Grim Reaper in the Apocalypse: Reaping Immortals

After a few minutes of following closely to Tulip, she suddenly looked towards one direction and took off!

This caught everyone off guard. Atlan immediately started chasing after her.

Judging from her expression it seemed that she found her house. But he knew that there was a huge possibility that there were still enemies posted around the house.

She was a helpless little creature and couldn't defend herself against those monsters. It was his responsibility to protect her and keep her beside him.

Meanwhile, Ninth and the others also pursued after Tulip, but Ninth's motivation wasn't as noble as Atlan's. She simply didn't want the Canzer to escape from their grasp, mostly because she thought that it was running away from them.

As Atlan caught up to her, she saw Tulip standing still as she looked towards a burned wreckage in the middle of a clearing in the forest.

He slowly walked beside her.

This was her house, but it was now burned down to the ground, with nothing but coal and ashes remaining from its structure. Just from the wreckage alone, Atlan could see that the house was destroyed before being burned. They wouldn't do that if they weren't searching for something too.

"I hope we're not too late. We need to find that object first."

He put his arm around Tulip as she sobbed quietly. Seeing her home destroyed like this must have been hard for her.

Atlan could see that this house was once a quaint little place in the middle of the forest. It was probably a beautiful house.

"They're going forward. You don't have to," he said to Tulip.

It was understandable for her to simply stand back. It was hard to see the wreckage of the place she once called home.

But surprisingly, Tulip wiped the tears from her cheeks and shook her head.

'No. I have to go forward. You said that you're trying to find something, right? I'll help you find it. I know this place better than the back of my hand.'

She walked alongside Atlan, with Ninth and the whole team just a little bit behind.

After the Scout signaled to everyone that there wasn't any sign of enemies nearby, everyone started to search through the remains of the burned house. Your journey continues on My Virtual Library Empire

They overturned burned pillars and roof tiles, trying to find this supposed item that could help them defeat the creature in the castle.

"Do we even know what we're looking for?" Ninth asked Carmine.

"According to the books, it can't be missed. This object is glowing and brimming with power."

But no matter how much they searched the wreckage, they couldn't find such an item. If it did exist, then they would have found such an auspicious item by now.

The only thing they found were remnants of Tulip's belongings.

There were plates still piled up in the sink, the sofa she used to sit on was now nothing but a burned mark on the ground, and everything else turned into nothing but a charred object.

"This is useless!" Ninth shouted. "I'm going out to keep a watch on our backs."

The more she saw the normal living situation of Tulip, the more confused she became. From what she could see, Tulip had been living a quiet life devoid of any chaos and destruction that she usually associated with Canzers. If she continued to scour through Tulip's burned belongings, Ninth would have started to pity the creature.

That was a dangerous thought. She didn't want to let her guard down to a Canzer.

Meanwhile, Atlan suddenly saw a shining object in the middle of the wreckage.

He immediately went towards it and tossed the burned logs and pillars that buried the object underneath.

After blowing and polishing this object, Atlan found that this thing wasn't as damaged as he thought. Once he brushed off the ashes and the charcoal bits from it, there was no sign of burning on its surface.

Since this was the only object that survived the fire, Atlan thought that this was the object that they were looking for.

However, once he realized that it wasn't glowing, he felt disappointed.

"That's not the object. Even from the camera, I can't sense any sign of power from it. Do you?"

Atlan used his SSS class Physique LifeSkill to the best of his abilities, testing to see if this object had any remnants of power.

But unfortunately, there wasn't any.

"Are we too late?" he asked Carmine.

"Possibly. But, there could also be a chance that the object wasn't here in the first place. Maybe our enemies didn't find anything in this place as well and decided to burn it down to see if there's something hidden in the structure."

Atlan was a little bit relieved when he heard that.

Even though this object wasn't the one they were looking for, Atlan was still curious as to how it survived the fire. He turned towards Tulip and presented the object to her, hoping that she would recognize it.

Her eyes flashed with emotion as she looked at the object.

She stroked it with her hand, a bitter smile appearing on her face.

'This was a present from my mothers. They gave it to me and always wanted me to wear it at all times. But when I went out…I forgot to bring it…'

Tulip took the object from Atlan's hands.

It was a strangely shaped metallic object. One side had flaps on the top, like an upright lettuce, while the other side was completely flat.

Tulip took out a string from her dress and connected it with the object, creating an amulet.

She held it in her hands and smiled.

"Aren't you going to put it on?" he asked her.

She shook her head.

'I never really knew how to make friends because I've never met anyone besides my mothers. But, they did tell me that to make the friendship work, I need to give them something special.'

She looked up at Atlan.

'I want you to have this. It's a symbol of thanks for all the things you did for me.'

Atlan was surprised.

Tulip tiptoed and placed the amulet on his neck.