Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

In the aftermath of the explosion, there was nothing but ashes and charred concrete on the ground. The Church, which had once stood mighty on the ground of the Genesis City Remedium, was now gone, with just some of its pillars standing as a reminder that it had once existed.

After a few seconds, a red rift in space appeared hovering in the air. The rift got bigger and bigger until it became an oval portal that suddenly spat out a few different figures.

Ninth and the others felt themselves freed out of the Enchanted Queen's dimension after the holy explosion of the church. They looked around, and all they could see was chaos and destruction all around.

"Where…where are we?"

"This…this can't be…"

"The church…it's gone!"

Her teammates looked all over, but found only pieces of the church lying around. They couldn't believe it. They failed. Their only mission this time around was to make sure that the Church was protected, safe and sound. But because of their less than stellar performances, the church blew up.

"But wait! If the church is gone, shouldn't we all be dead by now?"

That was the question in Ninth's mind as well. The Church was the Genesis God's heart, which meant that once it had blown up, the Genesis God would essentially die.

But somehow, they were still alive. They were still standing on solid ground. They couldn't understand it.

Suddenly, two dragon plushie figures appeared and hovered above them. It was the Enchanted Queen, with her black dragon plushie, and Tulip, with her white-green plushie dragon.

The only ones that could explain this whole situation to them were these two beings. After all, they were the one that saved them from the holy explosion of the church. They would know what happened.

Unfortunately, they were made of different species. They were Canzers, while they were humans. It was impossible to talk unless Atlan was here.

But just then, the black dragon opened her mouth and suddenly let out a sound that was familiar to Ninth and the other Saviors.

"Hello…hello…can you understand me?" the Enchanted Queen said, with her voice in a complete human language. It was a bit robotic, as if her voice was being replayed on a stereo, but Ninth and the others could still understand her words.

"You can speak human? How is that possible?!"

"That's not possible. You're a Canzer!"

Ninth stayed calm. Somehow, she knew that this ability somehow had to do something with Atlan. After all, somehow, he was the one who could speak Canzer despite being human. They didn't question this because he was the one that saved them, but it was still strange nonetheless.

"How can you speak human?" asked Ninth.

The black dragon flashed a smile. "It looks like you already know the answer. It was through Atlan. Because we are his tamed dragons, we gain the ability to speak the human language as long as we are in this form."

The rest of the humans were surprised that this was even possible. But perhaps, the most surprising part that they heard was that Atlan had tamed these two dragons! They couldn't believe it. They had never even heard of a tamer that tamed Canzers!

"Hello…" Tulip said shyly, greeting the humans for the first time.

After a minute of shock and awe, Ninth and the other humans stopped being surprised. After all, this wasn't the first time that they were surprised with something that Atlan showed them.

Somehow, that Star Porter was able to perform miracle after miracle, showing incredible strength and power unlike anything they had ever seen before. Somehow, even as a Student-level Savior, he was able to show the power of a Specialist-level Savior.

That was supposed to be impossible. But he did it.

And somehow, they didn't know how, but Atlan continued to get stronger and stronger every time they encountered a Canzer.

Unlike them, who would always need time to recuperate and regain their strength, somehow, Atlan gained more and more power as he killed and fought Canzers.

It didn't make sense.

"Speaking of Atlan…where is he?" asked Ninth.

After all, in the midst of all this destruction and chaos, they saw no sign of the Star Porter.

"Atlan…is the reason why we all survived this explosion," the Enchanted Queen explained.

"What do you mean?" asked Ninth.

"During the holy explosion of the church, he also experienced an explosion of his own. He became…too powerful. He was about to burst into nothingness.

But through a stroke of luck, or you could even call it fate, Atlan's explosion was able to counteract the holy explosion of the church. It was the perfect opposite.

He has the power of death, while the church has the power of life.

Once the church exploded, Atlan let go of all controls in his body and let himself explode as well. And because of this, the holy explosion of the church was only contained inside the church.

Your life, our life, and millions of other lives inside your City is saved because of him," the Enchanted Queen said, with her voice a bit melancholic.

Ninth and the others shared a moment of silence as they thought about Atlan. Even now, they were still being saved by the Star Porter.

"Where is he now? Why isn't he here?" asked Ninth.

The black dragon shook her head. "That, I don't know. Only he knows where he is right now.

But…there is one thing that I do know. Somehow, if he is able to overcome this trial, he will become even stronger than before, stronger than anything we have ever seen."

Ninth and the others looked at the black dragon and saw her looking up at the skies.

Even though they didn't know what she was talking about, they still held out on the hope that somehow, Atlan could survive wherever he was right now.

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Atlan couldn't see anything, for he had no eyes. He couldn't move his body, for he had none. All he was, was a floating soul in the middle of nowhere.