Chapter 459
On the deck, made of fire and softly glowing with a reddish hue.
The Red Reapers were celebrating their victory, each in their own way.
Some clenched their fists, exchanging glances with each other.
One Red Reaper collapsed onto the deck with a look of relief, as though saying “It’s finally over.”
Another Red Reaper raised a scythe and hammer, made of fire, high into the sky.
Some Red Reapers, perhaps moved by the actions of the others, rubbed their plump cheeks together.
In the heart of victory, one Red Reaper felt an ominous sense and shook their head to snap out of it.
Instinctively, they looked up to the sky, where a massive shadow began to loom.
‘!!!’
In the sky, the shattered shark was rising again, even larger and more imposing than before.
Its presence was overwhelmingly intense, far stronger than before.
“Look up there!”
At the will of one Red Reaper, all eyes turned to the sky.
When they saw the shark, fear passed across the faces of the former humans among the Red Reapers.
To the Red Reapers, there was a clear and overwhelming gap in strength.
Only the ever-cheerful Red Reaper, with scythe and hammer in hand, was the one to shout.
“Revolution!”
Beside that cute Red Reaper, the Red Sun Reaper, who had been gently stroking their twin tails, looked at the situation with a stiff expression.
“What should we do…?”
Thanks to the Golden Horn Reaper, the firewood was sufficient, but the Red Sun Reaper, exhausted from the ongoing battles to pursue the shark, was feeling quite drained.
But the Red Sun Reaper stood up once more and began preparing for the fight.
And on the Valhalla’s grassy fields, which had spread like the sea of Evolution Fluid.
On that blue grass, the Golden Halo Reaper slowly detached itself from the attachment human’s cheek.
A fleeting thought of “Can we win?” passed through their mind, but they quickly steeled themselves.
Even without hope, they had to fight. After all, their precious attachment human was here.
As their determined will flared up, a brilliant golden spirit began to rise once more behind the Golden Halo Reaper.
Kyu!
At the same time, the colorful stone fish, which had been lying as though asleep around Bora, began to stir.
Just as the Golden Halo Reaper, Red Sun Reaper, and the fish were about to move.
“Don’t worry!”
From the pirate ship’s deck, a confident will filled with firewood emanated.
It was the will of the Golden Horn Reaper, who had been distributing firewood on the deck.
With a proud expression, the Golden Horn Reaper slowly walked to the front of the pirate ship, grinning.
Their expression seemed to say, “I have a hidden trump card!”
So natural and confident was their demeanor that even the Red Sun Reaper, with a hint of doubt, began to wonder, “Could there really be something up their sleeve?”
The Golden Horn Reaper then took a deep breath, as if inhaling all the air, and released a massive will that shook the entire Black Planet.
[Mooooooom!!!]
That cry surpassed mere mental energy, becoming a massive bolt of lightning made of firewood, tearing through the sky.
It was an overpowering energy wave, far stronger than the one used previously.
Unlike last time when the lightning only shot upwards, this time the storm of lightning raged in all directions.
The Red Reapers on the deck, overwhelmed by the intense mental wave, covered their ears and tumbled around.
“It’s noisy!”
“My ears hurt!”
“Aaah!”
Then, in the split second when the lightning appeared and vanished.
A furious mother tore through the lightning and descended onto the deck.
“It’s here!”
“Mom really came super fast!”
The Red Reapers, including the one with twin tails, looked at the Golden Horn Reaper with admiration.
But just as that glorious moment passed, the proud Golden Horn Reaper, who had summoned their mother, was now transformed into a round, plump “Dagji.”
“Ange!!”
The Golden Horn Reaper’s scream echoed.
With a frustrated look on her face, the mother muttered a small will mixed with annoyance.
“That’s loud.”
Just as I was about to step in and help the children, an enormous mental wave resonated.
[Mooooooom!!!]
“Ugh.”
The mental wave, so vivid it felt like it was being shouted directly into my ear, made me furrow my brow instantly.
Lacking patience, I immediately charged at the mental wave and tore it apart.
With that annoyance fully expressed, I turned the Golden Horn Reaper into a round, plump double “Dagji.”
“Ange!!”
I smiled contentedly as I heard the Golden Horn Reaper’s cry.
Hehe.
When I climbed onto the deck made of red fire, the Red Reapers that had disappeared from the Mini Reaper garden had gathered again.
From the smallest and brightest Red Reaper to the ordinary ones, and even the Red Sun Reaper with a Halo.
They all seemed quite worn out.
It was to be expected.
It had been quite a while since they left the Mini Reaper garden, and they had fought Foreign Objects, even if weak.
Especially the Golden Halo Reaper down there, alone, deploying Valhalla with the attachment human in their arms, seemed to be reaching their limit.
Without further delay, I spread the Mini Reaper garden on the pirate ship where the tired children were, then moved the Golden Halo Reaper and their attachment human onto the ship.
Finally, with some leisure, I turned to face the Shark Foreign Object.
Even in the short time I spent gathering the children, the shark kept devouring sardines.
