The Legendary Pseudo-villain

"Let me start!~" The thin pale girl who couldn't stop clinging to the shirtless guy exclaimed cheerfully with a big smile on her face, "My name is Lele and I have been a hunter for the last two years. I don't have much experience with catching mutants so I hope you guys can help me out if needed!~" 

Hecathe's eyes twitched as he heard her talking in a pitch that was a bit too high and annoying. 

The mage who was in charge clicked her tongue as she heard the girl's introduction, "Nobody is going to look after you or help you. If you've been a hunter for the past two years then you should naturally have enough experience and if you don't trust your skills enough then you shouldn't be here in the first place." 

Hecathe gulped as he found Kelly to be more interesting. She was clearly not the type to beat around the bush as she snapped and informed Lele exactly what her current situation was.

The girl called Lele gasped and looked to be offended but not as much as the shirtless guy who glared at Kelly and immediately shouted, "How can you talk to her like that?!" 

"..." 

Hecathe was speechless as he saw the man's angry reaction. 

Kelly rolled her eyes as she ignored him and spoke, "It's your turn now. Please give us your name." 

"This is Haze, he's my boyfriend!~" Lele answered for him as she beamed. 

Kelly nodded her head as she didn't bother with the two anymore and turned to look at the other hunter who was dressed the same as Hecathe, "You?" 

The man smiled as he kneeled down on his one knee and over exaggeratedly raised his right hand to touch his chest with his head bowed down in a respectful manner as he introduced himself, "You can call me Raven." 

Hecathe was even more baffled as he saw this kind of introduction. 

Young man... Is this a movie?

Are you a prince proposing to your lucky cinderella?! 

Kelly didn't look to be as shocked as Hecathe as she simply nodded her head and turned to face Hecathe, "And your name?" 

"It's Hecathe," Hecathe coughed as he casually gave his name. 

Raven stood up and straightened his back as he stared at Hecathe without saying anything. 

"Great!" Kelly exclaimed as she wrote something down on the book that she held, "Lele, Haze, Raven, and Hecathe. We would have to be working together if we want to come out of there alive. For that short while, I hope you guys can remember each other's name and try to get along." 

Hecathe and Raven nodded their heads in unison as they heard her while the annoying couple kept whispering something to each other as they ignored Kelly. 

Hecathe couldn't help but feel displeased already as he saw these ignorant brats and even though he didn't know them well enough, from what he had seen till now, he could clearly say that he would not be getting along with them. 

"Miss Kelly, would it be rude for me to ask what class of mage you belong to?" It was Raven who questioned politely as he looked at the woman. 

Kelly nodded as she answered, "Ice element, silver class." 

"Is that so?" Raven smiled as he flattered the woman, "I've never actually met a silver class ice mage before but I'm surely not disappointed." 

Hecathe blinked as his eyes narrowed down on this man. For some reason, no matter how nice this Raven posed to be, Hecathe couldn't help but have this unsettling feeling that this man was fake. 

He was faker than the smile worn by Lele! 

"We would be in there for ten minutes and if you guys decide to run off, it's not my responsibility. Stay near me and I would bring you back. Refuse to listen to me and I leave you behind," Kelly spoke up as she informed.   

"Now how many of you have been to a mutant cave before this?" Kelly asked as she glanced at the other four. 

Hecathe kept his hand down as he had never actually been to a mutant cave. Raven confidently raised his hand with a chuckle and although both Lele and Haze raised their hands, Hecathe found it hard to believe that the two of them had ever been to a mutant cave before this. 

Kelly nodded her head as she noted something down on her book, "So only Hecathe is left?" 

Hecathe nodded his head as he informed, "You don't need to worry about me. Even if I don't have any experience with a mutant cave, I have still defeated them before this so I can protect myself." 

The woman looked to be amused as she heard this response and for the first time, there was a small smile on her face as she responded, "That's good. You're confident but since it's your first time, don't try to overdo it. If you want help, I'll help you." 

Hecathe was a bit surprised as he heard this and it looked like the other hunters were shocked as well. 

Lele pouted as she muttered in disbelief, "Didn't she say that she won't be there to help us? What is this discrimination?" 

Since the room was so quiet, the others clearly heard it but they all simply ignored Lele. 

Raven smiled as he spoke up, "Brother Hecathe, I'll also be there to help you out so you can depend on us." 

Hecathe nodded his head as he replied, "In that case, if you two are in danger, I would naturally save you as well." 

"..." Kelly and Raven simply blinked in surprise as they heard this confidence sentence. 

"What a self-conceited midget," The shirtless man called Haze commented offensively with a laugh, clearly mocking Hecathe with his words. 

Hecathe smiled in turn but said nothing to the man. 

Haze thought that Hecathe was too scared to say anything back, but how was he to know that Hecathe didn't bother responding because he simply thought that dogs could bark all they want but in the end, they would still tuck their tails in between their legs and run away?

To respond to such mindless barking was simply not worth it....