May The Hunt Start!

Later the same day:

POV PunkGuy:

The ten players knelt on the black metallic ground, PunkGuy amidst them. He could immediately recognize his friends and even rivals he fought side by side for a time that felt almost like an eternity.

The coldness and fire constantly clashed around them, exploding in small fireworks in the background of the giant boss arena.

'Is this about the rumors? Is the boss going to try and appease us? Explains it to us?' PunkGuy looked at his friends, but to his shock, none of them seemed to even care, except for the elven caster Lili, who was squirming.

'I would expect that pyromaniac not to care, but what about others? Even Drake-kun doesn't look like he cares, and he is a priest. Are we the evil ones?' The rumors were so disgusting and terrifying they made him shudder, even doubting if he chose the right side of the conflict.

However, he wasn't as dumb as to betray his friends and kind just due to rumors without any proof backing them.