Now, its size had grown so enormous that it was on par with the Worm Foreign Object I had encountered before.
It was an overwhelming shark large enough to swallow a city whole!
“Interesting.”
Though there had been some weak Worm Foreign Objects, many massive and elite versions existed.
But these Netherworld sardines, despite their small size and weak individual strength, had formed such a colossal Foreign Object…
Weak Foreign Objects, but truly fascinating beings.
As I thought about studying these sardines, I wondered if I could possibly unite the Golden Reapers into a massive Golden Reaper Foreign Object for automatic hunting.
Just as I was considering this, a strange connection between the shark and myself crossed my mind.
“Could it be that I’m a bit similar to the Shark Foreign Object?”
Small sardines and Golden Reapers, fragments of my strength.
In the end, they seemed somewhat alike, but their directions were completely opposite.
The Shark Foreign Object, unable to form a Foreign Object by itself, was a conglomerate of smaller Objects, while I, in contrast, fragmented to avoid becoming a Foreign Object.
“Shall we begin?”
As I watched the Shark Foreign Object gathering the last sardines from the sea of Evolution Fluid, I gave a light will.
Even I could sense that the will I gave was somewhat excited.
Kkyeok.
With that light greeting and a firm fist, the surrounding space distorted like crumpled paper, creating a giant black orb.
But the “Kkyeok” only scraped the surface and didn’t cause any damage.
‘!!!’
Seeing that, I couldn’t help but let out a small sigh of admiration.
It was an unexpected result, but an even more interesting one.
It felt stronger than the Worm Foreign Object.
No domain, yet it blocked spatial cutting—fascinating.
What was especially interesting was that, unlike other Foreign Objects, it didn’t show an obsessive desire to expand its domain, possibly due to the lack of one.
Instead, this massive predator was solely chasing one goal.
[Devouring everything.]
Perhaps because of this, it looked less like a Foreign Object and more like a constantly hungry beast.
Curious, instead of trying to kill the Shark Foreign Object, I began observing it like a researcher in a lab.
On the sea of Evolution Fluid, the Shark Foreign Object continuously hunted for prey.
Every time it dived beneath the surface, the massive vortex it created reminded me of a small typhoon.
The shark’s attacks were unpredictably diverse.
Sometimes, it lay dormant deep in the Evolution Fluid and then shot up vertically like a torpedo.
Each time, the enormous gill released Evolution Fluid into the air, creating a dark rain that covered the sky.
Its sharp teeth glinted like dozens of swords lined up, and Evolution Fluid continuously poured from the gaps.
These were deadly attacks, especially for Objects that were usually vulnerable to Evolution Fluid.
While other attacks were nothing more than foul-smelling liquid sprays to me, immune to Evolution Fluid, they were attacks I certainly did not want to endure.
So, I dodged the Evolution Fluid while moving around the Mini Reaper garden, observing the Shark’s responses with spatial cutting.
I made sure not to get caught by its teeth, though.
Instinctively, I felt that getting bitten by those teeth would cause a troublesome situation.
The Shark Foreign Object kept trying to seize me, waiting for a chance to pounce, occasionally showing its sharp teeth as it erupted from the Evolution Fluid.
And finally, when the firewood-filled spatial cutting deeply gouged into the Shark Foreign Object’s skin, I realized its secret.
“Ah, so that’s how it works.”
The Shark Foreign Object did have a domain.
However, it wasn’t like other Foreign Objects that erode the outside world; it had a unique way of turning itself into its own domain.
It was the solution chosen by many weak entities to become a massive whole.
In other words, the Shark’s insatiable hunger might be a twisted form of a Foreign Object’s desire to erode.
It was an interesting method.
As soon as I realized the secret of the Shark Foreign Object’s internal domain, I instinctively knew I could do it too.
And, intrigued by the idea, I expanded the Mini Reaper garden within my own body.
Suddenly, my internal space began to expand endlessly.
At the same time, my body’s size grew endlessly.
And as my size increased, the world I could perceive also began to expand.
“Seems like the size of the Black Giant’s omnipotence also depends a lot on its size…”
As I kept growing, the Shark Foreign Object fled deeper into the sea of Evolution Fluid.
It hadn’t changed in rank, but it was a really strange Foreign Object.
It resembled a beast in its instinct to flee just by looking at its appearance.
I had grown into a massive Gray Reaper, large enough to look down upon the Black Sea, and began gazing down at the Shark Foreign Object as it fled into the depths of the Evolution Fluid.
“Giant Mom!”
“Mom!”
“Mom is HUGE!”
When the sudden excited voices reached my ears, I turned to see the Mini Reapers, who had been watching me from the pirate ship’s deck, jumping around in celebration, throwing a wild party.
The Mini Reapers seemed to think that if I grew, it was something good, and they never seemed to tire of celebrating each time.
Moreover, the Red Reapers must have originally been clone girls.
Was the love for a giant mom not part of Golden Reaper culture, but more of an instinctive thing…?
I glanced at the still happy Mini Reapers and, utilizing the vast sensory and spatial control granted by my new size, I began chasing after the Shark Foreign Object once again.
