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The sky was filled with the Color Universe, and a purple External Being appeared.

I furrowed my brow as I faced the third External Being.

‘This External Being looks grotesque.’

The red External Being I first encountered was quite horrific, but this one was truly hideous.

It had dozens, maybe hundreds, of arms and a thin, grimy-looking membrane.

It was strikingly different from the human forms I had encountered so far.

‘I wish they all looked as neat as the blue External Being.’

I looked up at that disgusting creature and pondered.

Mini Reaper Garden is unusable.

Unchanging Sphere summoning is impossible.

Yerin is not around.

No matter how I thought about it, it felt like I couldn’t fight properly.

‘At least I can summon a Halo, so that’s a relief.’

I sighed as I looked at the three Halos in my hands.

Of course, trying to sigh like in my human days produced no sound.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt I should retreat first and bring the Unchanging Sphere.

The ability preventing the use of the Mini Reaper Garden likely didn’t extend worldwide.

Considering the power of the External Being, it could wipe out all the firewood in Seoul in an instant, but for now, distancing myself seemed like a logical solution.

Still, I ought to fight first.

If I ran away without even trying to fight, the Golden Reaper would definitely “scold” me.

Thinking that, I put on the Halo that nullifies abilities.

*

Located on the outskirts of Songpa District, the Sehee Research Institute.

As the Association Doll incident broke out, a handful of Golden Reapers patrolled in shifts.

Suddenly, a doll with a somewhat unfamiliar glow began to approach slowly.

Clack. Clack. Clack.

The doll made a sound typical of cheap dolls as it revealed itself.

It wasn’t particularly large or fast, but its softly glowing purple appearance seemed special somehow.

‘!’

If this were a normal Golden Reaper, they would have immediately dashed out to drill a Golden Reaper-shaped hole in the doll’s torso, but now it was an emergency.

I had to approach as cautiously as possible.

Usually, this sort of situation would be handled by heroes with lightsabers, but unfortunately, the heroes were absent.

Some were abroad searching for Attached Humans, and others had already scattered across Seoul to rescue people.

At that moment, a brave Golden Reaper stepped forward.

Meeting the gazes of the other Golden Reapers, he rushed at the purple doll and attempted a headbutt.

A powerful attack using Ghosting-Stacking!

As a result, the purple doll, like the other dolls, was defeated, with a Golden Reaper-shaped hole appearing in it.

‘!!!’

However, the Golden Reapers could only be shocked and flustered.

Even the Golden Reaper with physical immunity was wiped out by the stacking!

‘This is bad!’

‘What should we do?’

The Golden Reapers were incredibly flustered.

The purple doll slowly began to regenerate from the wound in its heart, but the Golden Reapers, with their Mini Reaper Garden blocked, could no longer replenish themselves.

The Golden Reapers slowly set down their cumbersome helmets and spears.

Looking at each other, they wore solemn expressions.

It was a determination reflected in their eyes, ready to sacrifice even parts of their bodies to contain the doll.

‘Mom, we have to win quickly!’

The Golden Reapers gazed at the direction where the massive purple monster had appeared, sending their tiny wishes to their mother.

*

Though there was no moon, the sky was filled with beautiful starlight.

The soft and luxurious texture of the grass.

There were no snacks, but it was a landscape that oddly comforted the hearts of the Golden Reapers.

‘!’

Among such scenery, the Golden Reaper, who had been staring blankly at the sky, quickly regained his senses.

The Golden Reaper who had been paired with the purple doll opened its eyes in Mini Reaper Valhalla.

‘We have to get back quickly!’

Even if the connection between the Mini Reaper Garden and the Sehee Research Institute was severed, there was surely a way.

As I crossed the door connecting Valhalla and the Mini Reaper Garden, the vast Marshmallow Plains appeared.

Emerging into the shallow part of the Mini Reaper Garden through the Marshmallow Plains, a rather chaotic atmosphere enveloped me.

In the shallow part of the Mini Reaper Garden, which once connected to the courtyard, many Golden Reapers and their siblings were gathered, clamoring loudly.

‘No way!’

‘Humans are in danger!’

Most noticeable were the purple siblings searching for Attached Humans in Italy.

