With a clear and transparent sky hanging above, the midday sunlight poured down to the courtyard of Sehee Research Institute.
Until this point, it had been a moderately enjoyable and moderately ordinary day at Sehee Research Institute, but now something very unusual was happening in the courtyard.
Mini reapers dyed red were marching through the courtyard, shaking their limbs excitedly.
March of the Red Reapers?
If it were ordinary, it would be an ordinary sight. However, the number of the red reapers was not ordinary at all. There should only be one Red Reaper, but now their number had increased to the point where they filled the courtyard.
The countless Golden Reapers had disappeared from the courtyard, and only the Red Reapers remained, forming a huge procession. And the one leading the procession of the Red Reapers was a Gray Reaper with red skin.
It was walking in front, with a Red Reaper on its head.
Yerin, who came to the courtyard to find the Gray Reaper at lunchtime, was amazed at the sight.
Reaper can even change color! Amazing!
At the same time, Seoah, who happened to pass by and discovered the unusual scene, walked to the courtyard, opened her notebook, and began taking notes.
< There are many Objects that change appearance to the Mini Reapers. >
< The phenomenon occurred after the Mini Yellow Moon appeared. >
< It is expected to be related to Mapo-gu and the Yellow Moon. >
In that notebook, there was also a photo of the Golden Reaper cloak found in the security room.
The Gray Reaper, who was marching around the courtyard with red skin, suddenly stopped in its tracks, changed its skin color to gold, and started jumping around in place.
At that, several Red Reapers took off their skin and turned into Golden Reapers.
And those Golden Reapers began jumping, imitating the somewhat clumsy movements of the Gray Reaper with extremely excited expressions.
Then, the Gray Reaper, who had been jumping around, started to change colors randomly.
Black, blue, navy, orange, yellow, and then red again!
Then, the mini reapers gathered in the courtyard started jumping around and bumping into each other, like they were going crazy because they were so happy.
On the other hand, the Gray Reaper’s color started to change faster and faster, and it started to emit various colors like a disco ball.
Doomchit-! Doomchit-!
And then exciting disco music started to play in the courtyard.
When Seoah frowned at the sudden music and looked around, she saw Yerin turning the TV’s volume up.
Just like that, the party of the Mini Reapers dancing with the disco ball Gray Reaper began.
However, Seoah continued to take notes while observing the Mini Reapers jumping around while shaking their bodies. The one that Seoah looked at most closely was the Mini Reaper who was hiding among the Golden Reapers and smiling awkwardly.
It was similar in color to the Golden Reaper, but its eyes did not shine. Its head was down, and it adopted a hunched posture.
< The Mini Reaper and the Mini Moon seem to be related. >
< The Mini Reaper of the Yellow Moon resembles the Golden Reaper, but its eyes do not shine. >
< The giant ring of light across the sky and the Gray Reaper also seem to be related, but there is no evidence yet. >
The Bud Reaper, who was dissatisfied with Seoah just taking notes without playing, suddenly lay down on the notebook and blocked her view.
Seeing the Bud Reaper lying on the notebook and giggling with a playful expression, Seoah laughed wryly as if she had no choice but to slowly close the notebook.
Then, biting back a joyful smile, she took out her cell phone and began taking pictures of the dancing Mini Reapers.
The purple doll which originally stood on the end of the large room filled with purple mirrors had already reached the girl’s nose.
The doll which had so many creepy eyes suddenly approached, startling the girl, but the black sword reacted.
The blade lengthened and struck the doll with a momentum that could cut it in two.
However, the sharp slash of the black sword did not even scratch the doll’s body, only scratching its surface.
The girl secretly believed that the powerful black sword would solve the problem. However, the powerful slash of the black sword that the girl had believed in was useless.
When the thought that she had found herself in a really, really dangerous situation occurred to her, the girl felt her heart calm down. Her complexion was still not very good, but her mind began to move quickly.
Purple room, purple mirror, purple doll suddenly approaching.
As she thought about it, she blinked her eyes, and in that moment, the doll came up to her in an instant and swung its arms wildly.
Then, the black sword split into two and shot out once again. But this time, one part of the sword was piercing the ground while the other one was striking the doll’s arm.
While the black sword held her firmly, the girl continued to think.
That doll seems to move when I’m not looking.
As soon as that thought occurred to her, the girl began to consciously open her eyes wide.
I must never close my eyes.
The doll was getting faster and faster, so it might move at a speed that the black sword couldn’t handle next.
