Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

But unfortunately, Alan hit nothing but a feather pillow.

He looked down and saw no sign of the White Canzer sleeping on the bed.

The White Canzer wasn't here.

He looked around the room as well and saw that White Canzer was previously in this room, but left for some reason. The comforter was a mess and all over the place as if someone had just slept there and never bothered to clean up after themselves.

The torch lighting up the room was still burning brightly as well.

"It's not here. Where could it be?"

"I've got a bad feeling about this…"

Carmine was unnerved. The White Canzer was famous for always being in her bed and sleeping the rest of the day. It was a lazy Canzer. It relied on the beings it bewitched to do her work for her.

"Where is it?"

"Go to the other room, now!"

Carmine's urgent voice forced Atlan to move out of the room at his fastest speed. He didn't even question him.

Atlan jogged out of the White Canzer's room and opened the door immediately next to it. However, he found nothing but a dark empty room.

"It's got to be somewhere in the other rooms. Find it now before it finishes its spell."

Atlan barged into the next door, kicking it down. But unfortunately, it was also a dark empty room.

Each of the doors he came across had carvings onto the very wood, giving the name of the puppets that owned that very room.

The one closest to the White Canzer was Doc's room, followed by Grumpy, then Sleepy, then Dopey, until finally, he came across a puppet's name he hadn't heard in a long time.

"Which puppet did you say you guys killed in the beginning?"

Atlan didn't answer. He simply pushed the door open and saw a brightly lit room, with decorations that looked like a rainbow vomited on them.

But despite the strange interior decoration, his focus wasn't on that.

Instead, he was looking at the White Canzer right next to the window.

This was the first time he laid eyes upon the monster that was able to tempt and bewitch other monsters to do her bidding.

He was surprised that it looked quite similar to a woman. It had curves on its hips and bust as if it were a well-endowed human. Its body was slender, with barely any layering around its armor. Its chitinous skin was very smooth like paint.

The first thing he noticed about the Canzer was that it was very white. The torch's brightness perfectly reflected off its white chitin armor. One couldn't help but stare at this creature, making Atlan understand how it could charm other Canzers.

Just like how Carmine described her in the Huntsman's backstory, the White Canzer wore a princess dress on her body. Unlike in the tale, her attire now was very neat and tidy, with no sign of tatteredness.

Its face still had that signature Canzer look, with its white eyes and chitinous mouth.

Judging from the human expression of shock, the White Canzer didn't expect to see a human in its abode.

But even so, it didn't stop what it was doing. Its hands worked even faster than before. Explore stories at empire

It held a huge needle on one hand and a yarn on the other. It seemed to be crocheting some kind of plush toy.

"Stop it!"

But Carmine's warning proved far too late. Once the White Canzer sewed the last stitch on her toy, a huge gust of power suddenly erupted from it that almost made Atlan fall backward.

He took a step back to stabilize himself. He raised his hand and blocked the air and pressure from disrupting his eyesight.

The 'plush toy' hovered in the air and glowed a red tint. As incredulous as it was, there was some kind of power hidden inside this toy that grew larger and larger, making the toy increase in size with each second that passed.

Atlan could do nothing but watch. It was taking all of his effort to just keep his balance. The outwards force from the 'toy' was trying to push him out.

Slowly, he watched as the crocheted toy melted into something more solid…more chitinous.

It started to grow limbs. It grew two legs and two arms.

Not all of the yarn got converted into chitin. Some of them maintained their structure to become clothes that the toy creature wore.

At its birth, it already had a giant conical hat, a long-sleeved shirt, and trousers.

This attire was very familiar to Atlan and Carmine. It was something that they saw six different versions of just a few hours earlier.

It was one of the puppets!

As for which one of them it was, Atlan had no doubt.

As the puppet finished its transformation into a Canzer-like monster, it finally grew its face.

It had soulless eyes and most importantly, it grew its signature wide-mouthed smile.

This was Happy!

It was the puppet that Ninth killed from their first encounter.

"Damn! Damn! Damn! That Huntsman messed us up! I thought we'd arrive just in time before it finished its cloning. But because we were sidetracked by that Canzer, we ended up late. Damn!"

Carmine couldn't believe their luck. If they had just arrived here a few minutes earlier, then they could have killed the White Canzer within a few seconds. After all, even if it was rated at a Specialist-level Canzer, it was completely weak individually. It was only strong because of its puppets.

And since Ninth and the others were keeping the other puppets at bay, they were supposed to have an easy mission killing their leader.

Unfortunately, the White Canzer just finished recreating the Happy puppet.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

'I'm so happy! I'm so happy I'm back!'

The Happy Canzer jumped up and down in its glee. It didn't even look at Atlan and simply celebrated this momentous occasion with the White Canzer.

'I'm glad you're happy, Aitch!'

said the White Canzer, stroking the puppet's head.

'Now, would you be dear and kill that human for me?'