Seoul Object Story

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Under the beautiful night sky adorned with brightly shining Milky Way, there was a field densely covered with fluffy grass.

The grass was soft like a luxurious carpet, and the night sky above it was full of stars without a moon, but it didn’t feel dark at all. Even though it was only filled with grass and night sky, it was still a magical place.

In that space, Golden Reapers began to appear here and there on the field, sprawled out on the grass. The Golden Reapers, whose eyes were closed as if dead, stood up quickly as soon as they opened their eyes, saying, ‘Hurray!’

This was the Valhalla of the Mini Reaper where the dead Mini Reaper temporarily stayed. Until today, it was an exclusive field for the Golden Reapers, who often carried out suicide attacks.

In the middle of the field, two large doors were open, and beyond one of them was the bright and warm Garden of the Mini Reaper.

The Golden Reapers had been here more than once or twice, so they just looked at each other and laughed.

It seemed like they were saying’ Oh, I died again.’ to each other.

In the field filled with Golden Reapers, different Mini Reapers began to arrive one after another.

Even though the Black Reapers were new to Valhalla, they just got up with expressions which made it seemed like it was a familiar place for them before they began to look around.

Seeing the Black Reapers who seemed to know a lot about Valhalla of the Mini Reapers, the Golden Reapers slumped on the grass with sullen expressions. However, they still approached the Black Reapers slowly, wanting to explain what kind of place this was.

After the Black Reapers, all other Mini Reapers also arrived in Valhalla.

The Blue Reapers, shivering from the cold and pain, with their hats pulled down low.

The Red Reapers with bewildered expressions.

The Orange Reapers rolling around on the ground like tumbleweeds with their eyes tightly shut.

Looking at them, the Golden Reapers ran with bright smiles.

Thinking about the confusion they had when they first died, they rushed towards the other Mini Reapers to make sure they didn’t have to experience what they had experienced before.

It’s okay!

The golden reapers, smiling brightly, conveyed a warm explanation of the situation to the Mini Reapers, along with a comforting message.

Free from their confusion, the Mini Reapers gathered in a circle on the field and began to wait for something. Despite the fact that it was a really boring environment for the mini reapers, with only the sky and the field, the Mini Reapers still waited quietly.

The moment the Milky Way in the sky became a circle like a ring of light, the Mini Reapers got up from their seats and started running.

Mom!

The Mini Reapers found the Gray Reaper lying on the plain and rushed over.

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It was cold.

I felt a pain that felt like I was freezing because of the cold. The sheer cold made me feel as if my flesh was freezing, from the center of my body to my whole body.

When the chill that I never wanted to experience again subsided, I was finally able to recognize my surroundings. All I could see was a darkness that stretched out endlessly as if I was dead.

If I had even a single piece of flesh left, my vision wouldn’t be dark like this and I would have been able to regenerate. This was the first time the world around me had been so dark.

Am I dead?

I couldn’t see my own killing condition, so I couldn’t be sure.

Now that I think about it, I should have checked the kids’ killing conditions. The Golden Reaper should be fine, but even though I know the others would also be fine, I couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy.

It was a mistake on my part for not checking the killing conditions of the other Mini Reapers just because the Golden Reaper hated it when I checked their killing condition.

It made me anxious for no reason.

Suddenly, my darkened vision began to brighten.

As if I was looking up at the sky from underwater, I could see light shining down from the surface of the water. Across the far, round surface of the water, I could see countless Mini Reapers gathered together.

Golden Reaper, Black Reaper, Blue Reaper, Red Reaper, Orange Reaper.

All the Mini Reapers I had brought out were there.

Thank goodness.

It seemed that the killing condition of the other Mini Reapers was just like the Golden Reapers: Either it was the Destruction of the Garden of Mini Reapers or my death.

If I just floated up and got out of the water, I would wake up, but I was still underwater.

I was worried about one thing.

What should I do with the Hungry Ghost Reaper?

I was really at a loss since switching to my Phantom form and slipping out of that state while touching, as well as space manipulation didn’t work against it.

It was the same ability as the ‘Eyes’ but I couldn’t think of a way to reach it.

Ah, if only I could use power nullification like the cult leader, I would light a white fire and beat him up!

I imagined hitting the head of the devil reaper as I swung my two hands underwater.

While thinking that, I saw the night sky and the ring of light hanging in the night sky beyond the Mini Reapers. It was a ring of light that I often saw, but for some reason I felt a strange certainty from it.

I think I could put that on my head?

With the ring of light, I felt like I could fight the Hungry Ghost Reaper, so I swam up to the surface.

The moment I swam up, I felt a surge of will washing over me from my surroundings.

Mom, wake up!

Mom, are you hurt?

The Mini Reapers looked down at me with worried expressions, poking my cheeks.

It’s Mom!

When I sat up, the Mini Reapers smiled brightly and clung to me.

Are you guys okay?

As I worried about the mini reapers, silence fell in the field.

Then, shout ‘Mom, you are so kind!’ rang out as more and more mini reapers clung to me.

Now that I think about it, the Golden Reapers always commit suicide attacks, but I never worried about them. I thought too lightly of them because they threw themselves while smiling brightly at me.

The Golden Reapers must have been cold and in pain too!

I hugged the Mini Reapers with gratitude and thanked them one by one.

