area for the fire. As long as we cut out the trees in this area, the fire shouldn't spread that far and we should be able to trap the orcs inside.

The Ice Princess had been silently listening to me as I outlined this plan and drew this area.

Only when I was done did she finally give a nod and say, "This plan is good. Let's go with this plan."

Then she looked at me with a smile and said, "I knew that I wasn't wrong about you. When they mentioned the camp earlier, I could see that your eyes changed. You're clearly someone who has intelligence and ambition, but it's just that your abilities limit you. I really want to keep you as my permanent porter now."

I was about to say something, but she quickly cut me off by saying, "But not right now. Right now, we should focus on the task at hand. Let's talk about this in the future."

I couldn't help revealing a bit of a bitter smile when I heard this.

I had thought that I had left enough of an impression on her to achieve my goal, but it seemed that she still needed to watch me a bit more before that happened.

Still, I knew that I had at least left a good impression on her, so that was still better than nothing.

The Ice Princess gave a nod before saying, "Alright, let's leave it here for tonight. I'll tell the others that this is our plan tomorrow. Get a good rest tonight, we still have plenty to do…"

Before she could say 'tomorrow', Su Chen suddenly said, "There's a problem with this plan."

Both the Ice Princess and I immediately looked at Su Chen.

Su Chen had been looking over the map the entire time with a serious look on his face as if he was thinking about something.

The Ice Princess narrowed her eyes to look at him before asking, "What is the problem?"

There was no malice in her voice, rather she sincerely wanted to hear what Su Chen had to say.

After all, there was a reason why she had chosen him as her personal porter and had worked with him all this time.

As for me, I couldn't help glaring at Su Chen, wondering if he was specifically targeting me with these words. After all, someone else who caught the Ice Princess' attention would be bad for him.

But when I heard what he had to say, I realize that this wasn't the case.

He was actually giving proper advice.

"You forgot to account for the weather. There will be a westerly wind stirring tonight, so by tomorrow, there will be a powerful gale. Once that happens, you have to account for the embers carried by the wind and adjust the zones accordingly." Su Chen slowly explained.

After he said this, he pointed at the western part of the camp and said, "You have to make this area bigger or else you won't be able to contain the fire."

Then he also pointed at some parts of the map to the north and south of the orc camp before saying, "You should also consider expanding out these parts just in case since the wind will cause trouble there."

I went to the flap of the tent and peeked my head out to see that there was indeed already a breeze that was stirring.

When I came back into the tent, I couldn't help looking at Su Chen with a look of surprise and admiration.

Su Chen just said with a smile, "You can't be in the business for as long as me and not know things like this. A porter is responsible for supporting the Awakeners, so the things that we need to know are not just limited to carrying things. We need to know many different things that will be able to help those that we support."

He said this with a proud look on his face that really made him seem cool.

After a while, the Ice Princess said, "Alright, we'll make the changes to the zones as proposed by Su Chen." She looked at the two of us and everyone else in the tent before asking, "Is there anything else?"

None of us said a thing in response to this.

Seeing this, the Ice Princess gave a satisfied nod before saying, "Get some rest, you'll all be busy tomorrow."