Chapter 476
Beneath the Color Universe, within the dome where everything turns to jewels.
Mingming dragged his body, full of holes, barely moving.
As the firewood drained from his body, a terrible chill began to invade his insides.
It was the aura that turned everything into jewels.
His whole body was in excruciating pain, but all Mingming could think about was protecting the Attachment Human.
As the Jewel Spider approached the Attachment Human, Mingming summoned the last of his strength and blocked its path.
The cold eyes, seemingly made of jewels, stared at Mingming indifferently.
There was no emotion, no life in that gaze.
It merely shimmered, like something inanimate.
The Jewel Spider’s sharp legs flashed and moved.
Mingming instinctively sensed that the outcome of the battle had already been decided before it even began.
But he could not retreat.
He had to fight until the very end to protect the Attachment Human.
Even if it meant death, no matter what, he had to hold on until his mother arrived.
“Miiing!”
A brutal battle continued.
Mingming struggled desperately to avoid the Jewel Spider’s sharp attacks.
But Mingming’s body was already not functioning normally.
Like the rocks and trees scattered around, his body was being eroded by the external environment.
Brightly colored jewels sprouted from his body in various places.
With almost no firewood left, the Mini Reaper Mingming no longer had enough to protect his large body.
If he returned to his Mini Reaper form, this erosion wouldn’t be able to touch him, but that wasn’t possible.
Even if it was a futile struggle, he needed a large mass to block that Jewel Spider.
Mingming’s broken body could barely put up any proper resistance.
All he could do was endure.
Finally, the inevitable moment arrived.
The Jewel Spider’s legs flew through the air.
The cold light flashed right in front of Mingming’s eyes.
“Miiing…”
Mingming closed his eyes in resignation.
It was over. He thought.
Puh-urk.
The expected horrific piercing sound.
But there was no pain, as it should have been.
Mingming slowly opened his eyes.
And in that moment, Mingming’s faint firewood seemed to freeze.
In front of him stood the Attachment Human, with a massive hole in her abdomen.
She had taken the Jewel Spider’s attack for him.
“Miiing!”
A scream mixed with fear and despair erupted from Mingming.
He desperately tried to move, but his already battered body wouldn’t obey.
He could only stay frozen in place, watching everything unfold.
Blood flowed from the Attachment Human’s mouth.
Yet, she gazed at Mingming with concern in her eyes.
With a faint smile, she spoke her last words.
“Mingming… run… you can fly… you can escape…”
Before the words finished, Mingming’s desperate cries filled the dome.
His cries mixed with sadness, self-blame, and helplessness.
Watching the Attachment Human die trying to protect him, Mingming fell into the deepest despair a Mini Reaper could feel.
“Miiing…”
Mingming’s small sobs echoed hollowly.
When Golden Reaper called for him, Mingming finally arrived, and the massive dome filled his vision.
Wow, it’s huge.
The dome I saw before was enormous, but this one was beyond comparison.
It looked like a huge curtain reaching up to the sky, with rainbow-colored waves flowing constantly over it.
Since the space had shattered like Earth, I couldn’t even fathom where the end of the dome was.
‘If it’s this big…’
I couldn’t even imagine how vast the interior of this dome could be.
Although the inside is smaller than the outside, the size of the dome is so extraordinary that it’s hard to make comparisons.
Plus, from my experience, the inside of a dome slowly widens as you go.
Assuming all the domes appeared at once, it would likely be much larger than the last one…
Of course, what I found was just one, but considering the spatial features of the dome, it wouldn’t be too different.
It wouldn’t be surprising if a strong foreign presence had settled in this one, unlike the one I discovered before.
I thought so and looked at the Golden Reaper standing beside me.
His small, round eyes, as usual, looked up at me with bright anticipation.
I gently patted the Golden Reaper’s head with my finger.
‘Well done.’
Now that the mission had been successfully completed, it seemed like a reward was in order.
I quickly braided firewood into a star-shaped lollipop the size of the Golden Reaper’s head.
When I handed him the golden star-shaped candy, the Golden Reaper’s eyes grew wide with excitement.
‘Star candy!’
Surprised by the unexpected gift, the Golden Reaper beamed brightly.
He immediately split the star candy in half and shared it with White Reaper.
Kyiihihih.
Amid White Reaper’s irritating laughter, the Golden Reaper sat on the grass and began nibbling slowly at the star candy.
I watched his cheerful expression for a moment before turning my steps toward the dome.
I gathered firewood into my fingertips and then ripped at the dome.
Kki-kiik.
As the space I grabbed scratched the surface of the dome, a tearing sound reverberated through the air.