The Mini Reapers laughed happily, as if they had already forgotten the cold and pain

I didn’t want to die again, but these guys just smiled brightly, as if they weren’t scared at all.

Then let’s go.

After patting all the Mini Reapers, I got up to my feet.

I looked at the two large doors in front of me and reached out to the ‘eyes’ hanging in the sky.

Then, the eyes, which looked like rings of light, magically fell into my hand.

When I saw the eyes in this small state, they looked like an angel’s halo

As I lifted the angel’s halo over my head, I slowly walked out the door.

To where I died, and where the Hungry Ghost Reaper was waiting.

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As I crossed the large door and arrived at the battlefield, an unexpected pain burned my whole body. It felt like red lightning had struck my head. My whole body was being torn apart. My skin turned black, just like the Black Reaper I saw in my dream, while the firewood began to burn red.

The Halo was the problem.

It felt like I, as a 110v electronic device, had been plugged into 220v. It felt like my circuits were burning, like an electronic device that was overloaded.

“Kyuu.”

At that moment, I saw the Hungry Ghost Reaper looking weary and getting into a stance as soon as it saw me appear out of nowhere.

I gritted my teeth and reached out, grabbing the space.

Rip-!

A loud noise rang out as if the space was being torn apart, and the space itself began to vibrate and shake. The space that I could always easily grab like a pudding was screaming because it was caught on something.

It was a clash between the eyes that allowed the Hungry Ghost Reaper to dodge all attacks and the eye that nullified all abilities.

Crack-!

The moment the clash ended, it blew off one of the Hungry Ghost Reaper’s arms as if it had been bitten by a giant monster.

Do you like it?

I forced my face to smile even though it was distorted because of the pain I felt.

Your ability to dodge was now nullified!

But the Hungry Ghost Reaper just kept its calm face and posture as if it didn’t matter. Then it rushed at me, swinging its large blade again.

The Hungry Ghost Reaper, who had exploited the gap which was created by me playing around, came at me in an instant. However, I kept my eyes on the trajectory of the attack and took it with both arms outstretched.

The blade of the Hungry Ghost Reaper sword swung accurately into my neck, but nothing happened. My neck didn’t get cut off, and my body didn’t disappear in a white flame. After all, the white flame of the big blade wasn’t the ability of the ‘eye’. The fire that cut through my physical immunity at will lost its light the moment it touched my body.

This is what nullification is.

I giggled and folded my spread arms, hugging the Hungry Ghost Reaper tightly. Then I grabbed the space around me, making it impossible for it to escape.

It would escape if I attacked it from far away, so grabbing the space like this was the best way.

The Hungry Ghost Reaper repeatedly struck me with its awl-like elbows in an attempt to shake me off, but it couldn’t penetrate my physical immunity.

You can’t hurt me anymore.

Countless punches, kicks, and elbows fell on my black skin, but it was no use at all.

After all, no one could break through physical immunity without special means like cutting the space!

Then, the space around the Hungry Ghost Reaper which was flustered because its attacks didn’t work started to distort.

Squeak-!

The ‘eyes’ abilities that were so powerful that they could be called authority collided with each other, creating a huge noise. The aftereffects of the colliding authority turned into shock waves that shot out in all directions, making the surrounding space shake mercilessly like waves swaying due to the wind.

The Hungry Ghost Reaper didn’t stop even as space was distorted, and struggled to escape. It went beyond using its arms and legs to hit, and now it opened its mouth and bit into me.

It was nothing but a desperate struggle.

However, the moment the noise that sounded like metal scraping against metal stopped, a large explosion rang out.

Boom-!

As the explosion died down, only silence lingered.

The space itself was cracked here and there like broken glass, and in the center of it was the Hungry Ghost Reaper standing still, looking up at the ceiling.

At the same time, it was also slightly smiling.

It was a look that didn’t match the anger and the fierceness it exuded when it attacked me.

The look made it seem as if it was relieved. It was also something that made me think that it missed something.

Even though it looked extremely tired, its smile was peaceful.

At the last moment, the Hungry Ghost Reaper lowered its gaze and looked at me, crying softly.

“Kyuu.”

At that moment, space began to warp. The Hungry Ghost Reaper’s entire body shattered like glass and disappeared into the other side of the space.

The shattered space returned to its original state, and in the place where the aftereffects of the violent collision had subsided, the remains of the Hungry Ghost Reaper remained.

A halo that softly illuminated the surroundings was floating alone in the air.

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In order to satisfy the killing condition, I slowly extended my hand toward the Halo.

When my hand parted the Halo’s light that spread warmth around and touched its ‘eye’, a sudden reaction occurred.

In the moment of contact, waves of light spread out in all directions, and the power bound to the Halo was released, sending a strong flash toward the sky.

The Halo disappeared just like that.

The killing condition was achieved.

The moment I defeated the Hungry Ghost Reaper that had been making me suffer so much, I threw the Halo that was on my head away.

The Halo that had been lying on the ground transformed into a flash and rose into the sky, and my darkened skin returned to its original state.

It’s finally over!

I felt relieved and called the Mini Reapers.

Mom stronk!

Stronk!

As I lay down on the floor while listening to the Mini Reapers’ praise, they came up on my stomach and started rolling around.

By the way, what was that smile that the Hungry Ghost Reaper showed at the end?

It was a smile that seemed to contain a longing, so it stayed in my mind for some reason.

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