Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

"YOU BASTARD! HOW DARE YOU UTTER THAT NAME!"

Belle screamed, still trying to strangle Atlan. But the Beast stopped her before she could get any closer to Atlan.

Ninth looked back at Atlan.

"I was simply telling the truth," Atlan shrugged his shoulders.

"Carmine told me the real story about Belle. She was part of a research party about the Beast, but when they were trapped in the castle with no way out, her team threw her out to save themselves.

Her team made it out alive, and Belle was never found again, until now. Everyone thought she would be forever lost in the Remedium, but now, who would have thought that she took control of the Beast for her own sake?"

Ninth looked back at Ninth.

"So she was lying. There's still no reason for me to refuse her request. We need to deal with the Dragon, and we can only do that with their help."

Atlan pointed at the camera in his battle suit, signaling for Carmine to explain.

"Belle used to be a Specialist-level Savior with a terrifying ability. She has a LifeSkill called Contract Lock.

If you break a contract with her, then she could have weakened you and your team into an almost catatonic state. It doesn't matter if you or she break it, the moment the contract is broken, you are given a large debuff, lessening your offense and defense by a staggering 90 percent!"

Atlan looked at Belle. "She would have used that opportunity to backstab us."

Belle's ability was incredibly strong, especially if no one knew about her ability beforehand.

Ninth was almost tricked by her. And she couldn't be blamed for that. After all, she couldn't have known that she had that kind of ability. She was blindsided.

Even so, the fact that she almost put her entire team into a dangerous position made Ninth extremely mad at herself. She couldn't believe how stupid she was.

She usually wasn't this hasty. In truth, she was incredibly afraid of the Dragon. From the moment it appeared, she realized that there was a Canzer that she couldn't defeat with her sword. And it scared her to think that the Dragon could simply appear out of nowhere and kill the entire team. And she would be helpless.

So, when Belle or Beauty proposed a joint expedition to kill the Dragon, she immediately jumped at the chance.

After all, she knew that she could defeat both Belle and the Beast with ease if they did decide to betray them.

From her perspective, she was the one using Beauty and the Beast. But as it turned out, she was the one getting used.

"Tsk! You are all gonna pay for this! Beast, kill them all!" Beauty pointed at them.

And as if its leash was broken, the Beast roared out to the castle and broke out of his princely attire. What was left was his hairy body like that of a bear. Your next journey awaits at empire

For its first victim, the Beast lunged at Ninth.

But it was extremely surprised to see that its paws were stopped by Ninth's one-handed sword. She wasn't even looking at the Beast. She had her head down in shame.

"You'll pay for this…" Ninth muttered.

She raised her sword, pushing the Beast back despite its tremendous strength.

She immediately rushed toward Belle and thrust her sword into her heart.

But suddenly, a floating candelabra stopped the sword in its tracks. And before Ninth could react, a giant mantle clock suddenly fell from the ceiling and threatened to crush her into the ground.

These animated objects held surprising strength, pinning Ninth and preventing her from pursuing Belle.

The rest of her team tried to support her, but they were all swarmed by living kitchen utensils that had a mind of their own. Forks, spoons, and knives floated in the air and attacked everyone indiscriminately.

In the meanwhile, Belle sneaked to the back and slowly made her way towards Atlan.

Ninth was busy fighting the Beast, and the rest of the team was also busy fighting for their lives.

Atlan was all alone with no help around him.

"...you…it's all because of you!" she whispered to herself.

Even though her specialty wasn't in offense, she was still a bona fide Specialist-level Savior. She could deal with a weak little boy like him in her sleep.

A floating book followed close to Belle. This contained all her contracts, including her contract with the Beast and the animated objects in the castle.

She summoned a teacup, which was filled with deadly acid that could melt bones in a fraction of a second.

She was about to pour this acid to Atlan, when all of a sudden, the whole castle was filled with gray smoke.

This smoke obscured everything, not even letting her see or sense the Beast anywhere.

"The Enchanted Queen?...no…this is different…this looks like…the Huntsman! But that's impossible…"

She tried to run as far away from the smoke as possible, but it looked like she was trapped in an endless space. No matter where she ran, there was nothing but gray smoke everywhere.

"Do you know?"

Suddenly, Atlan's voice echoed through the gray smoke, surprising Belle.

She quickly turned around and saw him standing with his hands crossed in his chest.

"I'm going to tear you apart, little boy! You're going to wish you were dead!"

But in response to her threat, Atlan simply repeated his question.

"Do you know?"

Belle finally had enough. "Know what?!"

"Do you know that the Angles died and humans can finally die?"

Belle scoffed at his words. "And even if that's true, do you think you can kill me? You? With your paltry strength? Talk to me again in a thousand years. Oh wait, you're not going to live that long."

Atlan shook his head. "Maybe I can't defeat you. But he can."

Atlan pointed toward Belle's side.

She quickly turned around and saw a silhouette slowly appear through the dark fog.

For a moment, she thought she saw the Huntsman.

Then, a green line of fire appeared and created a bluish-green fire explosion toward Beauty.