“Drama Queen”

[Remember, smol hooman, just follow my lead and act with me. Once I give you a signal, use "that" skill and then use another [Shadow Steps] right after.] 

Charlie's [Shadow Steps] skill only had a ten-minute cooldown, and Neo could give Charlie this precious fifteen minutes. 

Charlie didn't know what Neo wanted to do, but he didn't think much and just obeyed. 

[O-okay, Neo. I will use the skills on time and try not to ruin your plan...]

Right after Charlie responded to Neo, Jaime stopped in front of the cage, looking down at the disgraced Charlie in disdain. 

"Don't think you can wait for my man's skill to end. This [Confinement] skill can last for a whole fifteen minutes!" 

Jaime seemed to have known Charlie's thoughts, so he ruthlessly pierced his bubble. 

"After all, this is an A+ rank skill, only a little bit lower than S-rank skill!" 

Charlie was taken aback at the skill's high level, but he tried to remain calm. 

"S-so what? I don't believe the guards won't come within fifty minutes. Y-you have violated this place's rules of no fighting!" 

Charlie spoke whatever Neo told him to speak, and Jaime immediately sneered at Charlie's naive words. 

"Heh. By the time the guards arrived, you would have already been seriously injured, or accidentally lost your pet." 

The young man gently stroked the head of his basketball-sized slime, with the corner of his mouth pulled up, forming a sarcastic smile. 

His family was one of this safe zone's owners, so as long as he didn't kill this boy, everything could be talked about. 

The crowds around the commotion were still whispering to each other, but no one dared to come forward to help Charlie. 

They even backed down, afraid that they would anger this young master. 

They were all just F-rank or F+ rank hunters. 

But that young master actually had four E-rank hunters! 

One of the E-rank hunters actually had an A+ rank skill, only a little bit away from S-rank. 

How did the Okko Family get such a talented person who shouldn't be in their backward Slime City to work for them? 

Charlie also knew that Jaime wouldn't waste time to rob Neo, but he kept delaying time by cursing the young master in a small voice. 

"I-if it's not for your family background, y-you would have been worse than all of us here!" 

Jaime squinted his eyes at Charlie's words, but he didn't care and just waved his hand at the E-rank bodyguard who used the [Confinement] skill. 

After getting Jaime's signal, the E-rank bodyguard, the leader of the bodyguard group, immediately stepped forward. 

The moment his body touched the cage, he actually bypassed the cage, as if the cage didn't exist. 

The bodyguard came to Charlie's side with a stern face and without saying a word, he snatched Neo, who was hiding inside Charlie's check pocket. 

His movement was so fast that Charlie only felt his pocket tearing apart and Neo was already firmly held in the man's palm. 

Both Charlie and John, who were lurking somewhere, subconsciously shouted in their minds. 

[N-neo!]

[NEO!] 

However, to the two hunters' surprise, Neo didn't say anything and just started to...

Act. 

When the slime was held in the man's palm, he suddenly wriggled and the next second, the little cub let out another heart-piercing cry without using a skill. 

"WAAAA— CHIII— Chi! Chi! Chi!"

Neo wriggled and tried to get back to Charlie, showing his full reluctance to be separated. 

At first, the E-rank hunter ruthlessly restrained the slime's movement with his palm, but then, he discovered something wrong.

The slime, which was so active and lively before, slowly "whitered".

The cries became increasingly weaker, and the slime also visibly lost its luster. 

The slime melted into a slime pancake bit by bit, and its whole body excluded a gloomy aura of death. 

! Not good! 

"Stop! Stop! Stop! Lee! Don't squeeze it!"

Jaime, who was following behind the bodyguard, almost jumped three feet on the spot. 

"Ah— Lee Dragon! Did you hear me? You're hurting it! It's still a fragile slime cub!! Don't kill it!" 

Jaime almost cursed the man named "Lee" and called him an idiot, but remembering the man's potential and bright future, Jaime swallowed his ugly curses. 

Calm down. Calm down. 

He had been trying to coax this man to side with the family.

He couldn't offend this man for such a small thing. 

Lee Dragon paused his action at Jaime's panicked screams and quickly loosened his grip on the slime. 

Indeed, the slime could "breathe" normally again, but it still looked listless. 

It kept looking towards Charlie in the cage, as if it would die of a heartbreak the next second. 

Jaime knew that slime cubs and any other beast cubs had a severe dependence on their "parents", but he didn't expect the slime to be so attached to that boy. 

No wonder the boy, who was clearly weaker than his companion, got to keep the slime instead of others. 

Jaime was afraid that Neo would die of heartbreak, so he quickly asked Lee Dragon to release Charlie as well. 

"Just get him out of the cage and let the six people keep an eye on him." 

Jaime believed that Charlie was not a threat. 

There were still three E-rank hunters with D and E-level skills here. 

They were enough to deal with Charlie, his hidden companion and a little slime.

Lee Dragon was a silent man, even more silent than John. 

He didn't say anything and just waved his hand, taking back his skill. 

He didn't feel heartache that he canceled the skill that could be used for another thirty minutes. 

Seeing this cool guy's reaction and his strong aura, Neo lamented his bad luck. 

Why would he meet such a difficult opponent aside from that annoying young master? 

Of course, Neo wasn't immersed in his depression for a long time. 

After making sure that Charlie was out, he quickly continued to immerse himself in his oscar-worthy acting. 

Behold, hooman. The drama queen is here!