"What's Lin God going to do?"
"Holy crap, is he abandoning us?"
"What are you to him? Why would he look after you?"
The weaklings chattered in panic, their eyes fixed on Xia Hongyao and the others.
Their strongest ally had gone off on his own. What were they supposed to do now?
"Is Little Lin going to kill the King by himself?"
Xia Hongyao wasn't good at reasoning, but she knew Lin Baici too well. There was only one reason he'd be in such a hurry to leave.
"No! I have to go with him!"
Xia Hongyao was worried.
"Get back here!"
Gu Qingqiu barked.
"But—"
Xia Hongyao didn't get to finish. Gu Qingqiu cut her off sharply.
"No buts!"
Gu Qingqiu stared at Xia Hongyao. "If you go out there now, you'll die immediately!"
If Lin Baici had any other option, he wouldn't have left everyone behind with the Rule Pollution still uncleansed.
The only reason he'd done this was that he'd placed all his remaining hopes on killing that God King.
"Though I didn't hear what Lin Jun and that Dancer said, it's obvious she's different from the other monsters. She seems to know Lin Jun!"
Sannomiya Airi had a keen eye.
"She knows him?"
At those words, Xia Hongyao suddenly had a flash of insight. "I remember now!"
"What did you remember?"
Kurita Isao pressed her.
"A year ago, Lin Baici and I ran into a King in the Palm Harbor God Ruins. That King gave Lin Baici a maid!"
Xia Hongyao recalled. "Thinking about it now, those two maids looked exactly alike!"
It was no wonder Xia Hongyao had overlooked that detail.
First, the King had said it offhandedly, so no one had taken it seriously. And after Xia Hongyao and Lin Baici left the