From the gap, colored light burst out, and when it touched White Reaper’s surface, colorful stones began to sprout from him.
Kyiihhng-hng.
The stones that sprouted were uncomfortable for White Reaper, and he let out a distressed cry.
Hehe.
I listened to White Reaper’s uncomfortable sounds as I slowly moved toward the interior of the dome.
‘…’
When I stepped inside the dome, a strange environment welcomed me.
From the ground beneath my feet to the trees towering to the sky, everything had turned into colorful jewels.
Rocks glowed red like rubies, leaves shimmered with emerald green, and flowers sparkled with sapphire brilliance.
Even the particles of air floating in the void sparkled as if diamond dust had been scattered.
In this bizarre space, it seemed natural for all matter to turn into jewels.
My senses didn’t work properly in this space.
Normally, my sensory abilities would have extended naturally, but now they felt dull, like they were blocked by a thick wall, and my ability to manipulate the space didn’t work properly either.
This sensation wasn’t unfamiliar.
It felt strikingly similar to the uncomfortable sensation I had when in a foreign presence’s domain.
‘But still…’
I looked up at the Color Universe unfolding above me.
The stars of various colors twinkled as if within reach, but I didn’t think the foreign presence had appeared yet.
As I had seen in the last dome, the causality itself wasn’t broken.
I moved forward, relying on a vague sense that a Mini Reaper was somewhere in this space.
At that moment.
Grrrrrrr.
A huge sound suddenly echoed from the Color Universe.
It was like a giant cloth tearing or the sound of the bones of the world breaking.
The space itself seemed to shake.
Looking up at the sky, an ominous premonition gripped me.
The stars in the Color Universe were flickering irregularly, and black cracks were spreading like a spider’s web between them.
“Miiing.”
Mingming’s small cry scattered in the air.
The last words of the Attachment Human still lingered in my ears.
But there was no longer any place to retreat or escape.
A Mini Reaper who had lost the Attachment Human had no value of existence.
Determined will glinted in Mingming’s yellow, round eyes.
Slowly, as his body lifted, an old memory rippled through his heart.
The memory of the green moon, which had abandoned everything.
On the day the Evolution Liquid covered the world, the green moon had abandoned humanity.
And in its final moments, the green moon gave up even its followers.
“Miiing!”
But Mingming was different.
He couldn’t run.
No, he didn’t want to run.
In his small body, the firewood swirled like a storm.
It was the last handful of firewood.
If this burst, Mingming would die.
And if he died in this strange space, it wasn’t even certain if he would reach Valhalla.
But if it could bring down the Jewel Spider.
If the Attachment Human could live for just one more second.
And if the last spark he launched could reach his mother’s eyes.
With that strong desire, the Green Reaper released everything into the air.
The scattered firewood devoured his wish and began to boil intensely.
At first, it was a faint glow like a firefly, but then it turned into a brilliant light like the sun.
Mingming’s small body began to burn with a golden hue.
And Mingming smiled sadly.
‘Goodbye. Attachment Human.’
Boom!
The golden firewood that burns harmful objects.
It exploded, and the golden light spread everywhere.
At that moment.
It was as if something crucial had broken.
“No! Mingming!”
In the endless darkness, the sad voice of the Attachment Human seemed to reach me from afar.
‘Ming…’
‘…’
‘…’
It should have ended there, but strangely, a green light began to spread behind the Green Reaper.
The endless darkness was being pushed away by the green moon.
Although the Green Reaper’s physical form had disappeared, only a faint shadow remained.
But the Green Reaper’s senses spread in all directions.
Thump.
The pulse of life spread into the air.
Thump.
Blue grass began to grow on the barren land.
Thump.
Cold jewels shattered, and colorful flowers bloomed in their place.
Thump.
With each wave of life, the world began to change.
The cold, desolate space was slowly turning into a garden full of life.
With each heartbeat, jewels shattered, and flowers bloomed.
The heartbeat of life sounded like the beat of a drum.
The lifeless Jewel Spider shattered without resistance, and the wounds of the Attachment Human melted away like spring snow.
Mingming, having lost his physical form, faded like a shadow, but his presence was more intense than ever.
The ruler of life.
The true Green Reaper.
Mingming gathered the last of his strength and moved toward the outer wall of the dome.
The scattered firewood was slowly burning out, and he had to save the Attachment Human with the remaining strength.
At that moment.
Grrrrrrr.
The Color Universe screamed.
Like the moon distorting on the surface of water, the Green Reaper’s form wavered.
The master of this space, the foreign presence, had appeared.
But now the Green Reaper was not afraid.
He wouldn’t run. He would fight until the end.
He was no longer Mingming. He was the Green Reaper now.
