Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

The bespectacled Canzer led the other five Canzers. Once it ordered something, the rest of them obeyed its words as if they were made out of stone.

This was the worst situation for Ninth. She knew that she had to defeat them all, but she at least thought she'd have the time to pick them off one by one. It was only a matter of time until she killed the angry bearded Canzer, but all that was over once the others joined hands.

'My dear brothers, we shall triumph against these humans because they are a threat to her. We must destroy them now because it will only be a matter of time until they target her.'

'Damned humans! I would have killed all of them if I was given more time.;

'Hehehe…sure, sure, Gee. Either way, I'm just happy we're all here together.'

'Ha…ha…HA—-hooo….close one. I almost blew everyone out of the forest.'

'YAWN! Can we get this done fast? I'm losing sleeping hours.'

'….I'll just hide here….I don't….don't want to be seen…'

Ninth didn't know what they were planning, but she didn't have to. Their bloodlust was as clear as day, with their natural powers directed directly at her.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"It's fine! We can kill them as long as we can work together—-"

Ninth stopped her words as she looked behind her. The Mage, the Sniper, the Mesmer, and the Scout were all hanging by a thread. They struggled just to stay alive as the fury of nature rained down upon them. Lava, thunderstorms, and tornadoes rampaged through the dark forest and made recovery almost impossible.

She realized that she was fighting this battle all alone. There was no one else for her to count on.

It was already hard to triumph against these Canzers if she had the support of her team. Fighting them off by herself was impossible.

"Ninth! I'm going to help!"

Atlan heard the situation from these Canzers. He wasn't going to let her suffer through these monsters all by herself while he just stood there and watched.

But before he could even walk towards her, she raised her hand and stopped him.

"Don't come any closer."

"You need help. You don't know what these Canzers are planning. You need my help!"

Ninth shook her head. "Don't let him be stupid," she said as she looked at the bodyguard right next to Atlan. He grabbed the Star Porter's shoulders and refused to let him walk.

"You guys should start running as far away as you can. Do not return unless the Remedium returns to normal. That means I've defeated these Canzers. If it doesn't, then you should figure out a way to get out by yourselves. I wouldn't be able to help you."

"That's crazy—"

"You can count on me, boss. Good luck."

The bodyguard started dragging Atlan away from the Canzers, but he refused to go anywhere.

Just then, the clouds rumbled with thunder. Atlan heard the bespectacled Canzer named 'Oc whisper to the yawning Canzer.

'Put 'em to sleep.'

Before Atlan could warn Ninth, the sleepy Canzer took a deep breath and yawned to the skies. Manifestations of the word 'Zzzzzzzz' appeared out of his mouth and floated up to the clouds.

It wasn't long until the thick clouds morphed a 'mouth' that yawned along with the sleepy Canzer. As it did, the words 'Zzzzz' once again floated everywhere and infected all the natural elements of the black forest. It wasn't long before everything was infected with the need to sleep.

Ninth couldn't even see the spell, but she suddenly felt the urgent need to lay down and sleep. It came to her so naturally that she thought that the need to sleep came from her own body, not a spell the Canzer infected her with.

She was used to pulling all-nighters during missions and was used to staying awake for three days at a time. Yet this was the first time she felt as if her body was screaming at her to take a little sleep.

It was so pervasive that she was almost tempted to close her eyes and sleep for a few minutes. But she fought it off. She knew that she wouldn't wake up for hours or even days if she fell into that trap.

Her swordmaiden flickered as if it too was about to sleep.

Meanwhile, Atlan looked at Ninth with worry. He saw her fighting the urge to sleep with every fiber of her being. And she was losing. Slowly, her blinking was becoming longer and longer until it was extended to a few seconds with each blink.

This spell was too powerful. Even his bodyguard could not fight the urge and was forced to kneel.

He was the only one unaffected by it. Because his False Mutation of his Angel Wings was always activated, there was an invisible layer of angel power surrounding his body at all times. Somehow, that was enough to prevent the spell from entering his psyche.

"Wake up!" Atlan touched the bodyguard's shoulder.

And just like that, the bodyguard felt as refreshed as he had ever been. It was as if the urge to sleep was flicked away like a switch.

"Woah…what happened?"

"I don't know. I think the battle suit has some kind of power that can resist the sleepiness."

The bodyguard accepted his explanation without hesitation. He stood up, making sure that Atlan's hands remained on his shoulder.

They both walked over to Ninth until he could touch her shoulder as well, waking her up from the sleepy Canzer's spell.

"Thanks," she said. "Is it your battle suit?"

But before they could celebrate this little victory, they suddenly felt the entire Remedium shake.

The bespectacled Canzer named 'Oc released a burst of energy that became streams that connected to each Canzer beside him.

The angry bearded Canzer turned even angrier as he commanded the skies to be furious with him. Thunder struck from every direction, slowly coming towards the three of them like a storm.

The smoking Canzer let out an ominous black smoke that started to envelop the whole black forest and slowly inched towards the group.

The shy Canzer from the back created another illusion that turned everything upside down and topsy turvy.

The big nose Canzer sneezed like thunder, disabling any attempts by the humans trying to escape with their LifeSkill.

They were surrounded, with no one but Ninth to fight against the six Canzers.

Just when Atlan contemplated using his Angel Wings to escape, he suddenly heard something in his chest.

"CRACK…CRACK…hello? Can you hear me?"