Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

Atlan looked around and realized that the Canzer's laughter was coming out of everywhere—the dead black trees, the slightly wet muddy soil, and the dark skies and black sun broadcasted the high-pitched maniacal laughter.

It was as if everything was infected by its unexplainable happiness.

Suddenly, the whole dark forest experienced an earthquake that almost made Atlan lose his footing. Everything shook as the endless dead trees simultaneously vibrated and moved their roots out of the ground.

The dead trees rose their branches upwards as if they were stretching out to the black skies above. Just like before, a creepy smile morphed out of their trunks. This time, there was a small light coming out of their mouths.

They all jumped up and down and embodied the happy Canzer. Their mouths curved up in happiness and their bodies creaked in an attempt to sing just like their creator.

'Make the humans happy'

Atlan heard a whisper through the woods. It was imperceptible to the likes of normal humans like Ninth and her team, but it was loud and clear to Atlan's ears. Even though he hadn't seen anything or felt any threatening movements, he shouted towards his bodyguard.

"Make me a straw man," he said.

The bodyguard didn't waste a second and manifested the ethereal octopus arm that wrapped itself around Atlan's body. This was an additional lifeline he desperately needed.

Just then, a creepy smile formed underneath Atlan's feet.

And before he could look down and notice it, a big mound of mud emerged out of the ground and showed its infectious smile to Atlan's back.

In just a fraction of a second, a hand formed at the mound's side and threatened to crush Atlan into a mushy paste.

Atlan knew that he didn't have the speed nor the reaction time to fight such a strong monster. He could only rely on his intellect and memory to protect himself from being hit by its heavy hand.

He knew that the animated dead tree had no sort of complex thinking and could only use the most basic of attacks. It only brought down its branch as its main offense and defense.

Atlan didn't have to guess that whatever monster was behind him was controlled by the Canzer. If that was true, then it was only logical to assume that it could only use a crude, instinctual, and animalistic form of attack.

Based on that guess, Atlan ducked down in anticipation of a diagonal attack that aimed for his head.

SWOOSH

Atlan felt a cold air breeze past the back of his neck as the mud golem's arm swung and missed his head.

Even though he was bogged down by his battle suit and even though he was two realms lower than the mud monster, he was able to protect himself from a certain hit by only using his guts and his intellect.

A smile formed on his face before the mud monster opened its mouth and devoured Atlan's entire body.

Just before his head was crushed under the weight of the monster's mouth, his body turned into a straw doll and saved him from being consumed.

He appeared right next to the bodyguard safe and sound.

Did he get lucky? The bodyguard never would have thought that a Student wearing tens of thousands of tons on his battle suit would ever be able to dodge against a monster multiple levels higher than him.

But, he was thankful that Atlan made his job a lot easier.

'HAHAHAHA! I'm a ray of sunshine!'

The Canzer's hideous face suddenly formed out of the black skies. It was so big that it dwarfed the black sun in the sky and turned this entire Remedium into its domain. It felt like it could see everything with its enormous eyes that looked down at the team.

'Soon, you'll play to my tune!' the Canzer sang.

A musical tune suddenly echoed through the dark forest, making the trees dance and jump in happiness. More and more mud golems formed on the ground, with their smiles carved onto the very pathway itself. They danced, creating an earthquake based on the music's rhythm.

"Mage!" Ninth ordered.

"Copy, boss!"

The Mage looked up and chanted a spell. Suddenly, tens of thousands of violet hands burst forth from the tip of her wand and twisted upwards, creating a cloud of hands intertwined with each other.

This cloud spread through the skies and covered the entire forest, tinting the dark forest with a violet light.

Atlan looked up and couldn't even see a glimpse of the skies above them. Even the incessant laughing of the Canzer's face plastered on the skies was muffled into silence. He even tried using his Thermal Vision to look up and peek at the skies, but all he could see was a swarm of hot and warm hands in his vision.

"Bring forth the finger of melancholy!" the Mage screamed.

Suddenly, thousands of hands rained forth on the ground. These hands only had their pointy fingers extended, creating a sharp peak that pierced through the air.

In just seconds, the thousands of singing dead trees and mud golems got riddled with holes as these pointy hands rained on their bodies. Try as they might to sing through the barrage, their bodies could not overcome the damage.

They all turned into ripped pieces of their basic elements.

After that, silence.

So this is a Mage LifeSkill, Atlan admired.

Her power permeated through the entire Remedium! He could only wonder how much power she held to extend her LifeSkill to such lengths while keeping enough power.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

'KUHAHAHA! Thank the humans! They spread happiness!'

The hideous face of the Canzer suddenly morphed from the thousands of hands in the cloud. It taunted the Mage and laughed at her attempts at preventing its happiness.

"Kugh! It took control of my spell! I have to retract it!" The Mage stopped her spell, dissipating the hands into mere particles. Stay tuned for updates on empire

The black skies revealed themselves again, letting the giant face of the Canzer sing to the Remedium.

'AWAKE!'

Suddenly, all the shredded pieces of bark and soil grew their own crescent mouths and laughed alongside the Canzer.

They must have been numbering in the billions.