Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

In one last spurt of energy, the prismatic dragon let out a burst of energy, turning all the remaining energy inside its body to explode outwards, hopefully taking out the Queen's three clones in one fell swoop.

BOOGGSH!

A blinding light followed the explosion, briefly destabilizing the domain that the Queen created. The deathly territory that she had used as her domain started to shimmer as if it were a virtual illusion.

One could even see a brief moment in time when the Queen's domain disappeared and the normal Remedium of Genesis City returned. But after a fraction of a second, the Queen's domain returned to its overpowering deathly energy. Continue reading on My Virtual Library Empire

"Haaa…haaaa….haaa…"

Ninth panted as she tried to catch her breath. She looked down and saw her own body, with blood spilling out from her forehead.

She raised her head and looked around her, and her worst fears had come true. Her whole team, the scout, the mage, the sniper, and the two tanks, were sprawled all over the skull-filled ground of the Queen's domain.

Their bodies were full of injury, but that wasn't even the worst part of it. Injuries could always be healed by using their Soul Time. However, they could do nothing to heal their fractured confidence.

He could see it in their eyes. They wanted to give up.

It was taught to them even before they became a Savior that they should never stay prone in the Remedium. After all, it would leave them vulnerable to any attacks from a Canzer.

Their training was embedded so deep into their minds that they would subconsciously get up and take a defensive position no matter how exhausted they were.

However, as Ninth looked at her teammates, she saw them staying still, lying on the ground.

They didn't get up. They chose not to.

Fighting a monster like the Queen was simply a futile gesture. If they were going to die anyway, then they would rather die on the spot rather than waste their energy struggling to survive. At least then, they wouldn't feel the dread and exhaustion they were feeling right now.

Ninth too, was feeling the urge to simply lay down and take a sleep forever.

However, something inside her heart forced her to get up. She couldn't give up now. If she was going to die anyway, then she was going to die fighting.

She pushed herself off the ground, cracking the skulls that were underneath her feet.

She looked up at the three Queens above her and showed no sign of fear.

This surprised Malificient. She would have thought that the humans would give up now that they had seen the difference in strength between them. Almost all of them had given up on trying to defy her.

But there was just one holdout. Their assumed leader, the woman whose strength lightly impressed her, was still standing against her. She could see a fire in those human eyes.

She had never seen that before. All her enemies, be they human or Canzers, would always lower their eyes whenever they met hers. After all, her strength was far too overwhelming for them to feel comfortable in making eye contact.

But this one human was looking at her in defiance.

I truly irritated the Queen. Nobody should feel as if they were strong enough to defeat her. They should feel oppressed.

The Queen, to satisfy her vanity, decided to teach the human a lesson first before she killed Tulip.

After all, they all lay helpless now. They couldn't do anything to her even if they tried. The Queen wouldn't even flinch if Tulip tried to run. She could chase the little runt through the ends of the world even in her sleep. But, the traitor didn't even try to run. She curled up on the ground and sobbed. Pathetic, the Queen thought.

She was going to take her time.

'I warned you, humans. You should have never harbored that fugitive.'

Now that they weren't connected to Tulip via the prismatic dragon, they couldn't understand the Queen's words.

But even so, the threat was clear.

Ninth tried to raise her sword but found that she didn't even have the strength to lift it up

She could do nothing as the Queen's three clones raised their hands and summoned another black hole, this time pulling the humans up off the ground and dragging them toward the Queen.

"You monster! Let them go!" Ninth screamed, her voice hoarse.

For some reason, she was the only one who the Queen didn't move. Meanwhile, all her teammates were floating up off the ground, with miniature black holes near their hands, as if they were handcuffs.

'I will make you regret that you ever defied me in the first place,' the Queen said.

The Queen smiled and addressed Ninth who still stood in the ground, who was barely even keeping herself standing still.

'Now, choose. Will you save your own kind, or will you give in to your human nature and become mortal enemies with Canzers?'

Ninth was given a choice. She could either save her own teammates or give in to the Queen and surrender Tulip on her own accord.

She looked back and saw Tulip still on the ground, sobbing as she felt pain all over her body. The backlash from the prismatic dragon's death was far too much for a simple Canzer like her to bear.

'I will spare your kind, if you give me that traitorous Canzer.'

Even though Ninth couldn't understand her words, she knew that the Queen was evil enough to go to such lengths. She immediately knew what the Queen was trying to do.

With her body battered and exhausted, her entire mind and body were telling her to simply give in. It would be so easy to lift Tulip off the ground and offer it to the Queen.

This little action could end up saving her and her entire team from death.

And since Tulip was going to get caught by the Queen either way, it didn't matter if Ninth was the one who gave her up.

It would have been so easy, but could she do that to Tulip?