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On the deck, made of flames, emanating a faint red glow.

The Red Reapers were reveling in the joy of victory, celebrating in their own ways.

Some Red Reapers clenched their fists and exchanged glances.

A Red Reaper collapsed on the deck, looking as if it finally ended.

Another Red Reaper raised its flaming scythe and hammer high into the sky.

Perhaps inspired by the others, the Red Reapers with their chubby cheeks rubbed against each other.

In the midst of such victory, one Red Reaper felt a foreboding sensation and began shaking its head to clear its mind.

Instinctively looking up at the sky, it saw a massive shadow starting to loom.

‘!!!’

Above in the sky, the shattered shark rose up even larger and more menacing than before.

Its presence was far more intense than it had been.

“Look up there!”

All eyes turned skyward at the urging of one Red Reaper.

As they glimpsed the shark, fear flashed across the faces of the former humans who had become Red Reapers.

There was an undeniable disparity that felt overwhelmingly immense.

All that remained was the perpetually cheerful Red Reapers shouting with their scythes and hammers.

“Revolution!”

Next to that cute Red Reaper, the Red Sun Reaper, gently stroking a twin-tailed hair, watched the situation with a stiff expression.

“What should we do…?”

Thanks to the Golden Horn Reaper, there was plenty of firewood, but the Red Sun Reaper was quite exhausted from the ongoing battles in pursuit of the shark.

However, the Red Sun Reaper stood up again and began to prepare for battle.

And on the spread expanse of Valhalla’s lawn, as if it had devoured the sea of evolution liquid,

The Golden Halo Reaper slowly detached itself from the Attached Human’s cheek.

A fleeting thought crossed its mind: “Can we really win?” but it quickly steeled itself.

Even if the odds were against them, they had to fight, for the precious Attached Human was here.

As a resolute will ignited, a radiant golden mental body surged behind the Golden Halo Reaper.

Kkyu!

At the same moment, the multicolored Stone Hungry Ghosts that had been lying around the Purple Girl began to rouse.

Just as the Golden Halo Reaper, the Red Sun Reaper, and the Hungry Ghosts were about to step forward,

“Don’t worry!”

From the pirate ship’s deck, a confident will infused with firewood flowed out.

It was the determination of the Golden Horn Reaper, who was distributing firewood on the deck.

The Golden Horn Reaper sauntered confidently toward the front of the ship with a smug expression, chuckling.

That expression seemed to say, “I have a hidden trump card!”

So natural and self-assured was it that even the Red Sun Reaper found itself wondering, “Could it really have something?”

Then the Golden Horn Reaper took a huge breath, as if gulping down air, unleashing a tremendous will that shook the very Black Planet.

[Moooom!]

That cry transcended mere magic, transforming into a thunderous bolt of firewood that divided the very sky.

An extraordinary magic far more powerful than the last time it was used.

Unlike last time when it only soared up into the sky, the storm of lightning now roared in all directions.

The deafening magic forced the Red Reapers on the deck to cover their ears and roll around.

“How loud.”

“My ears hurt!”

“Wahh!”

And in the fleeting moment when the lightning appeared and disappeared,

An angry mother emerged, tearing through the lightning onto the deck.

“You’re late!”

“Mom seriously came super fast…!”

Then the Red Reapers, including the one with twin-tails, looked at the proud Golden Horn Reaper with expressions of awe.

But that glorious moment was short-lived, as the triumphant scene of the Golden Horn Reaper summoning its mother had suddenly transformed it into a round and chubby object.

“Ugh!!”

The wail of the Golden Horn Reaper resonated.

Covering her ears with an annoyed expression, the mother let out a tinge of irritation.

“How loud.”

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Just as I was about to approach to help the kids, an incredibly massive wave of magic reverberated.

[Moooom!]

“Ugh.”

The vivid magic felt as if someone was shouting directly in my ear made me grimace.

With a tolerance level as small as a speck, I instantly charged toward that magic to tear it apart.

And I stuffed that annoyance right into the now round and chubby Golden Horn Reaper.

“Ugh!!”

Hearing the Golden Horn Reaper’s cries, I couldn’t help but wear a satisfied smile.

Hehe.

As I climbed onto the deck of the pirate ship made of red flames, all the Red Reapers who had disappeared from the Mini Reaper Garden were gathered.

From the smallest and brightest Red Reaper to the ordinary Red Reapers, and even the Golden Sun Reaper wearing a halo.

They all looked quite exhausted.

It was only natural.

It had been quite a while since they left the Mini Reaper Garden, and even if weak, they had battled against External Beings.

Especially down below, the Golden Halo Reaper, who was alone developing Valhalla while clutching the Attached Human, seemed to be at its limit.

Not wanting to linger any longer, I spread the Mini Reaper Garden onto the pirate ship the tired kids were on, and then transported the Golden Halo Reaper and its Attached Human who were fighting on their own down below onto the pirate ship.

Finally, I took time to face the Shark External Being.

Even in the brief moment where I stored the kids, the shark was continuously devouring sardines.

Now it had grown so enormous that it rivaled the worms I had previously encountered.

