Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

With the Mesmer down and out, there was nothing else preventing the superior trees from wreaking havoc on the whole team.

The Sniper raised his kar 98 in front of him and aimed it towards the walking angry tree. He couldn't find the strength to put his head next to the scope, so he was forced to fire from the hip, which lowered his accuracy to the point that he'd be lucky he'd hit his target while in medium range.

As he pulled the trigger, the bullet whizzed through the air and headed for the tree. Unfortunately, it was only able to scrape past through its side.

He activated his LifeSkill and multiplied his bullets 10 times, creating a wall of bullets that would surely hit the Canzer even without good accuracy.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The bullets were stopped by the trunk for a fraction of a second, but they were imparted with a spinning power that allowed it to bury itself through the thick trunk.

It staggered the superior tree just enough for the Sniper to fire another shot. His first shot missed completely, but its copy allowed 4 of them to pierce through its trunk.

The Sniper thought it would have been enough to deal with the monster, but he underestimated them. The tree slammed its roots and branches on the ground as it threw a temper tantrum. It was livid. It couldn't believe that a human was able to damage its trunk.

In its anger, the tree's whole body slowly glowed a bright yellow. Its body emitted a very hot temperature that somehow melted the bullets lodged inside its body. After a few moments, they were turned into nothing but smoke that came out of its 'ears'.

Once it had recovered, it immediately walked over to the Sniper to enact its revenge. It slithered its roots toward his legs and slowly wrapped them around his whole body.

The Sniper soon turned red as his whole body got squeezed so hard that multiple of his bones broke inside his body. His head ballooned as all the blood got trapped in his skull, turning his whole face purplish

It would only take a couple more minutes until he was fully asphyxiated, yet he could do nothing but hold on. Everyone else was dealing with their own troubles.

The Mage got the worst of it because four superior trees were targeting her. They were attracted to the violet hands she conjured in the air because they reminded them of their creator, the angry bearded Canzer.

She commanded the thousands of violet hands to grab ahold of the trees' branches and rip them away from the trunks.

The trees, in return, used their roots to do the same with the hands. Those tentacle-like roots tied the violet hands into a knot and squeezed them together until they popped out of existence.

The Mage gritted her teeth as she summoned ten thousand more violet hands that supported the original ones. They reinforced each other by linking hands and essentially creating a tug-of-war between the trees.

CREAK! CRACK!

Slowly, branches got ripped out of the trees, inflicting upon them the pain of losing their body part. Now that they were a little bit more intelligent, they were more susceptible to pain.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

This allowed her to gain the upper hand and suppress four superior trees all at once.

Unfortunately, the focus it took to fight against these trees created a vulnerability within her position. She didn't notice that there was a single root slithering through the soil and slowly inching towards her without her knowledge.

"AAAYYHHH!" the Mage screamed as her leg got pulled out, causing her to fall backward.

This small moment of distraction disrupted her spell. Thousands upon thousands of violet hands popped out of existence and allowed the trees a moment of reprieve.

The torn branches fell to the ground and were quickly picked up by the trees' other branches and shoved it back to their original place. The sap from these 'injuries' acted like glue that quickly dried and healed the torn branches.

The Mage took a second to refocus her attention on her spell. But just as she was about to chant and activate her LifeSkill, a shadow cast over her head as the four superior trees converged on her location.

These creatures were angry the moment they were born. Their fury towards someone that brutalized them was something that couldn't be explained.

They raised their branches in the air and started to pummel the Mage as hard as they could.

"GAAAaaaaa….." the Mage couldn't even utter a shout as her vision was stained with blood. Her entire body was in pain and she was losing a hundred years of SoulTime for each punch they hit her with.

The worst part was that the trees had no intention of ever stopping. Their anger never seemed to be satiated with the pummeling, and only served to increase their fury.

Ninth gritted her teeth as she looked at her team and saw the state they were in. She raised her sword and sliced the superior trees in half. They were far too angry at the Mage to even notice the swordmaiden and ended up dying with anger frozen in their faces.

She saved the Mage from losing thousands of years of SoulTime. Unfortunately, the bearded Canzer didn't like that.

'How dare a mere human kill my creation?! You will pay for this!'

The giant bearded Canzer rotated the thousands of hands in its body. Each hand had fingers with sharp nails that acted as teeth that shredded everything in its path.

It attacked Ninth from behind, hitting her squarely on her lower back.

Ninth groaned and swallowed back the blood in her mouth. She quickly turned around and sliced her sword towards the Canzer, creating thousands of sparks that rained down on the Remedium as her blade collided with the Canzer's saw-like hands.

Everyone was injured and bleeding. She gritted her teeth and admonished herself. This wouldn't have happened if the Tank hadn't been pushed out of the fight. That wouldn't have happened if she hadn't dismissed the Porter's words so easily.

Now, they were paying for it dearly.