The team he was with ever since he was young, the team he treated as his family, and the woman whom he loved for almost 10 years, easily abandoned him to save their own lives. Just because a strong stranger was asking for him, they easily offered him in a silver platter in exchange for their own necks.

He can't believe they would actually do this to him. He endured a lot of hards.h.i.+ps for them. A lot of wounds, and a lot of sacrifices. After all, they've been a team for almost 20 years, from when they were orphans to when they became adventurers.

But.... easily... so easily...

And by the woman he loved...

His eyes stung. He wanted to cry. But he felt that if he did, it would make it seem as though he was weak, and that he was making a big deal about nothing.

He looked at Renee in disbelief. But he only saw her blus.h.i.+ng while gazing at the man. He looked at the rest of the team but the brothers averted their eyes.

He had no choice but to hide his bitter feelings.

"You. Come here." The King pointed at George.

George complied and hastily made his way to the King.

The King grabbed his head and closed his eyes, so that they wouldn't see the change of his eyes' color.

George's memories from about two hours ago were being re-lived by the King in a second. And after a few moments, the King withdrew his hand.

"You met a girl named Inna. She had black hair, green eyes, wields multiple weapons, and claimed to have 'amnesia.'" The King relayed the key information he gathered while George nodded in surprise.

"After leaving her, do you have any idea where she might be?"

The team looked at each other while Renee broke out into soft laughter. "It's impossible for her to be alive."

"Why?" The King was intrigued and ended up staring at her.

This made Renee become fl.u.s.tered.

"Ah, uhm, s-she was inflicted with the Golden Bear's paralysis poison so, she wouldn't be able to move at all for a whole day. And given that she's in the Miasma Forest, a beast is bound to find her unmoving body and devour her sooner or later."

The King scrunched his eyebrows. There would be multiple bloodstains if she was devoured by a beast. And since the scene was spotless, save for the original pool of blood, he's positive that someone helped her. But he's not sure who that someone is.

Just to make sure that he didn't miss anything, the King read everyone's memories. Since what the woman said matched, it means that they really don't know anything else apart from her appearance and her mannerisms.

Especially her knack for swearing left and right.

He planned to let them go and let the Fates kill them. But a voice suddenly spoke up.

"Wait! Don't let us go! We can be useful!" Renee screamed.

"Ren..." Rod's voice held a warning.

This woman wants us to continue to be in danger for the sake of a little crush?

"And what possible use do you have left?" The King said, not hiding his disdain.

Renee wracked her brain for a reason.

"Uhm, warming your bed?" Renee asked shamelessly. The Reapers kneeling immediately stood up and in a blink of an eye, their claws were an inch apart from Renee's neck. Their eyes held contempt and rage.

This shameless woman! Towards the King!

Such blasphemy!

But the rest of the team were unaware of the Reaper's presence. After all, only the dead can see them.

Renee, on the other hand, only felt a heavy murderous aura directed at her. This made her scared and unable to move.

Meanwhile, the King looked at her in disgust.

"Then I have no use for you at all."