The Legendary Pseudo-villain - Chapter 196

“But that’s why we are standing here,” Lara shrugged her shoulders as she spoke and this one sentence was able to reveal a lot about her.

At this moment, Hecathe’s eyes narrowed down on her and he wondered just how much was it that she really knew.

“Then let me be the one who ends this as well,” Marvin gritted out as he spun his double-bladed saber.

Lara smiled as she heard this, “I’m afraid things aren’t that easy.”

Marvin immediately threw the saber forward, aiming at the girl, but at the very last possible second, she disappeared into thin air and the only thing left in her place was a small stone that had been shattered by the blade.

Marvin gulped as he saw this but it seemed as if he had already expected this to happen.

Hecathe, on the other hand, was clearly shocked and immediately snapped his head towards LeiLei.

There was only one person here who had the ability to do such a thing, but when Hecathe turned to look at her, he couldn’t help but feel that there was something wrong.

LeiLei was acting normal…

It didn’t look like she had been controlled by Lara. In fact, if Hecathe were to put a finger on it, he would say that it almost seemed as if the girl had made the decision to help Lara all on her own.

Hecathe gulped as he raised his hand and the Dorgon that had previously been flying in a circle over the city now came down and snatched Hecathe away from the stage in front of everyone.

“Do you see this? This is the power of the great emperor,” The Dorgon happily boasted as if he was waiting for Hecathe to agree and compliment him.

“The great emperor is indeed great at showing off,” Hecathe responded and the Dorgon was not sure if this was a compliment or just a sarcastic remark.

“I have a question,” Before the Dorgon could say anything, Hecathe immediately changed the topic as he spoke up and asked, “Why is she unable to read my mind?”

“Hmm?” The Dorgon sounded a bit surprised as he heard this question and instead of giving the answer straight away, he asked another question in turn, “You really don’t know?”

Hecathe frowned as he heard this, “Well I guessed that it was because I’m not the real owner of this body.”

“Master, that’s not it,” The Dorgon explained with a sigh, “It’s because of that ring on your finger.”

Hecathe was a bit shocked and confused as he heard this so he fell speechless and looked down at the ring that had been given to him by a random old lady.

“It’s like a barrier. It protects you.”

Hecathe gulped as he heard this and he felt as if luck had really been on his side this time.

“Now,” The Dorgon stopped going forward and flapped his wings to stay on air as he asked, “Where shall the havoc start?”

Hecathe chuckled softly as he heard this and commented, “Your highness, be honest with me. You just joined me because you want revenge, isn’t that right?”

It was the first time Hecathe had referred to the Drogon with such respect and surprisingly enough, he wasn’t being sarcastic this time.

The Dorgon also chuckled as he heard this question, “You are nothing more than a mere mortal. What made you think I’d listen to you if I saw no personal gain in it?”

“…”

Hecathe suddenly didn’t know if he was supposed to laugh or cry as he heard this.

It seemed that Hecathe’s plans had been imperfect since the very beginning. He thought he was the one who was controlling everyone else but it seemed that he was also nothing more than just a pawn strategically placed in this chessboard by someone else.

At this point, he wondered if it really had been Alphius who had brought Hecathe into this world.

“Hecathe, you still have a lot of surprises waiting for you so hang in there,” The Dorgon spoke with a teasing chuckle and Hecathe almost felt as if he was being treated as a fool.

The Dorgon took a deep breath in and with a single swing of his wings, he went down towards the city with all intentions of attacking.

Hecathe could no longer control this Dorgon so he decided to stay on the creature’s back and didn’t bother trying to stop him.

The Dorgon opened his mouth and breathed out ice, freezing everything that came in his way.

The houses and buildings crumbled down and the people remained frozen in their place with a thick layer of ice covering their bodies.

Hecathe couldn’t help but gulp as he saw everything and once again, the majestic power of the creature dawned on him.

He had really been a fool to think that he could control this Dorgon. There had been no human that had done it before and he would naturally not be the first one to do it.

“Don’t worry, I won’t hurt the innocents. Once the ice melts, they’ll be released,” The Dorgon spoke reassuringly and Hecathe was left a little stunned.

“I never worried about that,” Hecathe responded with a sigh and this was the truth.

Dorgon’s were known to be merciless creatures that had no pity for others. They were the villains painted in red. However, at this moment, this Dorgon seemed to have more mercy than what Hecathe had for these people.

The war was sudden and the three willows of spring already had an army that had been weakened due to the controversy surrounding the death of the great Edler. But this didn’t make them weak. In fact, it was a surprise that they were able to strongly hold up against their adversary.

The Dorgon had said he would wreak havoc in the city but so far, all he did was safeguard the innocents and destroy everything else that came in the way. If there was a hero in this story then there was no doubt that the hero would be the Dorgon who acted nonchalant but still prioritized the lives of the innocent people caught up in the war.

Lara disappeared from the fight and nobody was able to find her.

The army controlled by Darius was strong but they were still lacking against the number of mutants and mecha-suits that they were fighting.

After Asgarian had finally started coming back to his senses, he shouted out loud and attacked everything that came in his way.

It didn’t matter if it was a mecha-suit, a mutant, or one of his own people.

Asgarian had already dragged himself down to be a madman who attacked without discrimination.

His thirst for blood was finally starting to overflow and there was no way he would ever be able to recover from such a thing.

He had killed many before this but no one had ever dared to point a finger at him except for Hecathe. And so, it was only natural that all his hatred was now aimed at Hecathe, but since he couldn’t get his hands on the man, he took out his anger on everyone else.

LeiLei also disappeared from the fight but unlike Lara, she didn’t completely run away, instead, she reappeared in front of the Dorgon and Hecathe.

The Dorgon stopped and closed his mouth as he glared at LeiLei.

“LeiLei, what are you doing?” Hecathe was the one who opened his mouth to question.

“I should be the one asking that,” LeiLei gritted out as she glared at the Dorgon instead of looking at Hecathe, “Why the hell are you trying to protect the humans that have always been against you?!”

The Dorgon scoffed as he heard this but said nothing since it would be useless to talk to a woman who couldn’t understand a word that he speaks.

“LeiLei, I thought we had a deal,” Hecathe sighed as he spoke up, “You said we were partners, didn’t you?”

LeiLei tilted her head with a small smirk as she heard this but said nothing.

“Why did you decide to betray us?” Hecathe asked as his eyes dangerously narrowed down on the girl.

“I never betrayed you,” LeiLei spoke with a dry chuckle.

Hecathe’s eyebrows creased together in confusion as he heard this but he didn’t bother thinking too much about it.

The answer was clearly in front of his eyes so there was no need for him to delude himself into thinking that this girl was on the same side as him.

“Hecathe, can you convey my words to her?” The Dorgon asked calmly and Hecathe nodded his head as he agreed.

“What is it?”

“Tell her that I saw through her from the very beginning itself,” The Dorgon spoke firmly as he kept his eyes on the girl, “Tell her that she has already lost this fight.”

Hecathe gulped as he heard this and although he was a bit confused, he still spoke up and repeated the Dorgon’s words.

LeiLei scoffed as she heard him and snapped, “I have already won so it would be better just to accept your fate.”