Chapter 114: Lucian, Mira and Rock
At the headquarters of the Wolf guild, although Mr. Wolf had not returned from his business trip yet, the information had already been sent back to the headquarters. Although Bell was still young, he was also one of the pillars of the guild, so he naturally had the right to participate in this major meeting.
There were dozens of hunters in the current office. Most of them were B-rank hunter managers, and the three important leaders were A-rank hunters.
Sitting near the highest position was a middle-aged man with black hair. His body was slender, his shoulders were narrow, but his legs were extremely long, making his appearance look very unbalanced.
He was Lucian, an A-rank hunter. His ability was Spatial Step. This ability allowed Lucian to instantly teleport within a range of three hundred meters. The cooldown time was almost nonexistent; everything depended on his energy, physical strength, and reaction speed.
At his waist, he carried two small daggers, and both were top-tier weapons. With his extremely fast teleportation ability, although he could not deal large-scale damage, Lucian was extremely good at assassination.
Sitting beside him was a little girl... no, an adult, but her appearance looked quite like a girl because of her short stature and twin-tailed white hair.
It seemed that she quite liked the gothic-style black dress, but her face was so cute that the gothic style no longer had even the slightest feeling of being cool or edgy.
Mira was also an A-rank hunter with the Shadow Doppelgänger ability. Her shadow could transform into a maximum of three clones. Each clone was seventy percent as strong as the original and could operate independently no matter how far away it was until Mira voluntarily recalled them.
Behind her, she carried a thick black whip that was neatly coiled up. This was also her main weapon.
Another person was a dark-skinned man with dreadlocks and bulging muscles. Standing next to that massive body, Bell suddenly looked much smaller than usual.
Rock was an A-rank tanker with the Counter Pulse ability. Within zero point one seconds after receiving an attack, he could actively activate a shockwave to counterattack. Looking at Rock’s massive body, no one would think that he had an ability that required such extremely precise timing.
He carried a tiny hand-held shield. Compared to his huge body, this shield was about as big as one of his plates.
It was not that Rock was too stingy, but that spirit stones were too expensive. They were not large chunks of rock. On average, each one was only as small as a marble.
The three of them only needed to sit there to already exude the overwhelming presence of experienced hunters, making the subordinates all sit up straight and not dare to say even a single word of nonsense.
"What the hell is that brat doing? With Mr. Wolf not here, Bell’s the only S-rank. Why isn’t he here?"
In front of everyone, Mira bluntly called an S-rank hunter a brat, and her attitude was far too casual.
She was a long-time member of the Wolf guild. To her, Bell was just like a younger brother. Even if he were an S-rank or SS-rank, she would still dare to scold him as usual.
Perhaps because she had waited too long, she leaned back in her chair and put her feet on the table. This action directly broke the solemn atmosphere of the important meeting.
"Ever since brat Bell brought back some little ancestor from who knows where, he seems to only care about her. At first, I thought she was Bell’s new girlfriend, but Bell’s behavior is clearly him spoiling the little ancestor, not doting on his girlfriend."
Bell was from the younger generation, and could be said to be the one guaranteeing the future of the Wolf guild for the next few decades. As Mr. Wolf’s highest advisor, Lucian was very bothered when he saw Bell acting so submissive in front of Lailah.
Whenever everyone asked, Bell naturally refused to explain clearly. Only Mr. Wolf could figure something out because he understood Bell too well.
Because he had figured it out, Mr. Wolf firmly refused to pry further to avoid putting Bell in a difficult position or, worse, making him lose a great opportunity.
"A true man would never bow his head before a woman. I am very disappointed in Bell."
Rock crossed his arms over his chest and shook his head. There were not many people in the group with bulging muscles like Bell, so Rock liked Bell quite a lot. Precisely because he liked him, Rock was disappointed to see that strong brat lose all his dignity serving a woman.
"Pfft hahaha..."
The moment Rock finished speaking, Mira immediately burst out laughing. Laughing directly in Rock’s face in front of so many people, she clearly did not respect Rock at all.
"What are you laughing at? Is there anything wrong with what I said? Bell used to be a hot-blooded young man, but now he has become someone who only knows how to follow behind a woman."
Rock’s expression immediately darkened. Good or bad, he was now a middle-aged man with a high social status. Although the relationship between him and Mira was indeed very close, and they could insult each other however they wanted, why did she have to laugh in his face in the meeting room?
"With that kind of thinking, no wonder you’re still a single middle-aged man that no girl wants."
Having his sore spot hit, Rock immediately remembered the past. Back then, he had not awakened yet and was still a young man. Because he had his heart broken, he buried himself in the gym. He kept working out until now. Although he was no longer sad about the heartbreak, he still had not dated anyone.
"Hmph, anyone can talk about me, but you and Lucian have no right to. Haven’t the two of you lived for decades and still not had a girlfriend or boyfriend even once? At least I’ve had my heart broken before, so I’m still one level above you."
As expected of someone with an ability that required extreme precision, the moment he opened his mouth, he accurately hit the weak points of both A-rank hunters.
Lucian’s expression darkened after being insulted like this for no reason. Don’t think that just because they were friends, they could say whatever they wanted.
"Can you two stop it already? You’re both old enough, so why are you still arguing over such childish things?"
"Only you’re old."
They had just been arguing with each other, but at this moment, Rock and Mira united against Lucian.