The purple siblings were continually pushing and shoving each other, perhaps trying to forget their anxiety.

In addition, the place was filled with the Golden Reapers and their siblings who had scattered across the globe in search of Attached Humans.

The Mini Reapers, crying and banging against the air that would not open, left the atmosphere tense.

Just moments after the Golden Reaper who had just died awoke, he sat down with a dull expression.

‘The Sehee Research Institute is in danger. Mom’s Attached Human is also in danger.’

Hing.

But the Mini Reapers had no choice but to sit there and wait hopelessly.

*

A quiet road in Seoul was shrouded in darkness, unlike usual.

The streetlights that used to illuminate the road lay broken and scattered, with only the moonlight gently lighting the dark.

In that darkness, Cheong and the Italian siblings were racing at high speed.

In fact, they had entered Korea quite a while ago.

They had come to see the Sehee Research Institute and the Mini Reapers.

However, taking a tourist-like pace to travel from Busan, they had only been in Seoul for a mere six hours.

Korea had strong characteristics in each city, so merely examining the interesting things took far longer than expected.

Each city was filled with fascinating object-related systems, and harmful objects were strewn about here and there.

It truly was a dangerous yet eventful journey!

Cheong’s group thought to themselves that at this point, it wasn’t a single country but rather a “union of city-states.”

It seemed that the significant share of the incompetent and corrupt Object Association played a role in this situation.

“Do we still have to go further?”

The younger sister among the Italian siblings asked the purple blindfolded Reaper sitting above her head.

The purple blindfolded Reaper shook its head as if indicating they were far from their destination.

‘Why are we continuously moving towards the outskirts of Seoul?’

Cheong thought as he looked at the purple blindfolded Reaper leading the party at the front.

Right now, at this moment, there must be many people getting hurt and dying, yet the purple blindfolded Reaper was still guiding them toward the outskirts of Seoul.

Though they had cleared out passing dolls and rescued humans, it seemed they weren’t taking much time for rescue activities but rather just aimlessly trying to leave Seoul.

‘Although they might be causing a bit of a ruckus, they are a kid who saves and cares for humans…’

Feeling slightly anxious, Cheong calmed himself by glancing down at the crowned Orange Reaper cradled in his arms.

Bounce.

Then, at one moment, the purple blindfolded Reaper lightly hopped down to the ground.

With a soft rustling sound, shadows spread infinitely around the purple Reaper.

A stick made of shadow rose from the flat ground.

As the tall stick was completed, four branches began to sprout from it.

What was created in this way was a giant pinwheel made of shadow.

“A pinwheel?”

It was a shape that seemed somewhat familiar.

“I think I’ve seen something like this in Italy.”

Cheong remembered seeing that small pinwheel in the ‘Golden Reaper Meeting Plaza.’

Making that tiny pinwheel seemed quite challenging, as the purple blindfolded Reaper plopped down onto the ground.

Then, the orange crowned Reaper landed beside the purple blindfolded Reaper, stretched out a hand to the air, and slowly began to rotate it.

As if trying to spin the pinwheel using psychokinesis.

Then the pinwheel began to turn slowly.

Spin.

Spin, spin.

Spin, spin, spin.

As the slowly turning pinwheel reached a certain speed, a sweet fragrance began to waft throughout the surroundings.

At that moment, golden antennae suddenly popped out from the perfectly smooth shadow surface.

The antennas climbed up the surface, revealing the bewildered face of a Golden Reaper underneath.

The popped-out Golden Reaper looked around with a face saying, “Where am I?”

And as soon as he realized he was in Seoul, his face showed shock, and he submerged back down again.

Bloop, bloop, bloop.

Just a few seconds after the Golden Reaper disappeared, numerous golden antennae popped up on the smooth shadow surface like grass.

‘Charge!’

‘Charge!’

And with overflowing determination and willpower, the Golden Reapers and Mini Reapers began to surge up from the ground.

Like a wave of gold, the Golden Reapers rushed toward Seoul.

Golden Reapers with lightsabers dashed out at high speed.

Slow-moving, they transformed into huge Black Reapers.

Reapers, gathered around the pinwheel, were reinforcing it.

A massive army of Mini Reapers, many times more than the Mini Reapers who had been struggling in Seoul, began to pour into the city.