An overwhelmingly massive shark that seemed capable of swallowing an entire city!

“How fascinating.”

In the case of the worm External Beings, while there were weak individuals, there were a good number of massive, high-ranking specimens.

But to see how these sardines, each carrying a small level of power, could form such a colossal External Being….

They were weak, but truly remarkable creatures.

I briefly entertained the thought that if I studied those sardines, I might be able to unite the Golden Reapers to create a giant Golden Reaper External Being.

While I was thinking about making a giant Golden Reaper for automatic hunting, I suddenly acknowledged a strange similarity between myself and the shark.

“Now that I think about it, can I say the Shark External Being is somewhat like me?”

Small sardines with little power, alongside the Golden Reapers with fragments of my power.

Although they seemed similar in the end, their intentions were completely opposite.

The Shark External Being struggled alone to accumulate power and couldn’t become an External Being, but sought to gather its own kind…

In contrast, I was the one splitting up to avoid becoming an External Being by hoarding power.

“Shall we begin then?”

I looked at the Shark External Being that was gathering the last sardines in the sea of evolution liquid, offering a slight resolve.

Even I felt that the resolve I was offering felt somewhat buoyant.

Kkyu.

With that light gesture and by clenching my fist tightly, the surrounding space warped as if crumpling paper, forming a gigantic black sphere.

However, “kkyu” merely scraped the surface and didn’t do any damage.

‘!!!’

I let out a small gasp upon seeing that scene.

It was an unexpected outcome, but also an even more intriguing one.

It feels stronger than the worm.

To block a spatial cut without any domain, that’s fascinating.

What was particularly interesting was that, perhaps due to lacking a defined territory, it showed no obsessive desire for territorial expansion like other External Beings.

Instead, this gigantic predator was solely pursuing one aim.

[To devour everything.]

Perhaps that’s why it looked closer to a perpetually hungry beast than an External Being.

As my curiosity piqued, instead of trying to kill the Shark External Being, I began to observe it carefully like a researcher in a lab.

On the sea filled with evolution liquid, the Shark External Being was constantly hunting for prey.

Each time it dove beneath the surface, the whirlpool made by its massive body was reminiscent of a small tempest.

The shark’s attacks were as varied as they were unpredictable.

Sometimes it lay concealed deep in the evolution liquid, shooting vertically like a torpedo.

Each time it did, the evolution liquid spewed out like a black rain covering the sky.

Its razor-sharp teeth sparkled like dozens of lined-up swords, constantly dripping evolution liquid from their ends.

For objects that typically had a weakness against evolution liquid, these were lethal assaults.

There were numerous other attacks, but to me, immune to evolution liquid, it was merely an unpleasant liquid being splattered around.

Of course, appealing to me who disliked evolution liquid, it was an attack I truly wanted to avoid.

So, I maneuvered around the Mini Reaper Garden I had previously arranged while avoiding the evolution liquid, observing the shark’s reactions as I used spatial cuts.

However, I was determined not to get bitten by those teeth.

I had an instinctive feeling that being bitten by those teeth would lead to troublesome matters.

The Shark External Being was watching for a chance to swallow me whole, occasionally surfacing from the evolution liquid to expose its sharp teeth.

And finally, when the firewood-laden spatial cut delved deep into the shark’s skin, I realized the secret of the Shark External Being.

‘Ah, so that’s how it works.’

The Shark External Being also had territory.

However, unlike the other External Beings that erode the external world, it uniquely made its own body its territory.

That was the solution the numerous weak individuals chose to unite into a colossal one.

In other words, the shark’s insatiable appetite for devouring was perhaps a twisted form of its desire for erosion as an External Being?

What an interesting approach.

The moment I realized the secret of the Shark External Being’s internal territory, I was instinctively aware that I could do the same.

And since that internal territory expansion appeared amusingly fun, I decided to unfold my own Mini Reaper Garden within myself.

As a result, the Mini Reaper Garden began to expand endlessly within me.

Simultaneously, the size of my body started to grow endlessly.

And as I grew larger, the world I could perceive gradually began to expand.

‘Indeed, in the omnipotence of the Black Giant, size must indeed play a significant role…’

As I continued to increase in size, the Shark External Being fled deep into the sea of evolution liquid.

It truly was a peculiar External Being, as its rank had not even changed, yet here it was!

It seemed to flee purely based on appearance, much like a beast.

Like this, I became a gigantic Gray Reaper, overlooking the black sea where the Shark External Being had fled.

“Mighty mom!”

“Mom!”

“Our mom is huge!”

Turning my gaze toward the sudden excited wills, I saw the Mini Reapers on the pirate ship, hopping and throwing a wild party as they watched me.

The Mini Reapers seemed to love it just as long as I grew bigger, jumping around excitedly with no hint of boredom.

Moreover, the Red Reapers were originally clone girls, after all.

Was this love for the giant mom not born from the culture propagated by the Golden Reapers but an instinctive one…?

Still observing the blissful Mini Reapers, I began my pursuit of the Shark External Being, utilizing both the expanded sense and spatial dominance befitting my newfound gigantic size.