Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

Atlan genuinely accepted the sword and shield from the fairies. Just from holding it in his hands alone, he knew that these were weapons of mass destruction. His hands were shivering just from the mere fact that he was holding the sword and shield.

He was fighting the weapons to settle down. It was as if he was holding the leash of two massively powerful bears who wanted to tear down everything in their sight.

'You'll need these weapons, as well as luck, to save our Tulip from certain doom,' the red fairy said.

Atlan looked at the weapon in his hands. To truly defeat the Magical Queen Malificient, he would need the help of Tulip, who was her weakness. Before he started clashing his sword with her claws, he needed to make sure Tulip was okay.

'I'm ready,' he said to the three fairies.

They nodded and floated over to his shoulders. They hung on to his battle suit tight, because even with their powers, if they ended up getting lost in the different dimensions, they probably wouldn't be able to leave it again.

'You use the power of your wings to get us out of here, and we'll guide you in the right direction,' the green fairy said.

Atlan did as they said and powered up his Angel Wings. Suddenly, the pure white luster of his feathers began to shine with a silvery glint. These sparkles began to intensify and multiply as the power began to gather in his wings.

Then, at the crescendo, those silvery particles suddenly shot forward and tore open the very space itself, showing the eternal mystery of the different dimensions. It felt like he was looking at a combination of all the stars in the galaxy as well as its deepest depths.

'Don't get distracted, human. You must go before this dimension figures out what we're doing.'

Atlan didn't hesitate any longer and flapped his wings, rushing his body toward the portal to the other dimension.

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"Ninth, what are we going to do?"

The rest of her team looked at her with eyes full of confusion and anxiousness. They were facing a monstrous Spinning Wheel with the same strength as a Specialist Canzer, but they had no help from Atlan or Carmine as to how they were going to defeat it.

But that wasn't what bugged Ninth the most.

She looked behind her team and saw the Canzer on her knees, sobbing uncontrollably.

Ninth was conflicted. Even though all she wanted was to leave the Canzer behind and let the Spinning Wheel monster get to her, her better judgment told her that it was not a good idea.

"Tsk. Hey you!" Ninth shouted to Tulip.

But the Canzer wasn't listening to her. She was knee-deep in despair after once again putting another being she cared about in danger.

The Spinning Wheel monster wasn't just going to wait for them to sort things out. It shot out a needle-like yarn and aimed it at Tulip.

Ninth didn't have any choice and dove towards Tulip and saved her from the attack.

Tulip wasn't expecting this and looked at Ninth, with their gaze locking into each other.

Ninth was clearly showing hate and disdain for the Canzer. But when Ninth looked at the Canzer, she was surprised to see that she saw the same. Tulip was also hating herself.

"Get a grip! Do you want to live or not? Will you throw away the chance that Atlan gave you?!"

Even though they didn't understand each other's language, Ninth's outrage somehow reached into Tulip. Her eyes started to clear, as she remembered Atlan. If he were here, what would he have done?

Tulip nodded to Ninth and stood up for herself.

Even though Ninth wanted Tulip to do this, she was still a little bit surprised that her words seemed to have affected a Canzer. It made her think that maybe, Canzers weren't all that different from humans if they could understand each other like this.

Ninth pointed towards the center of her team's position, where Atlan would have stood.

Tulip quickly understood what Ninth wanted to do and rushed towards the center, where she could be protected from all sides.

"Listen up, everyone. First, we'll take down this monster and only then we'll be able to search for our Star Porter."

The rest of the team shouted in unison, "Yes!"

With this newfound energy, the team faced the Spinning Wheel monster and started their usual routine of killing, as if this was just another mission.

The mage and the sniper took shots at the Spinning Wheel monster, while Ninth and the scout went forward to attack it at its weakest, the legs. All the while, the two tanks protected the whole team if the monster tried to attack them.

LifeSkill after Lifeskill was thrown around, creating destruction around the forest.

Tulip stood back and marveled at how powerful these humans were. There was even a thought in the back of her mind where she wanted to become just like Ninth, with how powerful she looked as she sliced through the Spinning Wheel monster's leg with nothing but her sword.

As expected, the Spinning Wheel monster was no trouble at all once the team started their assault.

To finish it off, Ninth summoned her swordmaid, whose figure was two times bigger than the Spinning Wheel monster itself.

With one slashing movement from her head, Ninth cleaved the monster into two, stopping its spinning wheel and turning it into nothing but a large corpse in the forest.

"Haaa…haaa…" Everyone tried to catch their breath after this battle.

"We did it!" they screamed.

A small smile broke out in Ninth's mouth, celebrating this small victory amidst the tragedy.

"Okay, me and the scout will search the remains of the monster for any clues. You all stay here and search as well. Whoever abducted Atlan should have left some sort of clue that will lead us to his location." Continue your adventure at My Virtual Library Empire

But just as they were about to move, they felt the entire ground reverberate.

Then, the crows and birds flew away from the trees, as if they were spooked by something in the distance.