Then, the girl started to think of a solution while staring at the doll.
The test of this room must be destroying that doll.
But even the black sword’s slash didn’t work, so what should I do?
That’s what the dog meat uncle said.
There’s no such thing as a labyrinth monster that couldn’t be defeated.
Her eyes were wide open for so long that tears were streaming down her face, but the girl still slowly started to walk around, always keeping the doll in the corner of her vision.
As she continued to look at the doll and looked around, the girl was able to find something strange.
That doll isn’t reflected in the mirror.
The room was full of mirrors, but the purple doll wasn’t reflected in the mirror.
As if it wasn’t there.
Only one mirror properly reflected the doll.
At that moment, the girl shouted as she held out her sword toward that mirror.
“That mirror. Break that mirror!”
Then, as if the black sword acknowledged her order, it let out a ‘Biiii’ ‘beep!’ and extended its blade, piercing through the mirror the girl was pointing at.
As soon as the mirror broke, everything inside the room stopped and slowly began to crumble. Not only the doll, but also the mirrors that filled the room began to turn into sand and flow down.
It was a sight that could be seen where the test inside the room was finished.
At that moment, the girl relaxed. Probably, because her legs lost their strength, she sat down on the spot and hugged her sword tightly.
The girl wiped away the tears that were welling up around her eyes and began to brag to the black sword.
“How could I have thought of something ?”
“Maybe I have the makings of an adventurer!”
“Even if I tell this story to that uncle, he won’t believe me, right?”
Then she hugged the black sword tightly and said loudly.
“Thank you. If it weren’t for you, I would have died for sure. Thank you so much.”
Since she had defeated a difficult enemy, the girl was now excited at the thought that she could now go back.
“I can finally go back to the labyrinth city!”
She had to go to the old man’s general store and brag about this!
She also thought of introducing him to the black sword!
The girl was beaming with joy at the thought of bragging to her close friends in the labyrinth city, but after all the sand disappeared, the scenery that was revealed was different from what she had expected.
The scenery that appeared after the room changed into a normal labyrinth room was…
And a deep staircase extending downward.
There was no exit to return to the city anywhere.
I was lying in bed with my limbs stretched out.
Ah, I’m tired. I had too much fun.
I wasn’t physically tired, but I felt mentally exhausted.
I definitely didn’t plan on playing with the Mini Reapers this much, but they liked it a hundred times more than I expected, so I got drunk on that feeling too.
The Mini Reapers also looked extremely satisfied and clung to my torso, squirming.
After a long time, I turned my head and stared blankly at the TV.
While I was half-asleep and dazed, I felt my eyes light up when I saw the news on TV.
[ Currently, various analyses of the Red Lightning Island are being released in Japan. ]
It was a story about Red Lightning Island that was released a while ago.
[ The results of the recent satellite image analysis were quite surprising. ]
On the TV screen, blurry images were being compared with more clearly restored images.
People walking around in metal armor that looked like something out of a fantasy novel.
People wearing robes with fancy embroidery and holding canes.
A scene where a giant lizard’s tail was bent like a dragon’s tail.
A market scene that looked like a scene from a fantasy novel.
It was a scene that really made my heart flutter.
Since I got up so suddenly, the sleeping Mini Reapers were thrown out of bed in large numbers. They looked back at me with surprised expressions, but I gathered a bunch of Black Reapers and started preparing to go on an adventure into the fantasy world.
If I’m going to go into the fantasy world, I should wear the right clothes.
When it came to fantasy, swords, shields, and adventure were a must!
I told the Black Reapers who were staring at me about what I needed through my will.
It was hard to properly explain it using the method of conveying images and emotions with will. In fact, since I’d never seen proper armor before, it was even harder to convey detailed emotions.
I thought the result would be a mess due to the combination of my lack of expression and the lack of common sense that the Mini Reaper had, but surprisingly, it turned out to be a proper item.
The Black Reapers seemed to know about swords and armor better than I thought, and even though I explained it roughly, they transformed into proper armor and swords and stuck to my body.
It was made elaborately, so it was easy to move around, and the armor also looked pretty cool.
I wanted to go to the fantasy world right away, so I tried to teleport there, but it was impossible as if something was blocking my skill.
Even though I could clearly feel the presence of the Black Reaper on the Red Lightning Island, I still couldn’t teleport there.
Well, there was nothing I could do.
I had no choice but to ride the Cloud Fish.
With a beating heart, I ran toward the courtyard.