Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

The sword split the heavens. Atlan saw a brief moment in which the Canzer atop the skies looked at the sword with fear in its eyes. There was an actual threat within that blade that even the happiest Canzer could not overcome.

Atlan didn't know if the expression it showed was it trying to escape from Ninth's attack or if it was just jumping up and down from happiness, but it didn't matter. It would get cut down regardless.

The sword looked so heavy that it sent a huge gust of wind greater than a tornado. If Atlan wasn't so heavy, he would feel himself get lifted off the ground.

And that was just Ninth bringing down her sword with a very slow movement!

As the tip of her blade reached the giant obnoxious face of the Canzer in the skies, its forehead got indented as a slight tear started to go down and threatened to split the Canzer's face in half.

Even though Ninth's swordmaiden apparition was not even tall enough to reach the clouds, and the Canzer's face looked like it was another planet far away from the world, the sword somehow reached its target.

It was like an optical illusion. From Atlan's perspective down below, Ninth's sword somehow crossed with the Canzer's face right at the point where the two images intersected.

Atlan couldn't believe it. He thought he was seeing things. Ninth's sword shouldn't be tall enough to reach the planet-like Canzer. But it did.

It was as absurd as if a human raised their hands in the sky and pinched the moon. And somehow, they were able to grab ahold of it and crush it in their hands!

'GUAAAGHHHHH!' The Canzer screamed as it felt its face get torn down from forehead to chin. And no matter how much it tried to get away from her sword, it was as if there was a gravitational force that kept the sword attracted and attached to the Canzer itself!

Suddenly, its chubby and stocky hands appeared out of the skies and tried to wrestle the giant sword away from its face. Yet, the swordmaiden's hands could not get swayed. She held a tight grip on it that even the gods could not rip away from her.

It opened its mouth and showed its ugly set of teeth. Out from its throat, a bright white light came and burst out towards the swordmaiden.

Ninth frowned and adjusted her stance. She kept one hand on her sword and kept trying to split the Canzer's face in half, while her other hand moved in a swift martial arts defense that deflected the beam with her bare hands.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

But, as it turned out, the beam of light accidentally hit the black sun in the skies.

Suddenly, it started to grow in size. No, it wasn't growing, it was advancing towards them!

And as it did, a curved white smile appeared in the black sun.

As it started to get bigger, everyone felt the temperature in the Remedium become hotter and hotter.

The muddy soil in the ground immediately dried up and started to crack. The dead trees became even smaller and more brittle, with it splintering with just a weak gust of air.

Those without much defense started to feel their skin burn. The Sniper, the Scout, the Mage, and the Mesmer all immediately huddled towards the two Tanks before their blood boiled from the inside.

The Tanks used their LifeSkills to create a dome of safety where the temperature was lessened to a large degree. Only then could they take a deep breath and relax.

But the sun's assault didn't end there. It suddenly shone with a black ray of light directly towards the apparition of the giant swordmaiden.

Ninth gritted her teeth as she felt the intensified heat of the sun directly on her body. Her skin started to burn and blacken, but her internal body healing allowed her to quickly shed off her burned skin and replace it with a stronger, more resilient patch.

However, this cost her about 10 years of SoulTime for every second. It was not sustainable.

The giant swordmaiden slowly got enveloped in a black fire that tested her mettle. If she just let go of her sword pinning the Canzer's face in the sky, then she could get away from the harmful rays of the black sun and save herself. But if she kept with her stubborn ways, then she would only suffer an even more intense heat that could potentially burn her entire body into ashes.

"You underestimate me, Canzer!" she muttered. Her grip on the sword tightened as well as her resolve. She would finish this fight no matter what it took.

"Code of Honor!"

Ninth's sword slowly gathered momentum out of nowhere. She finally cleaved through the Canzer's forehead and separated its eyes. It almost turned cross-eyed as it looked at the sword in disbelief.

But she didn't end there.

Her sword split its green bulbous nose, with its warts and pimples popping out.

The Canzer, perhaps knowing its demise, bellowed out a laughter.

'HAHAHAHA—'

Then, with swift force, she cleaved through that annoying smile, stopping its laughter from echoing further in the Remedium.

The Canzer's face was split in half.

Slowly, they disintegrated from mere particles and disappeared off the face of the skies.

Then, its original body fell from the heavens and landed in front of Ninth. She looked down and saw the Canzer's body completely split in half, with violet blood and guts spilling out of its body.

The black sun soon returned to normal and a cool air breezed through the black forest, allowing the whole team a second of reprieve.

Atlan waited with bated breaths for something to happen. But after a minute of silence, the Canzer's corpse showed no signs of healing back together or cloning itself.

"Is…is it over?" he asked out loud.

But, his question was met with silence. There was a worried expression on everyone's faces.

Atlan knew that something was wrong. He just didn't want to admit it. After all, no Specialist Canzer would ever be killed with just brute force and without the use of an Operator construct.

Just then, they heard numerous footsteps coming at them from all directions.